Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

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The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia is an autonomous ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox tradition, formed by émigré clergy and faithful after the Russian Revolution and historically based outside the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox church body
Russian Orthodox jurisdiction
autonomous ecclesiastical jurisdiction
autonomyGrantedBy Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
autonomyStatus autonomous
cathedral Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign
churchTradition Byzantine Rite
country Russia
dateOfReconciliation 2007
denomination Russian Orthodox Church
foundedBy Russian émigré bishops
Russian émigré clergy
Russian émigré faithful
fullCommunionWith Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

other Eastern Orthodox Churches
governedBy Council of Bishops
Synod of Bishops
hasClericalRank archbishop
bishop
deacon
metropolitan
priest
hasTerritorialJurisdiction Australia
North America
South America
Western Europe
diaspora of the Russian Orthodox faithful
other regions outside historical Russia
headquarters New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalHeadquarters Belgrade
Sremski Karlovci
historicallyOpposedTo Soviet regime
state control of the church in the USSR
inception 1920
leaderTitle First Hierarch
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic
vernacular languages
maintains monasteries
parishes
seminaries
originatedFrom Russian Revolution
primaryConstituency Russian Orthodox diaspora
descendants of White émigrés
reconciledWith Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
separatedFrom Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
signedDocument Act of Canonical Communion
usesCalendar Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (for liturgical purposes)

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Alix of Hesse and by Rhine canonization Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer canonizedBy Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia commemoratedBy Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Russian Orthodox Church hasInternalDivision Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (historically separated, later reconciled)
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer veneratedIn Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia