His parents are both Jewish, and Feldman was raised attending Conservative and Orthodox denominations.

Only persons of Russian Orthodox denomination were eligible to join its ranks.

The Council, which represents 342 Protestant and Orthodox denominations and church groups, said the invasion of Iraq was "immoral, ill advised" and bad for Christian-Muslim relations.

Most of them belong to an Orthodox denomination that claims to have preserved Christianity in its most pristine form since the second century.

The National Council of Churches, which includes 36 Protestant and Orthodox denominations and frequently criticizes foreign policy, has also announced its opposition.

The NCC is an ecumenical organization made up of 29 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox denominations.

From the start of the NATO campaign, tensions have also been felt within the World Council of Churches, which represents nearly 340 Protestant and Orthodox denominations.

Religiously the Ukrainians were split between two Catholic and two Orthodox denominations.

The dioceses of many Orthodox denominations, such as the Russian Orthodox Church, have their own ecclesiastical courts.

In these events, close to three million Christians of Syriac, Armenian or Greek Orthodox denomination were murdered by the Young Turks regime.