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.

Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Andrei Tarkovsky → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Anna Pavlovna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anna Petrovna → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anton Chekhov → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Anton Denikin → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Boris Pasternak → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Boris Yeltsin → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cathedral of the Annunciation → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Cathedral of the Archangel → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Catherine I of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Catherine II of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Chukchi → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Cossacks → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Dmitry Medvedev → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Dormition Cathedral → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ekaterina Dolgorukova → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth of Russia
Elizabeth of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Emperor of All the Russias → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Enets → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity
Fyodor Bruni → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Gala Dalí → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Georgy Lvov → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Moscow → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Grigori Rasputin → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
House of Romanov → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ivan V of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ivan VI of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ivan the Great Bell Tower → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Kabardino-Balkaria → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
Kostroma → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church (dominant)
Leo Tolstoy → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lyudmila Putina → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Maria Nikolaevna of Russia → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → religion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ