Eastern Orthodoxy in Korea consists of two
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...
Churches and a religious organization, the canonical
Korean Orthodox Church
The Korean Orthodox Church ( ko, 한국 정교회) or Metropolis of Korea is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox diocese under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Korea (''de facto'' in South Korea). in South Korea and the Korean Orthodox Committee in North Korea. Korean Orthodox Committee operates the
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Pyongyang)
The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity () is an Eastern Orthodox church in Jongbaek-dong, Rangrang District in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is the first and only Orthodox church in the country, and one of only a handful of Christian churches there ...
.
In February 2019, due to a
schism since 2018, with the
Russian Orthodox Church
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severing full communion with the
Ecumenical Patriarchate because the latter considered its canonical territory in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
being violated, the Russian Orthodox Church established a diocese in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
within a
'Patriarchal Exarchate' in South–East Asia (PESEA); the person appointed as the first head and archbishop of the Russian Orthodox
diocese of Korea within the PESEA is the
ethnically Korean-Russian archbishop
Theophanes.
See also
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Christianity in Korea
References
Religion in South Korea
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