Eastern Christian

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to Eastern Christianity.

   • Eastern Christian tradition requires that the day recalling Gospel accounts of Jesus’ resurrection be observed after the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover, in keeping with the sequence in the New Testament.
   • It is now a modern Turkish city called Trabzon. But in the Middle Ages, it was the fabled seat of the last remnant of the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Christian church after European crusaders sacked Constantinople in 1204.
2. 2

   An adherent of any form of Eastern Christianity

   An adherent of any form of Eastern Christianity; a member of a society based on Eastern Christianity.

   • But few Orthodox Christians are likely to show up. That’s because the liturgical high point for Eastern Christians comes at midnight tonight when darkened church interiors are brightened to proclaim “Christ is Risen.”
   • All the bloodletting began when the head of the Eastern Christians, Emperor Alexis, called upon his chief rival, Pope Urban II, to send mercenaries to help him get rid of the Turks who had attacked his empire.
   • Under Islamic rule, Eastern Christians lived as protected people, dhimmi: They were subservient and had to pay the jizya, but were often allowed to observe practices forbidden by Islam, including eating pork and drinking alcohol.

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