Byzantine succession in Russian ecclesiastical law

Abstract

The article is devoted to the mechanism of the rooting of the canonical rules
of the epoch of the Ecumenical Councils and Byzantine canons in the law-making tradition of
the Russian Orthodox Church. Particular attention is paid to the decisions of the Patriarchate of
Constantinople and the acts of the Byzantine emperors on church matters. The main legal church
codes of Byzantium are considered and the process of their penetration into Russia is described.
The evidence of the Byzantine influence on Russian ecclesiastical law is confirmed by many
examples, the most prominent of which is the marriage law.