Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Eastern Orthodox Church BACKGROUND Considered the 2nd premier Christian body in this field, the real history from the Eastern Orthodox Church tends to be tracked to an unbroken continuity to Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles. They includes a few autocephalous (self-governing) places of worship: the four old Patriarchates of the early church, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, the four Patriarchates of more modern origin, Russia, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, the Catholicosate of Georgia, … Continue reading “Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Eastern Orthodox Church”