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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.
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]
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]
Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar. Patriarch Kirill, an enthusiastic backer of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, blessed icons and crosses ...
St. Basil's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow is a World Heritage Site.. Orthodox Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Russia, with significant minorities of non-religious people and adherents of other faiths.
Eastern Orthodoxy is the predominant religion in Russia (77%), [6] [7] [8] where roughly half the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians live. The religion is also heavily concentrated in the rest of Eastern Europe, where it is the majority religion in Ukraine (65.4% [9] –77%), [10] Romania (82%), [11] Belarus (48% [12] –73% [13]), Greece (95% ...
The Eastern Orthodox Christian life is a spiritual pilgrimage in which each person, ... Eastern Orthodoxy is the predominant religion in Russia (77%), ...
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 ...