alexis (russian orthodox patriarch of moscow and all russia from 1990)
1Russian 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 …
2Patriarch Alexius II of Russia — Infobox Patriarch honorific prefix = name = Alexy II patriarch of = honorific suffix = church = Russian Orthodox Church see = Moscow birthname = Aleksei Ridiger enthroned = June 10, 1990 ended = Incumbent predecessor = Patriarch Pimen I successor …
3Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
4Orthodox Church in America — Founder Independence 1970 Recognition Autocephalous by the …
5Russian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century. The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …
6Coronation of the Russian monarch — Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896 The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia (generally… …
7History of Russia — The history of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus , adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, [cite web|title=Kievan Rus and Mongol Periods|url=http://www.shsu.edu/ his… …
8Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in America — The History of Orthodoxy in America is complex and resists any easy categorizations or explanations. Early Visits and Missions (1700 1900) * 1741 Divine Liturgy celebrated on a Russian ship off the coast of Alaska. * 1767 A community of Orthodox… …
9Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia — Sophia Alekseyevna Regent of Russian Tsardom Tsarevna Sophia as the Regent of Russian Tsardom. Reign 1682 1689 as Regent House Romanov …
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