hi dumb dumb,
The Orthodox split with the catholic church in th 11th cent? The
orthodox does not recognise the pope as the head and it has
own pope is the patriach which is based in Greece.. However,
they have 7 sacraments are the same with the catholic
church , namely, baptism, confirmation, holy matrimony, holy orders
(priesthood), Holy communion, reconciliation (confession) and
anoinitng of the sick. In the old days, it was known as
extreme unction. or also scrament of the dying.
They also believe in the real presence of Jesus in the holy
communion. For catholics, we believe that once the host is
consecrated in the holy mass by the priest, it becomes the real
body and the wine become the real blood of christ even though the
substance do not change. This process is called
Transubstantiation.
Catechism of the catholic church (CCC) 1413 " By the
consecration the transubstatiation of the bread and wine into the
body and blood of Christ is brought about. Under the
consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and
glorious, is present in a true, real and substantial manner: his
Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity. (council
of trent DS 1640, 1651)
Within the orthodox church, it split further into many rites..
oriental catholic church, eastern orthodox church, syria orthodox..
Some priest can marry, some cannot.. In singapore, the St. Thomas
Orthodox syrian church is at yio chu kang , mainly it members
are from the south of india, Kerala or the malayalees.
Even in the catholic church, we have 33 diferent rites. The main
one is the latin or roman rite. Other rites are syro malabar,
maronite ..coptic catholic.. just to name a few. These
rites though a bit different are in communion with Rome.
and pledged obedience to the Holy Father, the pope.
hope that helps.