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The '''Oriental Orthodox Churches''' are [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] churches adhering to [[Miaphysitism|Miaphysite]] [[Christology]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Orthodox Christian Churches|url=https://pluralism.org/orthodox-christian-churches|access-date=2020-11-25|website=pluralism.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Oriental Orthodoxy « Western Prelacy|url=http://westernprelacy.org/en/oriental-orthodox-churches/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=westernprelacy.org}}</ref> with approximately 50&nbsp;million members worldwide.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lamport |first1=Mark A. |title=Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7157-9 |page=601 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6xVDwAAQBAJ&q=oriental+orthodox+50+million&pg=PA601 |language=en |quote=Today these churches are also referred to as the Oriental Orthodox Churches and are made up of 50 million Christians.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century |journal=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |date=8 November 2017 |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2017/11/08/orthodox-christianity-in-the-21st-century/ |quote=Oriental Orthodoxy has separate self-governing jurisdictions in Ethiopia, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Armenia and Syria, and it accounts for roughly 20% of the worldwide Orthodox population.}}</ref> The Oriental Orthodox Churches adhere to the [[Nicene Christianity|Nicene Christian]] tradition. Oriental Orthodoxy is one of the oldest branches in [[Christianity]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/church-families/orthodox-churches-oriental |title=Orthodox churches (Oriental) — World Council of Churches |website=www.oikoumene.org |language=en}}</ref>

As some of the oldest religious institutions in the world, the Oriental Orthodox Churches have played a prominent role in the history and culture of [[Armenia]], [[Egypt]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Nubia#Christian Nubia|Sudan]], [[Western Asia]] and the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] region of [[India]]. As [[Autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches, their [[bishop]]s are equal by virtue of [[Consecration#Ordination of bishops|episcopal ordination]]. Their doctrines recognize the validity of only the first three [[ecumenical council]]s.{{sfn|Hindson|Mitchell|2013|p=108}}<ref name=":0" />

The Oriental Orthodox Churches includesare a numbercomposed of six autocephalous churches among which six are members of the Standing Conference of the Oriental Orthodox communion: the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]], the [[Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch]] (and its [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]]), the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], the [[Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church|Malankara Syrian Church]], the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], and the [[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]].<ref name=SCOOCH>{{Cite web|url=http"://www.scooch.org/member-churches/the-syriac-indian-church/|title=Member0" churches – SCOOCH|access-date=2024-03-07|website=scooch.org|publisher=Standing Conference of the Oriental Orthodox Churches|language=en}}</ref> The [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]<ref name=":01" /> andAll but the [[MalabarMalankara IndependentOrthodox Syrian Church]] basedform inthe IndiaStanding areConference other notableof Oriental Orthodox churchesChurches.<ref>{{cite book|chaptername=The Syriac Church Denominations":2" An Overview|last=Winkler|first=Dietmar|author-link=Dietmar W. Winkler|title=The Syriac World|editor-first=Daniel|editor-last=King|year=2019|page=119|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138899018}}</ref> They consider themselves to be the [[Four Marks of the Church|one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church]] founded by [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus Christ]] in his [[Great Commission]], and that its bishops are the [[Apostolic succession|successors]] of Christ's [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]]. Three rites are practiced by the churches: the western-influenced [[Armenian Rite]], the [[West Syriac Rite]] of the Syriac Church and the Malankara Church of India, and the [[Alexandrian Rite]] of the [[Copts]], [[Ethiopians]] and [[Eritreans]].

Oriental Orthodox Churches shared [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] with the [[State church of the Roman Empire|imperial Roman church]] before the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451&nbsp;AD, and with the [[Church of the East]] until the [[Council of Ephesus]] in AD 431, separating primarily over [[Chalcedonian Definition|differences in]] Christology.

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There are a number of churches considered non-canonical, but whose members and clergy may or may not be in communion with the greater Oriental Orthodox communion. Examples include the [[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]], the [[Celtic Orthodox Church]], the [[Orthodox Church of the Gauls]], the [[British Orthodox Church]], and the [[Tigrayan Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]. These organizations have passed in and out of official recognition, but members rarely face excommunication when recognition is ended. The primates of these churches are typically referred to as ''[[episcopi vagantes]]'' or ''vagantes'' in short.