Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church

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Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church Русская православная старообрядческая церковь
The Intercession Cathedral of the Rogozhskoye Cemetery [ru], the main church of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
Type	Independent Eastern Orthodox
Classification	Old Believers
Orientation	Russian Orthodoxy
Scripture	Ostrog Bible
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Metropolitan Cornelius
Language	Russian
Headquarters	Moscow
Territory	Russia, Hungary, Romania, United States
Recognition	None
Separated from	Russian Orthodox Church
Members	1.000.000
Official website	[1]

The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church, Russian: Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, which rejected the liturgical and canonical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of 17th century. It is one of the two Old Believers churches that belong to the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy - together with the Orthodox Old-Rite Church, sometimes also called Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church. Drevlepravoslavie ("Old/Ancient Orthodoxy") was the common self-designation of the Old Believers and their cause since the 17th century.

The head of the Church carries the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (since 1988), with residence at the Rogozhskoye cemetery in Moscow. The current head of the Church, Metropolitan Cornelius (Titov) was elected by the Most Holy Council on October 18, 2005. He was installed as Metropolitan on October 23, 2005. The only pre-Petrine monastery still held by the Old Believers is the Uleima Convent near Uglich.