Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko) in the context of "Church Slavonic language"

⭐ In the context of Church Slavonic language, the Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko) is considered…

The Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko) is specifically identified as a church that uses Church Slavonic even though it is not officially recognized as being in communion with the larger Eastern Orthodox Church.

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⭐ Core Definition: Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko)

The Russian True Orthodox Church (RTOC, Russian: Российская истинно православная церковь, РИПЦ), also called Lazarites (after Archbishop Lazar (Zhurbenko)) or Tikhonites (after Archbishop Tikhon (Pasechnik)), is an independent Russian Orthodox church professing True Orthodoxy. It was formed in 2002 by Archbishop Lazar (Zhurbenko) and Bishop Benjamin (Rusalenko), the two hierarchs of ROCOR inside the territory of Russia, who refused the process of unification of the ROCOR with the Moscow Patriarchate; Lazar and Benjamin therefore joined the ROCOR (V) [ru] (a rival Church of the ROCOR), then left it thereafter and thus their Church became independent.

The RTOC has two Archbishops (Tikhon and Benjamin) and three Bishops (Filaret, Savvati and Germogen); the president of the Holy Synod is Archbishop Tikhon.

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👉 Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko) in the context of Church Slavonic language

Church Slavonic is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia. The language appears also in the services of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, and occasionally in the services of the Orthodox Church in America.

In addition, Church Slavonic is used by some churches which consider themselves Orthodox but are not in communion with the Orthodox Church, such as the Montenegrin Orthodox Church and the Russian True Orthodox Church. The Russian Old Believers and the Co-Believers also use Church Slavonic.

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⭐ Core Definition: Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko)
👉 Russian True Orthodox Church (Lazar Zhurbenko) in the context of Church Slavonic language