| BYZANTINE | Relating to the Eastern or Greek Orthodox Church (9) |
| TROPARION | In the Greek Orthodox church, a stanza or short hymn (9) |
| PROTHESIS | Credence table in the Greek Orthodox Church (9) |
| DIAMONDBACK | North American rattlesnake such as the Eastern - or Western - (11) |
| REDBUD | Tree with heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-red flowers such as the eastern - or western - (6) |
| ARCHIMANDRITE | Superior of a monastery or group of monasteries in the Greek Orthodox Church (13) |
| LANGUEDOC | Area from the Rhone valley to the eastern Pyrenees (9) |
| STEAMSHIP | A vessel driven by water vapour, such as the Great Britain, Great Eastern or Great Western designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9) |
| THEOTOKOS | Title of the Virgin Mary used especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church; from Greek, 'godbearer' (9) |
| ASHKENAZI | Jew of eastern or central European descent |
| BEATITUDE | A title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church (9) |
| EPARCHATE | A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church (9) |
| PORFIRIJE | 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, enthroned to succeed Irinej on 19 February 2021 (9) |
| PATRIARCH | Title of bishops, eg of Antioch, in the Eastern Orthodox church |
| ARISTOTLE | Ari's little one, the French or Greek philosopher (9) |
| SEBASTIAN | Early Christian saint whose feast day is a week before Christmas in the Orthodox Church (9) |
| HOLYSYNOD | Highest authority in the Russian Orthodox Church (4,5) |
| ONIONDOME | Russian Orthodox church feature (5,4) |
| BEEORCHID | Plant English or Greek character in plot (3,6) |
| LEVANT | Name formerly given to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea from W. Greece to Egypt (6) |
