Orthodox Church of Latvia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Orthodox_Church_of_Latvia

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_communion
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Latvia
gptkbp:foundedYear	1921
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Riga
gptkbp:languageOfWorship	gptkb:Church_Slavonic gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Metropolitan_Alexander_Kudryashov
gptkbp:leaderTitle	gptkb:city
gptkbp:legalStatus	registered religious organization
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Nativity_of_Christ_Cathedral,_Riga
gptkbp:motherhouse	gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:notableEvent	granted autonomy by Russian Orthodox Church in 1921 autonomy reaffirmed in 2022 Latvian parliament passed law in 2022 affirming church's independence from Moscow
gptkbp:numberOfFaithful	approximately 350,000
gptkbp:numberOfParishes	over 100
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Latvijas_Pareizticīgā_Baznīca
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:status	autonomous
gptkbp:statusInLatvia	one of the four traditional Christian denominations
gptkbp:usesCalendar	gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:website	http://www.pareizticiba.lv/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Byzantine_Rite
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Orthodox Church of Latvia