Church of the East

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The Holy, Ancient, and Apostolic Church of the East
Ⲓ Ⲁⲅⲓⲁ, Ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲓⲁ ⲕⲁⲓ Ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲓ Ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲓⲥⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲥ Ⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲗⲓⲥ
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ClassificationAnatolian Christianity
OrientationAnatolian/Monophysite
ScriptureTraditional Canon
TheologyTraditional
Severian Monophysitism
PolityEpiscopal
Patriarch of MarakandaHis Beatitude, Ephrem IV
Language!Syriac, Eschataean Hellian
HeadquartersMarakanda
FounderSaints Simeon
Origin2nd century
Marakanda

The The Holy, Ancient, and Apostolic Church of the East (Eschataean Hellian: Ⲓ Ⲁⲅⲓⲁ, Ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲓⲁ ⲕⲁⲓ Ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲓ Ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲓⲥⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲥ Ⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲗⲓⲥ) or as it is more commonly known, the Church of the East or Anatolian Church is the second-largest Epiphanian denomination in Verthandi, after Catholicism. Led by the Patriarch of Marakanda, the Church oversees a vast and diverse range of believers and traditions, with strong communities of believers ranging from the fringes of the former Suvari Empire to the shores of Hwan-Ung.