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#russian empire #tsarist russia #russian orthodox church #orthodoxy #state religion #tsar #autocracy

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#theocracy #divine right #state religion #orthodox church #church and state #pre-revolution society #royalty and religion #traditional values #tsarist russia #ancien régime

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#lion and sun #safavids #shia conversion #iranian history #state religion #religious decree

☪️👑📜PERSIA

#shia islam #state religion #safavid dynasty #persian empire #shah #twelver shiism #history of iran

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#communist church #state religion #soviet church #political religion #hammer and sickle church #historical ideology

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#emperor worship #deified emperor #state religion #apotheosis #classical antiquity

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#first christian nation #armenian church #mount ararat #armenia #301 AD #state religion

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#safavid empire #shia islam #persia #iran #state religion #twelver shiism

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#polis #din #state religion #religious authority #faith protection #religious law #justice and faith

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#edict #theodosius i #state religion #cunctos populos