• Russian Orthodox Church, one of the largest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox churches in the world.
  • On 1st November 1981, he was canonized as a new martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
  • The most typical and most recognizable element of Orthodox churches is the dome, crowned with the eight-pointed Orthodox cross .
  • The Orthodox Church in Russia. Through Russian history, beginning with the baptism of Rus in the 10th century, the Church was linked to state power.
  • 1921: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was formed. 1922-1946: The Renovationist movement in the church took place.
  • Just like a diocese of a Western Church, the geographic divisions of the Russian Orthodox Church are known as eparchies.
  • Liberating itself from the invaders, the Russian state gathered strength and so did the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • Today Russian Orthodox Church has a rather big influence with the society, and it sometimes plays an important role in the country’s political life.
  • It is different in the Russian Orthodox Church. Here they believe that everything that you receive is from God, even the right to enter the sacred area of the Church.