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Russian Orthodox Church
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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская Православная Церковь, tr. Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov) headed by the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский Патриархат, tr. Moskovskiy Patriarkhat),[2] also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christians who constitute an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, in communion with other Eastern Orthodox Churches.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Russian_Orthodox_Church_followers.png/150px-Russian_Orthodox_Church_followers.png)