Russia is a orthodox country and the pentarchyIs the idea that The patriarchs of the five cities where catholicism early on got started.The idea is that The patriarchs were supposed to be all equal in power to one another. The five cities are Antioch Saint peter was reported to have founded the church there, Constantinople, Alexandria The Church was founded by Saint Mark the evangelical in that city. Rome which had the church broth there bye Saint Peter and finally Jerusalem Who is church was set up by St. James.