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====Orthodox churches==== Tithing in medieval Eastern Christianity did not spread so widely as in the West. A [[Constitution (Roman law)|Constitution]] of the Emperors [[Leo I the Thracian|Leo I]] (reigned 457–474) and [[Anthemius]] (reigned 467–472) apparently expected believers to make voluntary payments and forbade compulsion.<ref> {{cite encyclopedia |last= Сильвестрова |first= Е. В. |editor-first= Vladimir Mikhailovich |editor-last= Gundyayev |editor-link= Patriarch Kirill of Moscow |encyclopedia= Православная энциклопедия [Orthodox encyclopedia] |title= ДЕСЯТИНА |trans-title=Tithe |url= http://www.pravenc.ru/text/171766.html |access-date=23 January 2015 |language= ru |edition= Electronic version |date=24 March 2012 |publisher= Церковно-научный центр «Православная Энциклопедия» |volume= 14 |pages=450–452 |quote= На Востоке Д[есятина] не получила такого распространения, как на Западе. Известна, в частности, конституция императоров Льва и Антемия, в которой священнослужителям запрещалось принуждать верующих к выплатам в пользу Церкви под угрозой различных прещений. Хотя в конституции не употребляется термин decima, речь идет о начатках и, по всей видимости, о выплатах, аналогичных Д., к-рые, по мнению императоров, верующие должны совершать добровольно, без всякого принуждения [...].}} </ref> The [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] teaches "proportionate giving and tithing as normal practices of Christian giving."<ref name="SmithEmerson2008"/>
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