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
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)	2
Russian Orthodox Church (dominant)	1
Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska	1
Russian Orthodox Church in Russia	1

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.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasMajorChurch → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Dagestan → hasMinorityReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Gennady Zyuganov → hasReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Kazan → hasReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Mari El Republic → hasReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

North Caucasus → hasReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Valaam Islands → hasReligiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

icon of Our Lady of Kazan (copy) → hasReligiousTradition → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow → headOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' → historicalPrecursorOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Albania → inCommunionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Patriarchate of Constantinople → inCommunionWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → includes → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church → jurisdiction → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → jurisdiction → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Russia → largestReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → locatedInTheEcclesiasticalProvince → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church → mainSubject → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Karachay-Cherkessia → majorReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

North Caucasian Federal District → majorReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Archimandrite Ignaty → memberOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Tatars → minorityReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) → nonParticipatingChurch → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Revised Julian calendar → notAdoptedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Dormition Fast → observedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → observedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine → opposedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House → parentOrganization → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church → partOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (historically) → partOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga

Russian Greek Catholic Church → preservesCustomsOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Our Lady of Kazan → recognizedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → reconciledWith → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Saint Petersburg Theological Academy → regionServed → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church in Russia

Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Friedmann → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander III of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Kerensky → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Kolchak → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Nevsky → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Nevsky Lavra → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Pushkin → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Solzhenitsyn → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ