{"slug": "russian-orthodox-church", "label": "Russian Orthodox Church", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60995", "qid": "Q60995", "description": "autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church", "entries": 18, "years": 18, "span": [1378, 2019], "span_label": ["1378 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 12}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "vasily-ii-of-moscow", "label": "Vasily II of Moscow", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "catherine-the-great", "label": "Catherine the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moscow", "label": "Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grand-duchy-of-moscow", "label": "Grand Duchy of Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lutheranism", "label": "Lutheranism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-francis", "label": "Pope Francis", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1378, "year_label": "1378 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev and spiritual leader of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1354, dies of old age and his designated successor, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Lithuania, attempts to become the new leader. However, Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow denies Cyprian permission and appoints Pimen as successor to Alexius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019926#January–March", "title": "1378", "revid": 1366019926, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1439, "year_label": "1439 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – The \"Miracle of the Moose\" takes place, according to Russian hagiographers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373513363#April–June", "title": "1439", "revid": 1373513363, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Isidore of Kiev, the Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia, returns to his home in Moscow after having attended the Council of Florence, where he agreed to unify the Russian Church with the Roman Catholic Church. When he arrives, he is arrested on the order of Grand Prince Vasily II and imprisoned under minimum security.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#January–March", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – Jonas, a Russian bishop, is installed by the Council of Russian Bishops in Moscow, as Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus. The event marks the independence of the Russian Orthodox Church because the election of Jonas is made without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as this is without the consent of the Patriarch of Constantinople, it signifies the beginning of an effectively independent church structure in the Grand Duchy of Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#October–December", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Theodosius Byvaltsev is installed as the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church as Metropolitan of Moscow and all the Russias by order of Vasily II Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#April–June", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Filip I is appointed by the Grand Duke of Moscow as the new List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, after the September 13 death of the Patriarch Theodosius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#October–December", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1473, "year_label": "1473 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Gerontius, Bishop of Kolomna is appointed as the new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813739#April–June", "title": "1473", "revid": 1361813739, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – A sobor (church council) of the Russian Orthodox Church deposes Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, but accepts his liturgical reforms. Dissenters from these, known as Old Believers, continue into the 21st century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#October–December", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 (February 17 O.S.) – Joasaphus II is elected by the Council of Bishops as the new Patriarch of Moscow, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, after conservative clerics depose Patriarch Nikon for his reformation of the Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#January–March", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – At the age of 15, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, the future Empress of Russia, is received into the Russian Orthodox Church after converting from the Lutheran faith. Upon her conversion to the Russian Orthodox religion, she is given the name Yekaterina (Catherine). In 1762, she takes the throne as the Empress Catherine II, later known as Catherine the Great.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#April–June", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – Less than six months after becoming Russia's Empress, Catherine the Great announces that almost all foreigners are welcome to travel to and settle in Russia, and waives previous requirements that new residents must be members of the Russian Orthodox Church; however, the manifesto adds the phrase kromye Zhydov - \"except the Jews\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#October–December", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Nikephoros Theotokis starts introducing Edinoverie, an attempt to integrate the Old Believers into Russia's established church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#Date_unknown", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Metropolitan Alexy of Moscow is elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#June", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#August", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The Catholic Church establishes four new dioceses in Russia, prompting backlash from the Russian Orthodox Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#February", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church following the death of his predecessor, Alexy II in 2008.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#February", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their schism in 1054.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#February", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Bartholomew I of Constantinople issues a formal decree granting independence to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from the Russian Orthodox Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#January", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › January"}}]}