Gratitude, Церковь

Grateful for all that helps me get through a day

Patriarch in Russian Orthodox church has passed away. Putins and Medvedevs attend funeral service. The services were held at St. Sophia church.

Русская Православная Церковь (Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov) is also called Московский Патриархат(Moskovskiy Patriarkhat) (both are official names from what I understand ).

Поместная Российская Православная Церковь (Pomestnaya Rossiyskaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov) was the name before 1943 when

I understand that church is also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia. There are a body of Christians who constitute an Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, in communion with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches.

The Russian Orthodox church is separate from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (also known as the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, or ROCOR), based in New York. The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad was formed by Russian communities outside then-Communist Russia who refused to recognize the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they believed it had fallen under the influence of the Bolsheviks.

The two churches have reconciled as of May 17, 2007, and the ROCOR is now a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church. The reconciliation was not without controversy, with about 20 ROCOR parishes and one bishop refusing to accept the reunion with the Moscow Patriarchate.

The entries in wikipedia are thankfully very helpful, as usual.