Local Council of 1917–1918

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20th-century Christian council Russian Orthodox Church council church council event in church history synod

The Local Council of 1917–1918 was a landmark assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church that restored the patriarchate and introduced major reforms to church governance in the wake of the Russian Revolution.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
All-Russian Local Council of 1917–1918	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	20th-century Christian council ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church council ⓘ church council ⓘ event in church history ⓘ synod ⓘ
aim	to adapt church governance to new political conditions ⓘ to define the structure of church authority after the fall of the monarchy ⓘ to restore the traditional patriarchal leadership of the Russian Church ⓘ
category	1910s in Christianity ⓘ Christianity in Russia ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church history ⓘ
convenedBy	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
denomination	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
describedAs	landmark assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ major reform council in the wake of the Russian Revolution ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
followed	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: February Revolution of 1917 abdication of Tsar Nicholas II ⓘ
hasEffect	introduction of conciliar governance principles ⓘ reform of church governance ⓘ reorganization of church administration ⓘ
historicalContext	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
introduced	reforms to diocesan governance ⓘ reforms to parish governance ⓘ reforms to the Holy Synod and central church administration ⓘ
language	Church Slavonic ⓘ Russian ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ
outcome	codification of new church statutes ⓘ election of a new Patriarch of Moscow ⓘ
participant	bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ lay delegates of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
replaced	Synodal period of church governance in Russia ⓘ
restoredOffice	Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' ⓘ Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
significance	first major council of the Russian Orthodox Church since the 17th century ⓘ landmark assembly in modern Russian church history ⓘ
significantEvent	restoration of the patriarchate of Moscow ⓘ
startTime	1917 ⓘ
timePeriod	World War I era ⓘ early Soviet period ⓘ
topic	canonical status of the patriarchate ⓘ relationship between church and state in post-imperial Russia ⓘ rights and responsibilities of bishops, clergy, and laity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Orthodox Church → hasImportantCouncil → Local Council of 1917–1918 ⓘ

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → restoredAt → Local Council of 1917–1918 ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Local Council of 1917–1918