Greek Orthodoxy

Christian denominations of the Eastern Orthodox Church descended from a Greek tradition

religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway

thumb|upright=.8|Etruscan bronze thymiaterion (late 6th–early 5th century BCE, Metropolitan Museum, New York

The word taxiarch ( ; ) is used in the Greek language to mean "brigadier". The term derives , in military context meaning 'an ordered formation'. It is cognate with the scientific term taxonomy. In turn, the rank has given rise to the Greek term for brigade, taxiarchia. In Greek Orthodox Church usage, the term is also applied to the archangels Michael and Gabriel, as leaders of the heavenly host, and several locations in Greece are named after them.

metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church

Hayhurum (; ) is the name given to Armenian-speaking Christians who are members of the Greek Orthodox Church.