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.

Kholmogory → religionHistoricallyDominant → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Grand Duke of Finland → religionOfOfficeHolder → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Petergof → religionTraditionallyAssociated → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexandrowka colony → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Simferopol → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Kazan Cathedral → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Moscow Theological Academy → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Saint Petersburg Theological Academy → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Andrew Skete → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Michael’s Cathedral → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Panteleimon Monastery → religiousAffiliation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Yaroslavl → religiousCenterFor → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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

Muscovy → religiousInstitution → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow → religiousOrder → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Archimandrite Ignaty → religiousTradition → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Our Lady of Kazan → religiousTradition → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Synodal Bible → scriptureOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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

Orthodox Church of Alexandria → seeAlso → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → separatedFrom → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

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

Tsardom of Russia → stateReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Panteleimon Monastery → traditionalAssociation → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Russians → traditionalChurch → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → traditionalOwner → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Ural Cossack forces → traditionalReligion → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

New Jerusalem Monastery → underJurisdictionOf → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Cherubic Hymn → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Church Slavonic → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Pentecostarion → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Synodal Bible → usedBy → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Nevsky → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Our Lady of Kazan → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Patriarch Hermogenes → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Theophan the Recluse → veneratedIn → Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ