Russian Orthodox Church

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Christian denomination Eastern Orthodox Church autocephalous church

The Russian Orthodox Church is the largest autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, historically centered in Russia and influential across the Slavic and wider Orthodox Christian world.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Russian Orthodox Church canonical 692
Russian Orthodoxy 108
Russian Orthodox Christianity 31

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
autocephalous church ⓘ
autocephalyCentury 16th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
doctrine apostolic succession ⓘ
seven sacraments ⓘ
veneration of icons ⓘ
experiencedPersecutionUnder Soviet Union ⓘ
followsCouncil First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
governanceForm episcopal polity ⓘ
synodal governance ⓘ
grantedAutocephalyBy Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
hasCathedral Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ⓘ
hasClergyRank archbishop ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
metropolitan ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasCurrentPrimate Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ⓘ
hasDiasporaPresenceIn Australia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Western Europe ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Moscow Theological Academy ⓘ
Saint Petersburg Theological Academy ⓘ
hasFeast Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
Easter ⓘ
surface form: Pascha (Easter)

Feast of the Theophany ⓘ
surface form: Theophany

Transfiguration ⓘ
hasHeadTitle Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' ⓘ
hasImportantCouncil Local Council of 1917–1918 ⓘ
hasInternalDivision Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (historically separated, later reconciled)
hasJurisdictionIn Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Baltic states (partly)

Belarus ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukraine (disputed in part)
hasMajorCenter Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kiev

Moscow ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Sergiyev Posad ⓘ
hasMonasticTradition Russian monasticism ⓘ
hasOfficialBody Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasPositionOn traditional Christian moral teachings ⓘ
hasPublishingArm Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House ⓘ
hasSee Moscow ⓘ
hasSpiritualCenter Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Metropolis of Moscow
influencesCultureOf Belarus ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
other Slavic countries ⓘ
isLargestWithin Eastern Orthodox Church communion ⓘ
isMemberOf World Council of Churches ⓘ
surface form: World Council of Churches (historically, with periods of suspension)
liturgicalLanguageFamily Slavic languages ⓘ
primaryLanguageUsed Church Slavonic ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalTradition Byzantine Rite ⓘ
recognizesCanonOfScripture New Testament ⓘ
Septuagint-based Old Testament ⓘ
recognizesSacrament Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form: Eucharist

anointing of the sick ⓘ
baptism ⓘ
chrismation ⓘ
confession ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
ordination ⓘ
reconciledWith Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in 2007 ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
restoredPatriarchate 1917 ⓘ
territorialOrigin Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
theology Nicene Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity

Nicene Christianity ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
surface form: Julian calendar (for liturgical purposes)
venerates New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia ⓘ
Russian saints ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Theotokos (Mother of God)

Referenced by (874)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasMajorChurch → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
House of Romanov → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Vladimir Putin → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Empire → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
White movement → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Svetlana Alliluyeva → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → observedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Synodal Bible → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Synodal Bible → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Synodal Bible → scriptureOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russia → largestReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth of Russia
Saint Isaac's Cathedral → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Kazan Cathedral → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Nenets → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Catherine I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Peter II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Alexander Friedmann → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ivan VI of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Church Slavonic → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Peter III of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Catherine II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russians → traditionalChurch → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russians → associatedHistoricalReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → seeAlso → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Paul I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Tolstoy family → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas → governingBody → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Alexander I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Albania → inCommunionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Nicholas I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church in America → grantedAutocephalyBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Alexander II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Alexander III of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Dagestan → hasMinorityReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ