What are the differences between Catholics and Greek Orthodox?

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I asked this question but I would like to get answers that relate to family life. Such as: how often do you need to go to church, is Christmas Dec. 25, do they both pray the rosary/litany, is Mary and the saints important, how is lent and easter celebrated. Do both have the same ten commandments? You get the idea.

Answer 1

Very similar. Greek Orthodoxy is a national church. Catholicism is more universal in its leadership an application of faith. Calendars for feast days do differ at times. Prayers, saints, liturgies are similar.

Answer 2

Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life, death, resurrection, and teachings as presented in the New Testament.[2] Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God and the awaited Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament, therefore they call him the Christ. With an estimated 2.1 billion adherents in 2001, Christianity is the world's largest religion.[3] It is the predominant religion in the Americas, Europe, Philippine Islands, Oceania, and large parts of Africa (see Christianity by country). It is also growing rapidly in Asia, particularly in China and South Korea, and in Northern Africa,[4] and remains the fastest growing major religion, with a growth rate of 2.3%.[5]

Christianity began in the 1st century as a Jewish sect,[6] and shares many religious texts with Judaism, specifically the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament (see Judeo-Christian). Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity is classified as an Abrahamic religion because of the centrality and pre-cedence of Abraham in their shared traditions; though Jesus himself stated that he had pre-existed Abraham (John 8:58), and Christianity places Jesus as God incarnate (not Abraham) as central to the faith. The name "Christian" (Greek Χριστιανός Strong's G5546) was first applied to the disciples in Antioch, as recorded in Acts 11:26.[7] The earliest recorded use of the term Christianity (Greek Χριστιανισμός) is by Ignatius of Antioch.[8]
Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches. Any Eastern Orthodox church that is ethnically Greek or uses a Greek liturgy may be considered "Greek Orthodox".

Among these are:

Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the "first among equals" of the Eastern Orthodox Communion
Church of Greece, which has been autocephalous since 1833
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Albanian Orthodox Church, a Church which uses the Greek liturgy, has ethnic Greek clergy and includes ethnically Greek population.
Eastern Orthodox churches with an ethnic Greek clergy include:
the Orthodox Church of Alexandria
the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox church which uses the Greek liturgy
the Antiochian Orthodox Church, which also had an ethnic Greek clergy until 1898
Greek Orthodox churches in the Americas and Australia are subject to the Constantinopolitan hierarchy. These should not be confused with the Slavic-rite Orthodox Church in America, which is partly recognised as an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church, having been granted autocephaly in 1970 by the Patriarch of Moscow. This status is not recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch nor by any other autocephalous Church.
Although the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople resides since many centuries in Istanbul (Constantinople), the number of Greek Orthodox believers in Turkey has dramatically decreased over the last decennia as a result of implicit and explicit discrimination by the Turkish state (see Istanbul Pogrom).

Answer 3

They are similar. They worship God. They respect Mary and the saints.

Answer 4

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