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Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church is the branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity that developed after the conversion of Kievan Rus in the late tenth century. It became closely tied to Muscovite and then Russian imperial authority, and Peter the Great placed it under state control by replacing the patriarchate with the Holy Synod in 1721. Accounts of the Russian Empire treat Orthodoxy as a central pillar of tsarist legitimacy and identity.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Russian Orthodox Church. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/russian-orthodox-church
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