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    The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively...
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    Zagranítsey, lit. 'Russian Orthodox Church Abroad'), also called Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or ROCOR, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA)...
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    The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest...
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  • the Russian Orthodox Church. After the Bolshevik Revolution, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern...
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  • The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) is a variation of the Christian cross since the 16th century...
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    Orthodox church in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church was officially formed in 1990 in place of the Ukrainian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)...
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    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...
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    Russian Orthodoxy (Russian: Русское православие) is the theology, religious traditions, and practices related to the Russian Orthodox Church. Historically...
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    The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Православна церква України, romanized: Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU), also called Ukrainian Orthodox Church...
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    from the Russian word for "Christ," Христос (Khristos). The first purpose-built Orthodox Christian church to open in Japan was the wooden Russian Consulate...
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    2022, the Latvian Orthodox Church was universally recognized as a self-governing part of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian Orthodox Church). On 8 September...
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  • The Russian Old Orthodox Church (Russian: Русская Древлеправославная Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born of a...
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    The Chinese Orthodox Church (simplified Chinese: 中华东正教会; traditional Chinese: 中華東正教會; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Dōngzhèngjiàohuì, Russian: Китайская православная...
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    Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Polish: Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny), commonly known as the Polish Orthodox Church, or Orthodox Church of Poland...
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  • The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly known simply as the Orthodox Church is a communion composed of up to...
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    Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of...
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    The Orthodox Church of Finland or Finnish Orthodox Church (Finnish: Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit. 'Finnish Orthodox Church'; Swedish: Ortodoxa kyrkan...
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    Filaret (Denysenko) was enthroned in 1995 and excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1997, an action not recognized by the UOC-KP synod. In 2018...
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    official name of the exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belarus. It represents the union of Russian Orthodox eparchies in the territory of Belarus...
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    The Abkhazian Orthodox Church (Abkhaz: Аԥсны Аиашахаҵаратә ауахәама, romanized: Apsnə Ajašaxac̣araṭ° awax°ama, Russian: Абхазская Православная церковь...
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  • jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, predominantly within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of...
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  • Recluses (Russian: Пензенские затворники, True Russian Orthodox Church, TROC; Russian: Настоящая русская православная церковь) were an Independent Russian doomsday...
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    Christianity in Russia is the most widely professed religion in the country. The largest tradition is the Russian Orthodox Church. According to official...
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  • some priests in the Russian Orthodox Church have publicly opposed the invasion, with some facing arrest under the new Russian war censorship laws criminalising...
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  • Canada Russian Orthodox ChurchRussian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Serbian Orthodox Church — Eparchy of Canada Macedonian Orthodox Church — Diocese...
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    Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia. The language appears also in the services of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside...
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  • Media) 96.3 FM - Russian Shanson Radio Vera (Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate) - 96.8 FM Dorognoye Radio (EMG) 97.3 FM - Russian old music Love...
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    The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church, Russian: Русская Православная Старообрядческая...
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    of Russian saints includes the saints canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian saints canonized by other Eastern Orthodox Churches. Saints...
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  • Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition...
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