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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), is an autocephalous Eastern ...
- 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 body...
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
The Russian Orthodox Church is traditionally said to have been founded by Andrew the Apostle, who is thought to have visited Scythia and Greek colonies along the northern coast of the Black Sea. According to one of the legends, St. Andrew reached the future location of Kiev and foretold the foundation of a great Christian city.
- Moscow, Russia
- Church Slavonic (basic) and local languages
- 125,000,000
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The Russian Orthodox Church, alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The primate of the ROC is the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, ROCOR, the Karlovsty Synod, or the Synod) is a semi- autonomous jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate originally formed in response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution.
- Nicholas (Olhovsky), First Hierarch
- 1922
- Semi-autonomous
- Russia
Mar 10, 2022 · The history, facts and stats explaining the Russian Orthodox Church's claim on Ukraine and alliance with the Kremlin
HISTORY OF SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL. St. Nicholas Cathedral was erected more than a hundred years ago. Its foundation associates with the names of two great Russian Saints — St. Tikhon. Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia and the newly-martyred Protopresbyter Alexander Hotovitsky.
