Russian Orthodox Church

Summary

Russian Orthodox Church is a national Church^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of national_church entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,577 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Russian Orthodox Church was a member of World Council of Churches^[3].
• Russian Orthodox Church's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy^[4].
• Russian Orthodox Church is in the country of Russia^[5].
• Russian Orthodox Church's video is recorded as Russian Orthodox Crowning Ceremony.webm^[6].
• Russian Orthodox Church's video is recorded as 2017 Крым, Феодосия - Фёдор Конюхов, закладка камня часовни Федора Ушакова.webm^[7].
• Russian Orthodox Church's image is recorded as St Basils Cathedral-500px.jpg^[8].
• Russian Orthodox Church's instance of is recorded as national Church^[9].
• Russian Orthodox Church's instance of is recorded as Eastern Orthodox patriarchate^[10].
• Russian Orthodox Church's official language is recorded as Church Slavonic^[11].
• Russian Orthodox Church's official language is recorded as Novomoskovsk variety of the Church Slavonic language^[12].
• Russian Orthodox Church's official language is recorded as Russian^[13].
• Russian Orthodox Church's audio is recorded as Russian Orthodox Christmas Church singing 2.ogg^[14].
• Russian Orthodox Church's founder is recorded as Andrew the Apostle^[15].
• Russian Orthodox Church's founder is recorded as Photios I of Constantinople^[16].
• Russian Orthodox Church's founder is recorded as Nicholas II of Constantinople^[17].
• Russian Orthodox Church's founder is recorded as Vladimir the Great^[18].
• Russian Orthodox Church's headquarters location is recorded as Danilov Monastery^[19].
• Russian Orthodox Church's ISNI is recorded as 0000000111986440^[20].
• Russian Orthodox Church's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122154148^[21].
• Russian Orthodox Church's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143059960^[22].
• Russian Orthodox Church's GND ID is recorded as 4051042-6^[23].
• Russian Orthodox Church's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80004099^[24].
• Russian Orthodox Church's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13318398m^[25].
• Russian Orthodox Church's IdRef ID is recorded as 027257185^[26].
• Russian Orthodox Church's IdRef ID is recorded as 17416470X^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Andrew the Apostle^[15], Photios I of Constantinople^[16], Nicholas II of Constantinople^[17], and Vladimir the Great^[18]. +1448-12-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Russian Orthodox Church^[28].

Identity

Russian Orthodox Church's part of is recorded as Eastern Orthodox Church^[29]. Short names include {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'РПЦ'}^[30], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'РПЦ'}^[31], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ROC'}^[32], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'РПЦ'}^[33], and {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'РПЦ'}^[34].

Leadership

Russian Orthodox Church's chairperson is recorded as Kirill I of Moscow^[35].

Operations

Russian Orthodox Church's headquarters location is recorded as Danilov Monastery^[19].

Why It Matters

Russian Orthodox Church ranks in the top 8% of national_church entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,577 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]