Russian Orthodox Church
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an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russiatype of:Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Churchderived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
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