- Just like a diocese of a Western Church, the geographic divisions of the Russian Orthodox Church are known as eparchies.
- While in 1917, the Russian Orthodox Church had 77,767 churches (parishes and monasteries), in the late 1970s there were only about 6,800.
- The Russian Orthodox Church, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate, has a rich and profound history that spans over a thousand years.
- Liberating itself from the invaders, the Russian state gathered strength and so did the Russian Orthodox Church.
- On 1st November 1981, he was canonized as a new martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
- The Russian Orthodox Church is also the sponsor of the Russian Orthodox University, which opened in Moscow in 1992.
- 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 holy synod, chaired by the patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, is the governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between bishops' councils.
- Among Christian churches, the Russian Orthodox Church is second only to the Roman Catholic Church in terms of numbers of followers.