What is the Russian orthodox?

Answer 1

The Russian Orthodox church was brought to Russia in medieval days from Constantinople ( which is Istanbul today) when it was the centre of the Orthodox Byzantine church. Russian lettering can still be found in the Hagia Sophia which was a cathedral there but is now a mosque. These early Russian traders and soldiers were very impressed by what they found there and brought their new christian faith back up the trading routes to the north. The whole state of Russia eventually became Orthodox.

The Russian Orthodox church in exile came into being to care for the faithful who found themselves outside of their Russian homeland following the revolution. St.Tikhon and and others in the Church condemned the Bolshevik state authorities and thousands of Orthodox were imprisoned. Many fled to other countries, France in particular had an active Russian church and others were founded around the world in Britain and the US. The Russian Orthodox cared especially for Russians forced to flee persecution who were outside of Russia. Amanda

Actually, Russian Orthodoxy has been part of Russia for much longer than that. Czar Nicholas II and his grandparents were all Orthodox. Once the revolution got going it went underground. Russian Orthodoxy has been around for hundreds of years.

Answer 2

Russian Orthodoxy is the branch of Eastern Orthodoxy centered in Russia under the Russian Patriarch (currently Kirill). Russian Orthodox churches are also common in the United States.