Russian Orthodox Church

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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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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)

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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Yefim Rasputin religion Russian Orthodox Church
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom usedInChurch Russian Orthodox Church
Trans-Ural frontier religiousInfluence Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
White Trinity Church denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Vasily Tatishchev religion Russian Orthodox Church
Donskoy Monastery cemetery, Moscow religion Russian Orthodox Church
Donskoy Monastery cemetery, Moscow denomination Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Donskoy Monastery cemetery, Moscow affiliation Russian Orthodox Church
Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire religionDominant Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire hasReligiousBuilding Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox church
Praskovya Fyodorovna Dubrovina religion Russian Orthodox Church
Countess Natalia Brasova religion Russian Orthodox Church
Principality of Yaroslavl religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
"Александр Невский" canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Александр Невский
this entity surface form: Русская православная церковь
Karachayevsk religionPresent Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Slavic Orthodox Churches includesChurch Russian Orthodox Church
Sergei Muravyov-Apostol religion Russian Orthodox Church
Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Count Grigory Orlov religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Grigory Orlov
Karl Peter Ulrich religion Russian Orthodox Church
Tikhvin hasReligiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
Alexey Shchusev religion Russian Orthodox Church
Tatar religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Tatars
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Muscovite government stateReligion Russian Orthodox Church
coronation of Nicholas II of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
Andrey Markov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Igor Sikorsky religion Russian Orthodox Church
Bashkir ASSR religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Grigory Potemkin religion Russian Orthodox Church
Russian America (northwest) religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Russian America
Church of St Michael the Archangel denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Alaska religion Russian Orthodox Church
Xenia Borisovna Godunova associatedWith Russian Orthodox Church
Anaphora of Saint Basil (Byzantine form) usedIn Russian Orthodox Church
Godunov dynasty religion Russian Orthodox Church
Gavriil Govorov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Gavriil Govorov denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Gavriil Govorov veneratedIn Russian Orthodox Church
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
Vasily (Basil) the Blessed placeOfVeneration Russian Orthodox Church
Vasily (Basil) the Blessed veneratedIn Russian Orthodox Church
Mari people religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church