 The word "temple" is used frequently in the tradition of Eastern Christianity; particularly the Eastern Orthodox Church, where the principal words used for houses of worship are "temple" and "church".The use of the word "temple" comes from the need to distinguish "a building of the church" vs. "the church seen as the Body of Christ".In the Russian language (similar to other Slavic languages), while the general-purpose word for "church" is "tserkov", the term "khram" (Храм), "temple", is used to refer to the church building as a temple of God ("Khram Bozhy").