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Religions - Christian - Russia / The Russian Federation (Excluding the Caucasus Area and Finno-Ugric Regions)


CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS, FAITHS, GROUPS, ETC. : Sites for individual Christian church groups (and Pre-Christian) arranged by geographical area or country (some Muslim coverage included for selected Balkan area countries).

Republic of Bashkortostan Russian Federation -
Chuvash Republic Republic of Tatarstan -
INDEX BY RELIGIOUS CATEGORY
Russia - General Christianity Russia - Native Dissenter Groups Russia - Other Christian Churches
Russia - Russian Orthodoxy Russia - Armenian Churches (Gregorian and Catholic) Russia - Other Churches with Christian Beliefs
Russia - Other Eastern Orthodox Russia - The Church of The East Molokans
Russia - Byzantine and Roman Catholic Russia - Protestant Churches -

Christian Religions of Russia / The Russian Federation and Russians (Great Russians) (Separate listings at bottom for the various non-Great Russian republics of the Federation). [Finno-Ugric Republics and areas and Caucasus Region Republics appear elsewhere].

Religion in Russia in General, Including General Christianity
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Russian Orthodoxy in General
Orthodoxy and Rus - Russia - Russian Federation
Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate
General Sites
Metropolitanates and Eparchy Sites
Individual Cathedrals and Churches Sites
Lavri and Monasteries Sites
Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate - Karelian Isthmus and International Sites
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad [This Church has split into two factions over the issue of church relations with the Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate]
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov Zagranitsei
Head: Metropolitan LAURUS, Eastern America and New York Diocese, FIRST HIERARCH of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Ruling Bishop of the Syracuse-Holy Trinity Diocese.
This group is dialoging with the Moscow Patriarchate and has formally reunited with the Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate on May 17, 2007. [Info here and here as well as here.and here and here.]
Sites Related to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Operations in Russia

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Russian Orthodox Church in Exile [Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov Zagranitsei - Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov v Izgnanii]
Head: Metropolitan Vitaly, First Hierarch of ROCOR (ROCE), President of Synod of Bishops.
This group is not dialoging with the Moscow Patriarchate.
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church [Rossiskaia Pravoslavnaia Avtonomnaia Tserkov] [This Church has split into two factions over apparent organizational issues]
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
Russian Orthodox Church Old Believers - Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Staroobriadcheskaia Tserkov
Popovtsy groups of Old Believers
Other Churches Using the Name "Russian Orthodox Church"
The Orthodox Church of America
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The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America® (American Orthodox Catholic Church).
Syro-Russian Orthodox Catholic Church
The Syro-Russian Orthodox Catholic Church's official beginning as an Orthodox jurisdiction in America began on May 29, 1892 at the Church of Our Lady of Good Death, Colombo Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and was done canonically because of a Bull issued by His Holiness Ignatius Peter III, Patriarch of the Orthodox Syrian Church of Antioch. This church later split with the Oriental Orthodox Indian (Malankara) Church. The S-ROCC also possesses succession from the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church from Archbishop Konstantin (Wendland). More Info Here.
True Orthodox Church of Greece - Parishes in the Russian Federation
Orthodox Church of Mother of God Derjavnaya
The Holy Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of America (HOCPA)
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Catholicism in Russia in General [Eastern Rite and Roman Rite]

 

The Byzantine Catholic Church in Russia
The Roman Catholic Church in Russia
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Raskolniks
  • Raskolniks. [Russian raskolnik, a schismatic, a dissenter; from raskol, schism, splitting; that in turn from raz, apart, and kolot', to split; plural, raskolniki). A generic term for dissidents from the Established Church in Russia. Molokans are "sectarians", not "raskolniks".]
Doukhobors
Molokans
[See also Molokans in Armenia] [See also Molokans in Turkey] [Some Molokan Songs are here.]
Subbotniks
[Some Subbotniks are former Christians who worshipped on the Sabbath day and eventually converted to Judaism]
Khlystys (Flagellants)
The Skoptsy or "Castrati"
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The Armenian Apostolic Church in the Russian Federation
The Armenian Catholic Church in the Russian Federation
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The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in the Russian Federation
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia

Links to The Church of Ingria - Evangelical Lutheran Church of/in Ingria are here.

Hutterites
Baptists and Related Evangelical Christians in the Russian Federation
The Anglican Church in the Russian Federation
The Pentecostal Church and Pentecostalism in the Russian Federation
The United Methodist Church in the Russian Federation
Other Protestant Churches in Russia
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Russian Federation [Additional Mormon Links Are Here].
Independently Organized Russian Mormon Church Predating Official Entry of Mormonism into the Russian Federation ["Russian Mormons"]
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Other Churches with Christian Beliefs
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Christian Religions of the Republic of Tatarstan of The Russian Federation and Christian Residents of Tatarstan
Religion in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation in General, Including General Christianity
Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation
The Roman Catholic Church in in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation
Protestant Churches in in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation
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Christian Religions of the Republic of Bashkortostan of The Russian Federation and Christian Residents of Bashkortostan/Bashkiria
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Christian Religions of the Chuvash Republic of The Russian Federation and Christian Residents of Chuvashia
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Last Updated: May 18, 2007
Contact: Lane Rasmussen