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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Russian Orthodoxy 24
Moscow Patriarchate 9
Russian Orthodox Christianity 9

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 (238)

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

Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House → affiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Moscow Theological Academy → affiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russians → associatedHistoricalReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → associatedWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → canonization → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Alexander Nevsky → canonizedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia → canonizedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer → canonizedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
St. Theophan the Recluse → church → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Sugpiaq people → colonialInfluence → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Christianization of Kievan Rus' → commemoratedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia → commemoratedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Vladimir the Great → commemoratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House → controlledBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
Local Council of 1917–1918 → convenedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia → convertedTo → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Marta Helena Skowrońska → convertedTo → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Yalta) → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cathedral of the Annunciation → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Church of the Deposition of the Robe → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Church on Spilled Blood → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Local Council of 1917–1918 → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga
New Jerusalem Monastery → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Smolny Cathedral → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
St. Basil's Cathedral → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Synodal Bible → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → denomination → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
St. Michael’s Cathedral → founder → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Moscow Theological Academy → governedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Saint Petersburg Theological Academy → governedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour → governingBody → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → governingBody → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Orthodox Church in America → grantedAutocephalyBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
icon of Our Lady of Kazan (copy) → hasCulturalContext → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ