(Encyclopedia) NikonNikonnēˈkōn [key], 1605–81, Russian churchman, patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (1652–66). He undertook an extremely vigorous reform of church discipline and ritual with a…
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(Encyclopedia) RutheniaRutheniar&oomacr;thēˈnēə [key], Latinized form of the word Russia. The term was applied to Ukraine in the Middle Ages when the princes of Halych briefly assumed the title…
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