Latvian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

Orthodox Church of Latvia (Latvijas Pareizticg Baznicas / )
Current primate	Archbishop Alexander
Headquarters	Riga, Latvia
Primary territory	Latvia
Rite	Byzantine
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Riga Orthodox Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Riga and All Latvia or Orthodox Church of Latvia is a self-administered legal reforms of the Orthodox Church, canonically attached to the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia. The head of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Riga and All Latvia, with residence in Riga. The current incumbent is Aleksandrs Kudrjaovs ^History

• 1850 Foundation of the bishopric of Riga ( Courland and Livonia , and from 1865 , Estonia )
• 1917 Independence of Latvia
• 1920 Autonomy granted by the Patriarchate of Moscow
• 1923 Independence recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• 1940 Occupation of Baltic states by the Soviet Union / Abolition of autonomy from Moscow
• 1941 Integration of the Latvian Orthodox Church in the Moscow Patriarchate, which establishes for the Baltic States an Orthodox Exarchate is headquartered in Vilnius in Lithuania.
• 1991 Independence of Latvia
• 1992 Autonomy granted by the Patriarchate of Moscow

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