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The Russian Orthodox Church ( ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized : Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate ( Russian: Московский патриархат, romanized : Moskovskiy patriarkhat ), [12] is an autocephalous ...
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Prior to becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later...
- Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (Russian: Патриарх...
- Russian Orthodoxy
Russian Orthodoxy ( Russian: Русское православие) is the...
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Russian revolution. In 1914 in Russia, there were 55,173 Russian Orthodox churches and 29,593 chapels, 112,629 priests and deacons, 550 monasteries and 475 convents with a total of 95,259 monks and nuns. The year 1917 was a major turning point for the history of Russia, and also the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Moscow, Russia
- Church Slavonic (basic) and local languages
- 125,000,000
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The Eastern Orthodox Church is the primary religious denomination in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Belarus, Serbia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Cyprus and Montenegro. Roughly half of Eastern Orthodox Christians live in the post Eastern Bloc countries, mostly in Russia.
- 220 million
Mar 10, 2022 · The most important figure in the Russian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill. Born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, he has been head of the Russian Orthodox Church since 2009. He is largely credited with bringing the church into close alliance with the Putin regime and Putin himself. The relationship has been reminiscent of, and ...
Jan 6, 2024 · His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' congratulated the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his 70th birthday. 24 February 2024 year 16:40. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill's condolences in connection with the murder of the monks of the Ziquala Abo Monastery in Ethiopia. [Patriarch]
Introduction Russian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church; History Kievan Rus' Transfer of the see to Moscow; de facto independence of the Moscow Church Autocephaly and schism Peter the Great Expansion Fin-de-siècle religious renaissance Russian Revolution and Civil War Under Soviet rule Persecution under Khrushchev Glasnost and evidence of collaboration with the KGB Post-Soviet era ...
