tikhon (patriarch of the russian orthodox church following the bolshevik revolution of 1917)
1Russian Orthodox Church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917. Also called Russian Church. * * * Eastern Orthodox church of Russia, its de facto national church. In 988… …
2Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia — The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ( ru. Русская Православная Церковь Заграницей, ru. Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov Zagranitsey ), also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a semi autonomous part of the Russian… …
3Russian Orthodox Church — This article is about the Russian Orthodox Church. For the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, see Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow) Church of Christ the Saviour in …
4History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Foundation by St. AndrewThe Russian Orthodox Church is traditionally said to have been founded by the Apostle Andrew, who is thought to have visited Scythia and Greek colonies along the northern coast of the Black Sea. According to one of the… …
5Orthodox Church in America — Founder Independence 1970 Recognition Autocephalous by the …
6Eastern Orthodox Church — Orthodox Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Church redirect here. For other uses of the term, see Orthodox (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodox Churches. See also: Eastern Christianity and Orthodoxy by country The… …
7Tikhon, Saint — ▪ Russian Orthodox patriarch Russian Svyatoy Tikhon , original name Vasily Ivanovich Belavin born Dec. 19 [Dec. 31, New Style], 1865, Toropets, near Pskov, Russia died April 7, 1925, Moscow; canonized Oct. 9, 1989 patriarch of the… …
8Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union — The history of Orthodoxy Christianity (and other religions) in the Soviet Union was not limited to this story of repression and secularization. Communist policies toward religious belief and practice tended to vacillate over time between, on the… …
9Christianity in the 20th century — Part of a series on Christianity   …
10Eastern Orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * * * officially Orthodox Catholic Church One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the… …
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