Russian Orthodox Church

Details

Instance of

national Church, Eastern Orthodox patriarchate

Inception

15 December 1448

Part of

Eastern Orthodox Church

Has parts

Chinese Orthodox Church, Latvian Orthodox Church, Moldovan Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Estonian Christian Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church in Japan (Moscow Patriarchate), Diocese of Berlin and Germany (Russian Orthodox Church), Diocese of Budapest and Hungary, Diocese of Vienna and Austria, Eparchy of Argentina and South America (Moscow Patriarchate), Belarusian Orthodox Church

Country

Russia, Soviet Union

Founded by

Andrew the Apostle, Photios I of Constantinople, Nicholas II of Constantinople, Vladimir the Great

Headquarters

Danilov Monastery

Chaired by

Kirill I of Moscow

Religion

Eastern Orthodoxy

applies to jurisdiction

Post-Soviet states, Soviet Union, Russia

Christian liturgical rite

Byzantine Rite

described by source

Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band

different from

Q4386573, Russian Orthodox church building

language used

Russian

member of

World Council of Churches

official language

Church Slavonic, Novomoskovsk variety of the Church Slavonic language, Russian

OpenStreetMap tag

denomination=russian_orthodox

position held by head of the organization

Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia

separated from

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

short name

РПЦ, РПЦ, ROC, РПЦ, РПЦ, 俄國教會, 俄国教会, VÕK, ROK, РПЦ, RPC

significant event

Raskol, 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism

social media followers

61800, 71900, 83600, 92800, 103000

subject named as

Russisch-orthodoxe Kirche

topic's main category

Category:Russian Orthodox Church

Connected on Wikidata

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