diff --git a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
index 16cc3ebfc..8621755a5 100644
--- a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
+++ b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,33 @@ orthodox = {
 		ReligiousHeadTitleName = orthodox_religious_head_title_name
 	}
 }
+russian_orthodox = {
+	# Scripted main Rite by start date: byzantine_rite from 1054.7.16. Core tenets and Rite-specific doctrines are defined on that Rite; faith-intrinsic doctrines remain inline.
+	main_rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
+	faith_details = {
+		religion = eastern_orthodox_religion 
+		color = { 0.7 0 0.5 }
+		graphical_faith = "orthodox_gfx"
+		#religious_head = k_orthodox
+	}
+
+	origin = christian_faith
+
+	eminent_holy_sites = {
+		constantinople
+		jerusalem
+	}
+
+	holy_sites = {
+		rome
+		antioch
+		alexandria
+	}
+
+	localization = {
+		# Patriarchs instead of Popes
+		ReligiousHeadName = orthodox_religious_head_title
+		ReligiousHeadNameFemale = orthodox_religious_head_title_female
+		ReligiousHeadTitleName = orthodox_religious_head_title_name
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_russian_orthodox.txt b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_russian_orthodox.txt
index 0d1c70e6c..6766ec7ae 100644
--- a/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_russian_orthodox.txt
+++ b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_russian_orthodox.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-slavic_rite = { # The result of the mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius, created mid-game on 867, should be based on the ecclesiastical title of Kyiv's region
+orthodox_slavic_rite = { # The result of the mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius, created mid-game on 867, should be based on the ecclesiastical title of Kyiv's region
 	name = slavic_rite
 	desc = slavic_rite_desc
 	faith = russian_orthodox
diff --git a/history/provinces/e_zapadnorussia.txt b/history/provinces/e_zapadnorussia.txt
index 3cb0fa240..fc1eb1bc9 100644
--- a/history/provinces/e_zapadnorussia.txt
+++ b/history/provinces/e_zapadnorussia.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ###c_petrograd
 169 = {
 	culture = NEOW_petrogradian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 12374 = {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ###c_ingria
 5142 = {
 	culture = NEOW_petrogradian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 168 = {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 ###c_tikhvin
 5153 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 12370 = {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 ###c_beloozero
 5156 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5157 = {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 ###c_novgorod
 5137 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5254 = {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 }
 5155 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5255 = {
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@
 ###c_rusa
 5143 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5162 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5163 = {
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@
 }
 5166 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 ##d_pskov
 ###c_pskov
 5146 = {
 	culture = NEOW_polotskian
-	religion = hiisalka
+	rite = hiisalka
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5147 = {
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@
 ###c_luki
 5161 = {
 	culture = NEOW_polotskian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5170 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5171 = {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 ###c_sebezh
 5150 = {
 	culture = NEOW_polotskian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5151 = {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 ###c_moskva
 575 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 12345 = {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 ###c_dmitrov
 570 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5244 = {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 ###c_kolomna
 578 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5238 = {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 ###c_mozhaysk
 587 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5226 = {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 ###c_tver
 5173 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5227 = {
@@ -246,13 +246,13 @@
 }
 5167 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 ###c_bezichi
 5168 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5169 = {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 ###c_ryazan
 5228 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 580 = {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 ###c_gorodets-meshchyorsky
 5233 = {
 	culture = NEOW_moscovian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5253 = {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 ###c_tula
 5231 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5229 = {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 ###c_odoyev
 5217 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5218 = {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 ###c_smolensk
 568 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5219 = {
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 ###c_gnezdovo
 5221 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5222 = {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 ###c_kozelsk
 5212 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5213 = {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 ###c_starodub
 576 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5203 = {
@@ -385,24 +385,24 @@
 ###c_sevsk
 5206 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5208 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5209 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 ##d_oryol
 ###c_oryol
 5211 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5210 = {
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 ###c_novosil
 5215 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5216 = {
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 ###c_vladimir
 582 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5237 = {
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
 ###c_suzdal
 5239 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5240 = {
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 ###c_plyos
 5241 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5246 = {
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
 ###c_murom
 581 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 583 = {
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 ###c_yaroslavl
 5249 = {
 	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 574 = {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 ###c_lyubim
 5829 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	rite = slavic_rite
+	rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5827 = {
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
 ###c_kostroma
 5251 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	rite = slavic_rite
+	rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5250 = {
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
 ###c_sharya
 8896 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	rite = slavic_rite
+	rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5474 = {
@@ -542,12 +542,12 @@
 ###c_choklema
 5835 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	rite = slavic_rite
+	rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5832 = {
 	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5831 = {
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
 ###c_voronezh
 5350 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5285 = {
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 ###c_novovoronezh
 5372 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5373 = {
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 ###c_pavlovsk
 5380 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5371 = {
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 ###c_ertil
 5374 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5375 = {
@@ -608,13 +608,13 @@
 }
 5389 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 ###c_boguchar
 5287 = {
 	culture = NEOW_cossack
-	religion = kozachina
+	rite = kozachina
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 593 = {
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 ###c_kursk
 5196 = {
 	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5197 = {
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
 ###c_belgorod
 5284 = {
 	culture = NEOW_cossack
-	religion = kozachina
+	rite = kozachina
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 566 = {
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
 ###c_lipetsk
 5351 = {
 	culture = NEOW_voronezhian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	rite = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5352 = {
@@ -676,12 +676,12 @@
 ###c_kholmogory
 5799 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5798 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5800 = {
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@
 ###c_vologda
 5824 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	rite = slavic_rite
+	rite = orthodox_slavic_rite
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5825 = {
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
 ###c_ustyug
 5838 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5839 = {
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
 ###c_totma
 5820 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5821 = {
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
 ###c_onsthia
 5836 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5837 = {
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@
 ###c_onega_BJA
 5803 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5804 = {
@@ -776,21 +776,21 @@
 ###c_povenets
 5807 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5808 = {
 	holding = none
 }
 218 = {
-	1150.1.1 = { religion = third_covenant }
+	1150.1.1 = { rite = third_covenant }
 	holding = none
 }
 ##d_kargopol
 ###c_kargopol
 5814 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5812 = {
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
 }
 #c_mirny
 8899 = { culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5852 = {
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
 ###c_pudozh
 5811 = {
 	culture = vepsian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5810 = {
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 ###c_kirillov
 5817 = {
 	culture = NEOW_vologodian
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5816 = {
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
 ###c_shenkursk
 5842 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5843 = {
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@
 ###c_kotlas
 5840 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 8901 = {
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
 ###c_velsk
 5845 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5847 = {
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
 ###c_pinega
 8945 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5850 = {
@@ -886,6 +886,6 @@
 ###c_mezen
 8909 = {
 	culture = NEOW_pomor
-	religion = chernobozhye
+	rite = chernobozhye
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
diff --git a/localization/english/replace/religion/rites_l_english.yml b/localization/english/replace/religion/rites_l_english.yml
index 375770c7a..8b0da8ef1 100644
--- a/localization/english/replace/religion/rites_l_english.yml
+++ b/localization/english/replace/religion/rites_l_english.yml
@@ -425,11 +425,11 @@
  carolingian_christianity_adherent_plural: "Carolingians"
  carolingian_christianity_desc: "A form of Christianity that developed under the reign of the Carolingian dynasty, characterized by its emphasis on monasticism and missionary work."
 
- byzantine_rite: "Neo-Byzantine Rite"
- byzantine_rite_adj: "Neo-Byzantine Rite"
- byzantine_rite_adherent: "Neo-Byzantine Christian"
- byzantine_rite_adherent_plural: "Neo-Byzantine Christians"
- byzantine_rite_desc: "Born from the Patriarchate of Constantinople in exile, the Neo-Byzantine Rite preserves the liturgical, theological, and ecclesiastical traditions of the old Byzantine Church. Though transformed by exile and the centuries that followed the Deluge, its faithful look to the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the living heir of Constantinople and the guardian of Orthodox tradition."
+ byzantine_rite: "Sorocan Rite"
+ byzantine_rite_adj: "Sorocan"
+ byzantine_rite_adherent: "Sorocan Christian"
+ byzantine_rite_adherent_plural: "Sorocan Christians"
+ byzantine_rite_desc: "Born from the Patriarchate of Constantinople in exile, the Sorocan Rite preserves the liturgical, theological, and ecclesiastical traditions of the old Byzantine Church. Though transformed by exile and the centuries that followed the Deluge, its faithful look to the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the living heir of Constantinople and the guardian of Orthodox tradition."
 
  antiochian_rite: "Antiochian Rite"
  antiochian_rite_adj: "Antiochian"
@@ -437,11 +437,11 @@
  antiochian_rite_adherent_plural: "Antiochian Christians"
  antiochian_rite_desc: "The Patriarchate of Antioch is one of the oldest Christian communities, founded by St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles. Its West Syriac tradition, called 'Jacobite' after Jacob Baradaeus who reorganized the church, upholds the Miaphysite teaching and the ancient liturgy of St. James."
 
- slavic_rite: "Russian Rite"
- slavic_rite_adj: "Russian"
- slavic_rite_adherent: "Russian Christian"
- slavic_rite_adherent_plural: "Russian Christians"
- slavic_rite_desc: "Brought to the Russian folk by saints such Cyril, Methodius and Olga, this rite incorporates elements of Byzantine liturgy adapted to Slavic languages and culture via the Glagolitic alphabet."
+ orthodox_slavic_rite: "Muscovite Rite"
+ orthodox_slavic_rite_adj: "Muscovite"
+ orthodox_slavic_rite_adherent: "Muscovite Christian"
+ orthodox_slavic_rite_adherent_plural: "Muscovite Christians"
+ orthodox_slavic_rite_desc: "The Muscovite Rite preserves the apostolic faith, sacramental life, monasticism, icon-veneration, and traditions of the Orthodox Catholic Faith. In the generations after [Glossary( 'the Cataclysm', 'CATACLYSM_GLOSS')], however, the ancient Church of the Rus' emerged from isolation as an independent patriarchal communion centered on Moscow. Rejecting the authority of the exiled Patriarch of Constantinople as that of an uncanonical pretender, the Russian Church came to regard the Patriarch of Moscow as the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church and the rightful first among equals of the Orthodox Faith."
 
  georgian_rite: "Georgian Rite"
  georgian_rite_adj: "Georgian"
diff --git a/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_orthodox_l_english.yml b/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_orthodox_l_english.yml
index 31707bf0b..34c64e4c5 100644
--- a/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_orthodox_l_english.yml
+++ b/localization/english/replace/religion/zz_NEOW_religion_orthodox_l_english.yml
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@
  marblist_devil_name:0 "Satanás Atatoúrk"
  marblist_devil_name_possessive:0 "Satanás Atatoúrk's"
  
- russian_orthodox:0 "Russian Orthodox Church"
+ russian_orthodox:0 "Church of the Rus"
  russian_orthodox_adj:0 "Pravoslavie"
  russian_orthodox_adherent:0 "Russian Orthodox"
  russian_orthodox_adherent_plural:0 "Russian Orthodox"
- russian_orthodox_desc:0 "The Russian Orthodox Church preserves the apostolic faith, sacramental life, monasticism, icon-veneration, and traditions of the Orthodox Catholic Faith. In the generations after [Glossary( 'the Cataclysm', 'CATACLYSM_GLOSS')], however, the ancient Church of the Rus' emerged from isolation as an independent patriarchal communion centered on Moscow. Rejecting the authority of the exiled Patriarch of Constantinople as that of an uncanonical pretender, the Russian Church came to regard the Patriarch of Moscow as the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church and the rightful first among equals of the Orthodox Faith."
+ russian_orthodox_desc:0 "WRITE ME"
 
  russian_orthodox_high_god_name:0 "the Most Holy Trinity"
  russian_orthodox_high_god_name_possessive:0 "the Most Holy Trinity's"