The Russian Orthodox Church

I.  As to Doctrine That the most important branch of the Eastern church is the Russian Orthodox Church is today easily seen.  This church came into being in the tenth century when Christendom was introduced to the Russian barbarians by way of an ikon and the rite of immersion.  Denominational headquarters became centered in Constantinople until 1461, when the Metropolitan (a bishop next in rank after a patriarch) of Moscow was advanced to Patriarch (bishop of the highest rank), making Moscow...