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The Russian Orthodox church was drastically weakened in May 1922, when the Renovated (Living) Church, a reformist movement backed by the Soviet secret police, broke away from Patriarch Tikhon (also see the Josephites and the Russian True Orthodox Church), a move that caused division among clergy and faithful that persisted until 1946.
For Russian members of any of the various autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church, see Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Russia. Members of the Russian Orthodox Church. Not all members of the Russian Orthodox Church are of Russian nationality.
The real "head" of the Synod and most important clerical figure was the Primus or Prime member, its legal chairman, always a Metropolitan or an Archbishop. The first Primus was the Metropolitan Stephen Yavorsky , who had been the administrator of the Patriarchate of Moscow for over twenty years (1700-1721).
In the United States there are numerous notable Russian Orthodox churches, including many that were listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of one study. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Alaska, the Russian America community includes more than 20,000 members of the Russian Orthodox church.
John Belushi – member of the Albanian Orthodox Church in childhood; his funeral was in that faith [1] James Belushi – member of the Albanian Orthodox Church, John's brother. Charles Bronson – Russian Orthodox, son of a Kryashen. Yul Brynner – actor.
For members of the Russian Orthodox Church, see Category:Members of the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian members of any of the various autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church, including the Russian Orthodox Church. However, not all Russian Eastern Orthodox Christians are members of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.
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