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A religious organization can be an administrative body, a charity, a house of worship, a congregation, or any other type of organization affiliated with a particular religion. The properties of this type are:Associated With (expected type: Religion): the religion this organization is most closely... More
   
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x Orthodox Church in America 1st All-American Sobor Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA), also known as the American Orthodox Church, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in North America. Its primate is Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), who was elected on November 12, 2008, and was formally...
   
x Armenian Apostolic Church Baptism of Tiridates III. Oriental Orthodoxy
The Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hayastaneayc’ Aṙak’elakan Ekeġec’i) is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the...
Torkom Manoogian Patriarch
Aram I Patriarch
Karekin II Patriarch
Karekin II His Holiness
Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople Patriarch
x Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Byzantine eagle Eastern Orthodox Church
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, IPA: [ikumenikˈon patriarˈxion konstantinuˈpoleos]; Turkish: Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, "Greek Orthodox Patriarchate"), part of the wider Orthodox...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople His Holiness
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
x Romanian Orthodox Church A Romanian Orthodox Monk Eastern Orthodox Church
The Romanian Orthodox Church (Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It is in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox churches, and is ranked seventh in order of precedence. The Primate of the church...
Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch
x Roman Catholic Church Martyrdom of St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch appointed by St. Peter Roman Catholicism
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with more than one billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments...
Pope Benedict XVI Pope
Pope John Paul II Pope
Robert Drinan Priest
Manuel Castro Ruiz Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatan
Manuel Castro Ruiz Archbishop of Yucatan
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x Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria   Eastern Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, also known as the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa (Greek: Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, Patriarcheîon Alexandreías kaì pásēs Aphrikês) is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within...
Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria Patriarch
Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria His Holiness
x Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Kottayam Cheriapally Oriental Orthodoxy
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as the Indian Orthodox Church, is an Autonomous Oriental Orthodox church centred in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the churches of India's Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its...
Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I  
x Bulgarian Orthodox Church HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate (Bulgarian: Българска православна църква - Българска патриаршия, Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva - Balgarska patriarshiya) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members...
Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria Patriarch
Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria His Holiness
x Russian Orthodox Church View of the lavra in the 1890s Eastern Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская Православная Церковь, Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov') headed by the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский Патриархат, Moskovskiy Patriarkhat, also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of...
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Priest
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Archpriest
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Dean of the United Tartu-Viljandi deanery
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Bishop of Tallinn and Estonia
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x Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria CopticCross Oriental Orthodoxy
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of...
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Patriarch
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria His Holiness
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Pope Joseph II of Alexandria Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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x Serbian Orthodox Church Heraldic achievement of the Patriarchate of Peć and the Serbs by Alexander Liptak Eastern Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква / Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches. It is the second oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world (after the Bulgarian Orthodox Church)....
Pavle, Patriarch of Serbia  
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia Patriarch
x Anglican Communion Canterbury cathedral Anglicanism
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches (and a few other episcopal churches) in full communion with the Church of England (which is regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion)...
   
x Cypriot Orthodox Church HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Church of Cyprus (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, Ekklisía tîs Kýprou) is an autocephalous Greek Church within the communion of Orthodox Christianity. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the...
   
x Polish Orthodox Church Orthodox church in Hajnówka Eastern Orthodox Church
The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, commonly known as the Polish Orthodox Church, (Polish: Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny), is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches in full communion. The church was established in 1924,...
   
x Antiochian Orthodox Church HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East and the Antiochian Orthodox Church (Greek: Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀντιοχείας, Patriarcheîon Antiocheías; Arabic: بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق...
Ignatius IV of Antioch Patriarch
x Syriac Orthodox Church شعار الكنيسة Oriental Orthodoxy
The Syriac Orthodox Church; (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܬܪܝܨܬ ܫܘܒܚܐ, ʿīṯo suryaiṯo ṯrišeṯ šubḥo) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims...
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas Patriarch
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas His Holiness
Catholicos Baselios Thomas I Patriarch
x Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territorially covers the countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The primate is Metropolitan Christopher of Prague and the Czech...
   
x Albanian Orthodox Church HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania (Albanian: Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë) is one of the newest autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. It declared its autocephaly in 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of...
   
x Church of Greece HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος Ekklisía tis Elládos, [ekliˈsia tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical...
   
x Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church HY002563 Oriental Orthodoxy
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን; Transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Church was...
Abune Paulos Patriarch
x Orthodox Church of Jerusalem HY002563 Eastern Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων, Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn; Arabic: كنيسة الروم الأرثوذكس في القدس‎Kanisa Ar-rum Urtudoks fi al-Quds), also known as the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is an autocephalous...
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem Patriarch
x Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church Saint Nino, traditionally depicted holding a grapevine cross Eastern Orthodox Church
The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Georgian: საქართველოს სამოციქულო მართლმადიდებელი ავტოკეფალური ეკლესია, sakartvelos samocikulo martlmadidebeli avtok'epaluri ek'lesia) is an autocephalous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church....
Ilia II Patriarch
Ambrose of Georgia Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Patriarch Kyrion II of Georgia Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
x Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church HY002563 Oriental Orthodoxy
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church. Its autocephaly was recognised by Pope Shenouda III after Eritrea gained its independence in 1993. Tewahdo (Te-wa-hido) (Ge'ez ተዋሕዶ tawāhidō) is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made...
Abune Antonios Patriarch
x Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco St Mary's Cathedral - San Francisco Roman Catholicism
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San...
   
x Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Father marquette preaching  
The Archdiocese of Chicago was established as a diocese in 1843 and as an Archdiocese in 1880. It serves more than 2.3 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in Northeastern Illinois, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese is...
Edward Braxton Priest
x St. Anne of the Sunset Church in San Francisco St  
St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church in San Francisco is a parish of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. St. Anne is one of four Sunset District Catholic churches and mainly caters to the Inner Sunset area near Golden...
   
x Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago    
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is the largest in a nationwide network of faith-based social service providers that form Catholic Charities. Together they form the largest private network of social service providers in the United...
   
x Bialystoker Synagogue Bialystoker Outside  
The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Willett Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York State is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The physical building is registered as an historic landmark. The Bialystoker Synagogue was first...
   
x Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition    
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) is a network of Buddhist centers focusing on the Gelugpa tradition of Tibet. Founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Buddhism to...
   
x Chochmat HaLev   Jewish Renewal      
x Unitarian Universalist Association   Unitarian Universalism
Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the...
   
x Young Religious Unitarian Universalists Young Religious Unitarian Universalists Unitarian Universalism
Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is a term used within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in the United States and the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU was an organization at the continental level primarily run by youth,...
   
x Siddha Yoga Fall0004  
Siddha Yoga is a spiritual path based on the Hindu spiritual traditions of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. The Siddha Yoga path was founded by Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa (1908–1982). The present spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path is Gurumayi...
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda Guru
x Relief Society   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Relief Society (RS) is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6...
   
x Brigham Young University   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young University (often referred to as BYU, or sometimes just the Y) is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and is the United States' largest...
   
x Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic   Apathetic agnosticism      
x Jews for Jesus Ави и Рут Снайдер Evangelicalism
Jews for Jesus is a conservative, Christian evangelical organization that focuses on the conversion of Jews to Christianity. Its members consider themselves to be Jews – either as defined by Jewish law, or as according to the view of Jews for Jesus....
   
x Bright   Agnosticism
If you are rational, scientific, generally skeptical of supernatural claims, and look to the natural world for your inspiration, you may not feel like claiming any traditional religion as your own. So what do you say when asked your religion?...
   
Atheism
Materialism
Objectivism
Secular humanism
x Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster {{{imagealttext}}}  
The Free Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination founded by the Rev. Ian Paisley in 1951. Most of its members live in Northern Ireland. The church has congregations in Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and Australia, with a sister...
   
x Siddhartha's Intent SIlogopurD2.gif  
Founded in 1989 by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Siddhartha's Intent is an international Buddhist association of non-profit centers, most of which are nationally registered societies...
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Founder
x Kachin Church    
Kachin Church is a church centred in Kachin State of Myanmar. It is also present in China and India and is predominantly Baptist. The Kachin Church is growing.
   
x Soka Gakkai International Soka Gakkai International  
The SGI is based on the teachings and philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, which places the highest emphasis on the sanctity of life. Members seek, through their practice of Buddhism, to develop the ability to live with confidence, to create value in...
Daisaku Ikeda President
x Fo Guang Shan    
Fo Guang Shan (Chinese: 佛光山; pinyin: Fóguāngshān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hu̍t-kong-san; literally "Buddha's Light Mountain") is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of the largest Buddhist...
   
x Burmese Buddhist Temple Burmese Buddhist Temple-Singapore Buddhism
The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Maha Sasana Ramsi; Burmese: သာသနာ့ရံသီ မြန်မာဘုရားကျောင်း; Chinese: 缅甸玉佛寺; pinyin: Miǎndiàn yùfósì) is located on Tai Gin Road in Novena, Singapore. Founded in 1875, the temple is the oldest Theravada...
   
x Kadampa Buddhist Temple The New Kadampa Tradition Buddhist Temple in Ulverston, England at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre Buddhism
The Kadampa World Peace Temple is located at Conishead Priory on the outskirts of Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It was consecrated in July 1997 and functions as the main meditation hall at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre. It is also the location...
   
x Ekoji Buddhist Temple   Buddhism
Ekoji (恵光寺, Ekō-ji) is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple of the Nishi-Hongwanji Tradition in Fairfax Station, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America, the oldest Buddhist organization in the mainland United...
   
x International Buddhist Temple A corner of the Chinese garden at the International Buddhist Temple. Buddhism
The International Buddhist Temple (also 觀音寺 in Chinese; Guan Yin Sì in pinyin; Guan Yin Temple) is located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is a Chinese Buddhist temple run by the International Buddhist Society. While the Society officially...
   
x Zhihua Si Temple Zhihuasi shanmen Buddhism
The Zhihua Temple (智化寺; pinyin: Zhìhuà Sì; lit. "Temple of Wisdom Attained") is a Ming Dynasty-era Buddhist temple in Beijing, China. It is located in the Lumicang (禄米仓) hutong, in the Chaoyangmen area of the Dongcheng District, within the Second...
   
x Nan Hua Temple Nan Hua Main Temple Buddhism
Nan Hua Temple (南華寺, Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order,...
   
x Buddhist Churches of America    
The Buddhist Churches of America (米国仏教団, Beikoku Bukkyōdan) is the United States branch of the Honpa Hongan-ji (also known as Nishi-Honganji) sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism. Jodo Shinshu is also popularly known as Shin...
   
x Vatican Secret Archives    
The Vatican Secret Archives (Latin: Archivum Secretum Vaticanum), located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope, having primal incumbency until death, owns the archives until the next...
   
x Latter Rain Movement   Pentecostalism
The Latter Rain, also known as the New Order or New Order of the Latter Rain, was a post–World War II movement within Pentecostal Christianity which remains controversial to this day. For clarification in discussion of the Latter Rain a distinction...
   
x Church of England Canterbury cathedral Anglicanism
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment...
William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury
Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury
John Whitgift Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard Bancroft Archbishop of Canterbury
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x Apostolic Johannite Church   Gnosticism
The Apostolic Johannite Church is a Gnostic Christian Church which claims valid Apostolic Succession from various lineages including Catholic, Old Catholic and Orthodox bishops. The AJC is one of the largest extant Gnostic jurisdictions, having...
Shaun McCann  
x North American College of Gnostic Bishops   Gnosticism   Shaun McCann President
x Ecclesia Gnostica Ecclesia Gnostica Sign Los Angeles Gnosticism
The Ecclesia Gnostica (Latin for The Church of Gnosis or The Gnostic Church) is an openly Gnostic liturgical Church that is practicing publicly. It is centered in Los Angeles, California with parishes in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Salt...
Stephan A. Hoeller Bishop
x United Synagogue   Orthodox Judaism
United Synagogue is an organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an Act of Parliament, in 1870. As of 2007, it remains the largest religious grouping within the British Jewish community and indeed in Europe, covering 62...
   
Judaism
x United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism   Judaism
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the primary organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. It closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly, the international body of Conservative rabbis, the Jewish...
   
Conservative Judaism
x West London Synagogue   Reform Judaism
The West London Synagogue of British Jews is a Reform jewish congregation of London. It was established on 15 April 1840. Its current building in Upper Berkeley street dates from 1870, making it the oldest standing Reform synagogue, and one of the...
   
x Jewish Federation   Judaism
A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community. Their broad purpose is to...
   
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