Russian Orthodox Church

American  

noun

1. the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.

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Russian Orthodox Church British  

noun

1. the national Church of Russia, constituting a branch of the Eastern Church presided over by the Patriarch of Moscow

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Example Sentences

He says he was initially scared to enter his local Russian Orthodox Church as he "looks different, covered in tattoos", but tells me he was welcomed with open arms.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Afterward, Nathan Monk, a priest who left the Russian Orthodox Church because he did not support its stance on gay marriage, led a short ceremony in their friend’s yard in front of about 200 guests.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

But the Russian Orthodox Church, the largest communion in Eastern Orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing Christmas on Jan. 7 on the new calendar, as have Serbian, Georgian and some other Orthodox.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

The Russian Orthodox Church observes the birth of Jesus on Jan. 7.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023

On one of the first warm days, Omer and Liyana licked pistachio ice cream cones as they sat on an iron bench near the Russian Orthodox Church with its onion domes.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye