Tradition Institution Christianity
Russian Orthodox Church
Ecclesia Orthodoxa Russica la
Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church
- Dated from 15 December 1448 CE
Traditions within it
Overview
autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churchWikidata record description. Read Russian Orthodox Church in the Wikipedia reader.
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Founders
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Andrew the Apostletraditionally c. 6 BCE – 30 November 60 CE · religious figure of the Christian faith -
Nicholas II of Constantinopleuntil 12 October 991 CE · Patriarch of Constantinople -
Photios I of Constantinoplec. 827 CE – 9th century CE · 9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople -
Vladimir the Greatc. 956 CE – 15 July 1015 CE · Grand Prince of Kiev
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky30 October 1821 CE (Old Style) – 28 January 1881 CE (Old Style) · Russian novelist (1821–1881) -
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Peter the Great30 May 1672 CE (Old Style) – 28 January 1725 CE (Old Style) · Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725 -
Nicholas II of Russia18 May 1868 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · 14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917) -
Peter III of Russia10 February 1728 CE (Old Style) – 6 July 1762 CE (Old Style) · The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762) -
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)6 June 1872 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918) -
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia18 June 1901 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · Grand Duchess of Russia (1901–1918); fourth child and youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) -
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Feodor I of Russia31 May 1557 CE – 7 January 1598 CE (Old Style) · Tsar of Russia (1584–1598) -
Patriarch Alexius II23 February 1929 CE – 5 December 2008 CE · 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008) -
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia26 June 1899 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · Grand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918); third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) -
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia3 November 1895 CE (Old Style) – 17 July 1918 CE · Grand Duchess of Russia (1895–1918); eldest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) -
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia12 August 1904 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · Last Russian tsesarevich and heir apparent of the Russian Empire (1904–1918); youngest child of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) -
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia10 June 1897 CE – 17 July 1918 CE · Grand Duchess of Russia (1897–1918); second daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
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Figure Princess Alice of Battenberg Member of the House of Battenberg (1885–1969) -
Figure Fyodor Ushakov Russian Saint and Admiral (1745-1817) -
Figure Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia Russian grand duke (1891-1942); grandson of Alexander II, son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
Places and sites
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Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church -
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church of St Dimitry of Rostov
Orthodox church in Rostov-on-Don -
Berlin-Tegel Russian Orthodox Cemetery
Cemetery in Berlin, Germany -
Transfiguration Monastery, Staraya Russa
Monastery in Staraya Russa, Russia
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Institutions
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InstitutionRussian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church -
InstitutionMost Holy Synod
Highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church starting in 1721; abolished in 1917 when the Patriarchate was reinstated - Institution
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
Governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church
Connections
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Recorded events and days 2
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