Faith and Religion

This page is about the different spiritual beliefs of the main characters of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

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Miranda Bailey
When asked by a patient if she believed in God, Miranda replied "I have to believe". Before surgeries she sometimes prays to God. Like Dr. Burke, it can be assumed she follows a Christian set of beliefs.

Preston Burke
Burke is very spiritual, and follows a Christian set of beliefs. He celebrates Christmas.

George O'Malley
George O'Malley is Catholic, but was chastised by his mother for having a divorce (despite the fact the marriage was in a Church of Elvis).

Derek Shepherd
Derek is from an Irish-Catholic background, but he has not talked about any religious beliefs.

Izzie Stevens
Izzie Stevens has been mentioned to be Catholic by Callie, however when Denny died, she took part in Shiva (a Jewish custom for mourning and bereavement).

Callie Torres
Before her divorce with George, Callie believed in God. Afterwards, she lost faith, but did believe in love. In Season 5, she revealed she believed in God sometimes. It could be presumed that she was raised in a Christian (possibly Catholic) environment, as her family appear to have very strong Latin American roots.

Cristina Yang
Cristina Yang was raised in a Jewish faith upon her mother's remarriage until "[she] stopped believing in that kind of stuff as soon as [she] was old enough to know better".

Naomi Bennett
Both Sam and Naomi are Catholics, with Naomi expressing concern over their divorce when they had to pay a house call to a convent.

Sam Bennett
Both Sam and Naomi are Catholics.

Addison Montgomery
Addison is a WASP. She only ever attends mass at Christmas and only discovered how to pray when Callie taught her when Addison was trying to pray for her brother.