• Like other Orthodox churches, the Russian Orthodox Church is trinitarian, believes the Bible to be the Word of God, and teaches that Jesus is God the Son.
  • The Synod, called the Council of a Hundred Chapters (Stoglav), triggered a re-vival movement in the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • 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.
  • Just like a diocese of a Western Church, the geographic divisions of the Russian Orthodox Church are known as eparchies.
  • On 1st November 1981, he was canonized as a new martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
  • 1921: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was formed. 1922-1946: The Renovationist movement in the church took place.
  • The holy synod, chaired by the patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, is the governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between bishops' councils.
  • 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.
  • 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.