Russian Orthodox Church in Russia

2014 film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church starting in 1721; abolished in 1917 when the Patriarchate was reinstated

Russian Orthodox male monastery in Pechory, Pskov

thumb|The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia wearing the koukolion The koukoulion (Greek: κουκούλιον; Slavonic: kukol) is a traditional headdress worn by monks and certain patriarchs in Eastern Christianity.

governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church

return from rent-free lease of church valuables in Russia in 1922

Russian non-Church Slavonic translation of the Bible, published in the 19th century

1551 Orthodox church council in Moscow

Russian eschatological and political concept that Russia must build up its nuclear arsenal to prepare for the Second Coming

coronation ceremony

Russian nationalist-fundamentalist organization

the religious and philosophical concept close to the idea of Kingdom of Heaven, prevalent in Russia and central Eurasia

television channel

architectural structure

thumb|200px|One of the manuscripts containing One Hundred Chapters The Book of One Hundred Chapters, also called Stoglav () in Russian ("Hundred chapters"), is a collection of decisions of the Russian church council of 1551 that regulated the canon law and ecclesiastical life in the Tsardom of Russia, especially the everyday life of the Russian clergy.

thumb|right| Icon of Saint Nil Sorsky, a leader of the non-possessors (1908) The non-possessors () belonged to a movement in the Russian Orthodox Church in the early 16th century that opposed ecclesiastical land-ownership. It was led by Nilus of Sora (1433–1508) and later Maximus the Greek () and others. They were opposed to the possessors (styazhateli) led by Joseph of Volokolamsk (1439/1440–1515), whose followers were known as the Josephites and believed that monastic possessions helped monks. The non-possessors were finally defeated at the Stoglav Synod in 1551. Both Nilus and Joseph were c

The Podruchnik (Russian: "подручник", literally "something under an arm") is a small prayer rug, once used in prayer by all Russian Orthodox Christians in the Tsardom of Russia before the schism of 1653 but currently in use only by the Old Believers.

event in 1988 in USSR