The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence
Fire the "The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_rus.9.
The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence
Country event
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_rus.9.
What happens
Not long before the Byzantine Empire collapsed, the Russian Church became, in effect, independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Metropolitan Jonah, installed by the Council of Russian bishops, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. Ever since the Russian Church has been growing more and more independent of Constantinople, instead allying itself with the Russian state.
Player choices
When this event fires, The Russian Orthodox Church Declares Independence presents these options:
- Let us lead the True Faith from our capital.
- Let us help our brethren to reclaim Constantinople.
- It is our destiny to free Constantinople from the Turks!