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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...
- Latvian Orthodox Church
The Latvian Orthodox Church (Latvian: Latvijas Pareizticīgā...
- History of the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian revolution. In 1914 in Russia, there were 55,173...
- Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church is the primary religious...
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Mar 19, 2024 · Pimen (born July 23, 1910, Bogdorodsk, near Moscow, Russia—died May 3, 1990, Moscow) was the 14th Russian Orthodox patriarch of Moscow and of all Russia. He served as spiritual leader of his church during the final years of official Soviet repression and the subsequent period of religious renewal following the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
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The Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S. became independent from Moscow in 1970. Eastern Orthodoxy, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Its adherents live mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East, and ...
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 ...
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