Who are the Orthodox Christians?
There are many, many ways to answer this question.
One way is to examine the Diptych (a kind of prayer list) read at a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with the Metropolitan presiding.
The Orthodox are those Christians who are under the pastoral care of the Patriarchs, Archbishops, and Metropolitans named on the Diptych.
This is the Diptych as read in the Orthodox Church in
To His Holiness, BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople, New
To His Beatitude, THEODOROS, Pope and Patriarch of
To His Beatitude, IGNATIUS, Patriarch of
To His Beatitude, THEOPHILUS, Patriarch of the
To His Holiness, ALEKSY, Patriarch of
To His Holiness, ILIA, Catholicos and Patriarch of All
To His Holiness, PAVLE, Patriarch of
To His Holiness, DANIEL, Patriarch of
To His Holiness, MAXIM, Patriarch of
To His Beatitude, CHRYSOSTOMOS, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All
To His Beatitude, CHRISTODOULOS, Archbishop of
To His Beatitude, ANASTASIOS, Archbishop of Tirana and All
Years!
To His Beatitude, SAWA, Metropolitan of
To His Beatitude KRYSTOF, Metropolitan of the
To His Beatitude, HERMAN, Archbishop of
To all Orthodox Metropolitans, Archbishops, and Bishops: Many Years!
To all Orthodox Christians: Many Years!
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