!!!Orthodoxe und altorientalische Kirchen Eastern Orthodox and Independent Churches of Eastern Christianity: Beginning in the 16%%sup th/% and 17%%sup th/% centuries, Greek, Serbian, Romanian, Russian, and Bulgarian communities of the Orthodox Churches developed in Vienna, particularly from the time of Emperor Joseph II onwards. Today they belong to various patriarchies and metropolitanates. The Independent Churches of Eastern Christianity in Austria are the Armenian Apostolic, the Syrian Orthodox and the Coptic Orthodox Church. Religious Denominations. !Literature A. Fenzl, Orthodoxe und altorientalische Kirchen in Wien, in: Beitraege zur Wiener Dioezesangeschichte 34, 1993. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Orthodoxe_und_altorientalische_Kirchen|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]