16,951
edits
Changes
m
link
Since the 18th century until the Council of 1988, the official self-designation of this Church was the '''Old Orthodox Church of Christ''' (''Древлеправославная Церковь Христова'') which should not be confused with [[Russian Old-Orthodox Church]], another church of the Old Believers. ''Drevlepravoslavie'' ("Old/Ancient Orthodoxy") was the common self-designation of the Old Believers and their cause since the seventeenth century.
The head of the Church carries the title of ''Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia'' (since 1988), with residence at the [[Rogozhskoye cemetery]] in Moscow. The current head of the Church, Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) (formerly, the archbishop of Kazan and Vyatka was elected by the Most Holy Council on [[October 18]], 2005. He was installed as [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] on [[October 23]], 2005.
== History (''Belokrinitskaya'' Hierarchy in Russia, end of 19th century - Present) ==