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==References==
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primate=[[Kyrill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk|Metropolitan Kyrill]], ''Locum Tenens''|
hq=Moscow, Russia|
territory=Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and all other ex-USSR some former Soviet republics, except [[Georgia]]|
possessions=United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Western Europe, China|
language=[[Church Slavonic]]|
website=[http://www.mospat.ru/ Church of Russia]
}}
The '''Russian Orthodox Churchof Russia''', also referred to as the '''Moscow Patriarchate''' (another official name<ref>[http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?mid=162 ROC Statute, Chapter I, § 2]</ref>), is one of the [[autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, ranking fifth after [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]. It exercises [[jurisdiction]] over Orthodox Christians in Russia and the surrounding Slavic lands as well as [[exarchate]]s and patriarchal representation churches around the world. It also exercises jurisdiction over the autonomous [[Church of Japan]] and Orthodox Christians in China. The most recent Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia was His Holiness [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]] until his death in 2008.
==Jurisdiction==
== Modern Writers ==
*[[Nicholas Afanasiev]]
==See also==
*[[List of Primates of Russia]]
==Sources==
*[http://www.hostkingdom.net/Russia.html#Moscow HostKingdom]
*[http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?lng=1 DECR Communication Service] Communication service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
==External links==
