diff --git a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
index 16cc3ebfc..c2b9aa56d 100644
--- a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
+++ b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,34 @@ 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 = 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
+	}
+}
diff --git a/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_orthodox.txt b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_orthodox.txt
index 628019410..5ca204fc8 100644
--- a/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_orthodox.txt
+++ b/common/religion/rite_types/NEOW_rites_orthodox.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ georgian_rite = {
 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 = orthodox
+	faith = russian_orthodox
 
 	color = { 0.45 0.2 0.75 }
 	icon = christianity_orthodox_cross_02