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Russian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church
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About Russian 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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The Russian Orthodox Church basically said you shouldn't be playing any instruments, and so what they would do is, if they caught you playing a Balalaika, they'd basically steal it off you and then crush it and just burn it or whatever, and then people would just remake them because actually they were really easy to make.

from 125: No Such Thing As An Upside-Down Grand Prix, 2016-08-05 at 00:20:30 ยท read transcript

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