holidays

Christian feast day: Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church)

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Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church) from November 23, null

Alexander Nevsky

Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1252 to 1263

Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
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Russian Orthodox Church

Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church

The Russian Orthodox Church, also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The primate of the ROC is the patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.
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