Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

Governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church
The meeting place of the Holy Synod in Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast.
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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanizedSvyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.[1]

Members

Chairman

  • Kirill – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Permanent members

by the cathedra
  • Onuphrius (Berezovsky) – Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (listed, but actually did not participate since February 2022)
  • Paul (Ponomaryov) – Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna
  • Barsanuphius (Sudakov) – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
  • Benjamin (Tupieka) – Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
  • Vladimir (Cantarean) – Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova
  • Alexander (Mogilyov) – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan
  • Vincent (Morar) – Metropolitan of Central Asia
ex officio

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References

  1. ^ Устав РПЦ 2000 года
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  1. ^ The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
  3. ^ UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.
  4. ^ a b Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.