Changes

Despite the Ottoman Empire ruling over Constantinople and what was the Byzantine Empire, other Eastern Orthodox Churches like the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] was not under the rule of an Islamic empire. Various empires rose and fell over 2,000 years. With the various national churches functioning in the language of their nation, the risk of all Orthodox Churches being ruled by an oppressive empire at the same time is minimized.

====The Present Time====

In 2019, UNESCO inscribed the Byzantine chant in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.[7]

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