Definition of Russian orthodox church

1. Noun. An independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia.


Definition of Russian orthodox church

1. Proper noun. Any of a number of organizations based primarily in Russia and affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity. ¹

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Literary usage of Russian orthodox church

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"I. russian orthodox church. — The Russian Church has been established upon American ... ecamp an able and energetic advocate of the russian orthodox church ..."

2. America's Message to the Russian People: Addresses by the Members of the by Elihu Root, John Raleigh Mott, James Duncan, Charles Edward Russell, United States Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia (1918)
"... to bring to all the members of this Sobor, and through you to the more than one hundred million men and women who belong to the russian orthodox church. ..."

3. Yearbook of American Churches: 1st -40th Issue; 1915-1972 by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (1922)
"They use the Slavic liturgy in their services, and are under the general supervision of the archbishop of the russian orthodox church in the United States. ..."

4. Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"HOLY RESURRECTION russian orthodox church: The museum's yard slants uphill ... Inside, it's a fairly standard Russian Orthodox church, laid out in a small ..."

5. Religious Intolerance in Europe Today: Hearing Before the Commission on edited by Alfonse M. D'Amato (1999)
"Two priests of the nearest russian orthodox church parish with a group of their followers tried to block the doors of the building and stop people from ..."

6. Russia by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1905)
"The russian orthodox church—Russia Outside of the Mediaeval Papal Commonwealth—Influence of the Greek Church—Ecclesiastical History of Russia— Relations ..."

7. Russia by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1905)
"FROM the curious world of heretics and Dissenters let us pass now to the Russian Orthodox Church, to which the great majority of the Russian people belong. ..."

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