© 2026 Natalie Ross. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Abstract Introduction I. The Pre-Christian Background and the Christianisation of Kievan Rus’ (860s–c. 1050) II. The Medieval Metropolitanate, the Mongol Displacement, and the “Third Rome” Doctrine (1240–c. 1523) III. The Establishment of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Catastrophe of the Raskol (1589–1700) IV. The Petrine … Continue reading On the History of the Orthodox Church in Russia