Orthodox Church of Latvia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Orthodox_Church_of_Latvia
GPTKB entity
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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orthodox Church of Latvia
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