"Ortho" means straight or correct. It is often used in the context of orthopedics (the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles) and orthodontics (the branch of dentistry that deals with the alignment of misaligned teeth).

It provided spiritual guidance to the Russian people and it opposed the Atheist government of the Communist regime.

It also continued to provide some limited Church services during the 70 years of Communist persecution, even though most of the Churches had been destroyed by the Communists in Russia.

The Communists (in particular the Bolsheviks) persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church by making it illegal to belong to the Church, by imprisoning and killing the priests, bishops, monks and nuns, and by destroying many of the church buildings and monasteries, and confiscating church property.

Around 70-75 Million people are Russian Orthodox.

Completion of high school or university are important moments that mark the passage into adulthood. Entrance into military service was also revered in the same way. Weddings are usually followed by a trip in a special black limousine (marked with two large interlinked rings on the top) to pay respect and leave flowers at a local memorial.

Princess Olga of Kiev was the first Russian leader to convert to Christianity. She was baptized in Constantinople into the Orthodox Church and is considered an equal to the Apostles.

No, it is considered a sub-group. "Eastern Orthodox" is a broad term used to edscribe the group of chruches that split with the Roman Catholics in the 11th century

In 2012, Easter Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian +++ Easter is celebrated on April 15. one week later than Western (Protestant & Roman Catholic) Easter. Every few years the date line-up, due to a different calender:

In the West - Gregorian / In the East - Justinian.

Saint Petersburg (original name restored from the communist-era Leningrad)

An Orthodox Church is a Church that is not under the authority of the Pope, but, still has Apostolic Succession. Like the Catholic Church, they trace their origins to the very beginnings of Christianity.

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.

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It's just a difference in administration. The beliefs are identical. If a Greek moves to Russia, he worships in a Russian Orthodox church, and vice versa. In the US, there will ultimately be only one administration, an American Orthodox church. At the moment there are several administrations, each under the supervision of the national church of another country. The Greek and the Russian are the largest of those administrations. Orthodox Christians in the US are free to worship at any Orthodox church, regardless of national origin. Those who are from an Orthodox country have so far tended more often to choose a church under the supervision of that country's national church. In addition, there may be some local variations in custom and tradition. For instance, compare the iconography of Russia with Greek icons, and both of those with Coptic. They are all icons, but look a little different based on local tradition. The Faith is one, but the Orthodox Church does not shy from embracing (and transforming) native cultures. Yeah theres realy not much of a difference just the languge,everything is the same icons church equipment and church dates.

The Russian nobility was a group thatarose in the 14th century and essentially governedRussia until the October Revolution of 1917. As in other countries, nobility was a status, a social category, but not a title.

The aristocracy lost their aristocratic status and became an even lower class of person than the workers, soldiers and peasants were under them. All noble titles were abolished and all property owned by them was taken away from them. They were practically turned into peasants overnight.

The Eastern Orthodox (EO) Church was begun in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) by Constantine of Rome. He ordered that Rome's Religion be changed from paganism to Christianity (at the time there was only gonna be one)

He gathered the numerous churches (i.e. Greek, Palestinean, Egyptian, Roman) and sat them down to form the new church traditions. This then became the Orthodox Church. This all occured around 350 AD. Around 1032 AD the Western Churches, (Rome, France, Spain) united and split from the Orthodox church to form a church with one head king. While the orthodox churches each had a king who met in a religious council to decide issues (religious republic). The new church in the west was eventually called the Holy See or Holy Catholic Church. Today Eastern Orthodoxy has spread and incorperated new churches like Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Turkey, Russian, and more. The largest of which is Russian and today Constantiniple (Istanbul)is still the center of the eastern faith.

Generally, there has never been any official ban on birth control (such as contraception), as this is a matter that an individual would usually discuss with their priest-confessor. However, the Orthodox church is strictly against abortion being used as a method of birth control, as the church views every human life as being sacred.

The difference is between truth (Orthodox) and error (Baptists).

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The Russians seem to favor a spiritual Numerology that favors the numbers 1,3, and 5. this may even have some connection with the 5-year plans of soviet communist economy. RO churches frequently have five domes- one at each corner or quadrant ( signifyting the four Gospels, the center one for Christ. The R/O wedding procession is three times around the panoramic stage - l080 degrees of arc- possibly signifying the trinity- this is also a Russian compass-orientation exercise!

Catholics don't squat 350.

no.

Russian Orthodox have traditionally used pussy willow branches instead of palm branches, since the latter do not grow in Russia. However, when palm branches are available they may be used, and are sometimes tied together with pussy willow branches.