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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Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow veneratedIn Russian Orthodox Church
Alexei Alexeyevich Romanov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Sergiyevo-Posadsky District religionHistoricallyDominant Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Savva Mamontov hasReligion Russian Orthodox Church
Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands denomination Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands (Abramtsevo)
Refectory Church of St. Sergius religion Russian Orthodox Church
Refectory Church of St. Sergius denomination Russian Orthodox Church
Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Resurrection Cathedral religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Easter Festival Overture religiousContext Russian Orthodox Church
Viktor Vasnetsov religion Russian Orthodox Church
Valaam Monastery religion Russian Orthodox Church
Valaam Monastery hasDenomination Russian Orthodox Church
Valaam Monastery affiliation Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
Valaam Monastery ownedBy Russian Orthodox Church
Kizhi Pogost UNESCO World Heritage Site religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Kizhi Pogost
Mikhail Vrubel religion Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (as father of Peter II, she was his granddaughter; this triple may be uncertain) religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
Ivanovo Oblast religionMajority Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad partOf Russian Orthodox Church
Hieromartyr John Kochurov church Russian Orthodox Church
Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky) religion Russian Orthodox Church
Kolomna Novo-Golutvin Monastery religion Russian Orthodox Church
Yuri of Uglich religion Russian Orthodox Church
Boyarina Feodosia Morozova religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Feodosia Morozova
Alexis Mikhailovich religion Russian Orthodox Church
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Anna Ivanovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Tsar Alexis of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Praskovia Ivanovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Margarita Ivanovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Feodosia Ivanovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Maria Ivanovna of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Tikhvin Assumption Monastery religion Russian Orthodox Church
Saint Basil’s Cathedral museum complex (administratively affiliated) religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Saint Basil’s Cathedral museum complex
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky religion Russian Orthodox Church
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia religion Russian Orthodox Church
Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick religion Russian Orthodox Church
Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg religion Russian Orthodox Church
Irina Malandina religion Russian Orthodox Church
Sheremetev family religion Russian Orthodox Church
Ryazan Theological Seminary religion Russian Orthodox Church
Imperial Guard religion Russian Orthodox Church
Monastery of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers religion Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox convent of the Ascension religion Russian Orthodox Church
Elizabeth Petrovna religion Russian Orthodox Church
General Mikhail Alekseyev religion Russian Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Mikhail Alekseyev
Alexander Pavlovich Romanov religion Russian Orthodox Church