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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Republic of Mari El religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
National Unity Day observedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Ulyanov family religiousBackground Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Unangan people religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Russian Orthodox missions sponsoredBy Russian Orthodox Church
Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Republic of Mordovia hasMajorReligion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Nikolskoe church denomination Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Nikolskoe Church
Lopukhina associatedReligion Russian Orthodox Church
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Korchevskoy Uyezd religionMajority Russian Orthodox Church
Feodor I of Russia associatedWith Russian Orthodox Church
Our Lady of Smolensk religiousTradition Russian Orthodox Church
Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Feodosia Mikhailovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Feodorovsky Cathedral religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Feodorovsky Cathedral denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Feodorovsky Cathedral restoredBy Russian Orthodox Church
Church of the Resurrection of Christ denomination Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Foros)
Pskov-Caves Monastery religion Russian Orthodox Church
Pskov-Caves Monastery denomination Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Pskov-Caves Monastery governedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Maria Menshikova religion Russian Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Totma religion Russian Orthodox Church
Chudov Monastery, Moscow religion Russian Orthodox Church
Empress Anna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Grigori religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Grigori Rasputin
Central Siberian Yupik religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Pskov Kremlin religionAssociatedWith Russian Orthodox Church
Maykop, Russia religionPresent Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Maykop
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Vladimir Solovyov denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Dmitri Egorov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Khakassia hasReligion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Pechorsky District religiousTraditionPresent Russian Orthodox Church
Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Republic of Khakassia hasReligion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
eparchial administration of Saint Petersburg partOf Russian Orthodox Church
Ipatiev Monastery denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Eparchy of Saint Petersburg partOf Russian Orthodox Church
Eparchy of Saint Petersburg denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Eparchy of Saint Petersburg churchSuiIuris Russian Orthodox Church
Pugachyov hasReligion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Epiphany Cathedral religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Epiphany Cathedral denomination Russian Orthodox Church