The [[Oriental Orthodox Churches]] are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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The [[Oriental Orthodox Churches]] are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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*Some of them were formed in the [[Great_Schism | Chalcedonian Schism]] of 451 AD. *The [[Indian Orthodox Church| Malankara Orthodox Church]] in India, just separated by distance, so was always run as an Autocephalous church under the Catholicos of the Apostolic throne of St. Thomas.
== History of the Orthodox Church in North America ==
== History of the Orthodox Church in North America ==