1. The Russian Orthodox Church was rising everywhere from the ashes of the Soviet era, and millions of Russians were rushing to be baptized .

2. The Russian Orthodox Church is the dominant Christian religion in the Federation.

3. This unusual date is because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old " Julian " calendar for religious celebration days.

4. This permeated not only the Russian Orthodox Church, but it permeates the Catholic Church as well.

5. The Russian Orthodox Church, which has become a significant voice in the country's political affairs in the past decade, has also expressed strong opposition to such preventative measures.

6. MercatorNet: The Russian Orthodox Church has often claimed to be at the heart of Russia's self - identity.

7. The Russian Orthodox Church has also a school of "Sophiology" to explore the theology of Sophia without contradicting the Russian Orthodox theology.

8. Dobzhansky, who was also a communicant in the Russian Orthodox Church, once wrote an essay that he titled "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."

9. Indeed, there is one maintained in the Russian Orthodox Church.

10. The Russian Orthodox Church influenced the development of cities, private and monastery gardens in 11 - 17 centuries.

11. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized the czar and his family in 2000.

12. The rule of the Czar was sanctified by the Russian Orthodox Church.

13. 2A cross hewn for Epiphany in the ice of Maine's Kennebec River by parishioners of St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the baptism of Christ.

14. In 1589 tsarist authorities, headed by Boris Godunov, succeeded in naming their own patriarch as head of the Russian Orthodox Church for the first time in Russian history.

15. When you look at Moscow you see these old traditional, the skyline is dominated by churches, the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

16. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sitting behind the wheel of his vintage Volga car next to the bearded chief of the Russian Orthodox church, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wore a proud grin.

17. Kremlin artisans would sew the most valuable of these fabrics into ecclesiastical garments for leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

18. I lit a candle for Mother at Kazan Cathedral, now fully restored from the ravages of Stalinism, and visited the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in the hospital.

19. Some of the attackers said they were members of the Russian Orthodox Church.

20. We get a good view of the capital's 13th-century city walls and turrets and the onion-shaped dome of the Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox church as we drive in along the coast road.

21. The majority of Russians consider themselves as Christians and belong to Russian Orthodox Church.

22. A Cossack and passers-by watch Patriarch Alexy II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, leaving a polling station during the presidential election, 1996.