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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Московский патриархат, Moskovskiy patriarkhat), [12] is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.
Christianity in Russia is the most widely professed religion in the country. The largest tradition is the Russian Orthodox Church.According to official sources, there are 170 eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church, 145 of which are grouped in metropolitanates. [1]
Despite the policies of state atheism, censuses reported a high religiosity among the population; in 1929, 80% of the population were believers, and in 1937 two-thirds described themselves as believers, of whom three-fourths as Orthodox Christians. [25] The Russian Orthodox Church was supported under Joseph Stalin in the 1940s, after the Second ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian Orthodox Church ...
The history of the Russian Orthodox Church begins with the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988 during the reign of Vladimir the Great. [1] [2] In the following centuries, Kiev and later other cities, including Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov, Suzdal and Vladimir, became important regional centers of Christian spirituality and culture. [1]
The Eastern Orthodox Christian life is a spiritual pilgrimage in which each person, through the imitation of Christ and hesychasm, [14] cultivates the practice of unceasing prayer. Each life occurs within the life of the church as a member of the body of Christ. [15]
The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska's biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil paintings and ...