Most of Russian parishes in W. Europe now under Moscow

Moscow, November 1 (Interfax) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has signed a patriarchal and synodal document restoring the unity between the traditional Archdiocese of Russian parishes in Western Europe and the Russian Orthodox Church at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchal Residence at St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow on November 1.

The document was signed in two copies. One is to be handed to the Archdiocese leader Archbishop John (Renneteau) on November 3, while the other will be deposited in the archives of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Orthodox Church website stated.

The ceremony was attended by the head of the Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion, the patriarchate's manager Bishop Dionysius and his deputy Bishop Savva, and head of foreign missions Metropolitan Antonius.

The event will be marked by festivities in Moscow on November 2-4, to be attended by an Archdiocese delegation led by Archbishop Jonn (Renneteau) of Dubna.

For 90 years the Archdiocese, also known as the "Russian Exarchate" was subordinated to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which abolished it late last year prompting it to seek new options of its canonical existence. One involved reuniting with the Russian Church.

The exarchate was admitted into the Russian Church on October 7 this year.

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  1. r j klanckoNovember 4, 2019 at 11:21 AM

    And according to the photos on orthodox Russia,archbishop John is now a metropolitan,,,wearing a white kobluk

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    1. UnknownNovember 4, 2019 at 2:06 PM

      A disgusting comment Sir.

      Serbán

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    2. r j klanckoNovember 4, 2019 at 4:17 PM

      What? It is a statement of fact,,,,a Russian metropolitan wears a white kobluk,,,,,he was elevated,,,which means he was honored

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    3. Jon MarcNovember 4, 2019 at 9:40 PM

      Yes, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan on Sunday at the same service the Archdiocese was officially received back into the Russian Orthodox Church.

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    4. UnknownNovember 5, 2019 at 7:02 AM

      My apology for being hasty. Metropolitan Jean is my Bishop. The headgear worn by a Monk (including a Metropolitan) is a "k l o b u k." If that mentioned in the first comment is a mistake, then apology accepted.

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  2. Archimandrite GregoryNovember 5, 2019 at 8:09 AM

    It was a mistake spelling. No malice was even in the offing.

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  3. TriggstarNovember 6, 2019 at 6:06 PM

    It is worth saying that a majority of the clergy and parishes of the former Archdiocese-Exarchate has refused to join the Moscow Patriarchate.

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  4. JustinianNovember 6, 2019 at 9:55 PM

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  5. JustinianNovember 6, 2019 at 9:56 PM

    Triggstar, your comment is fake news.

    88 Exarchate priests and deacons (more than 70% of the clergy) and 57 Exarchate parishes joined the Moscow Patriarchate.

    This is the actual document approved by the September 28 pastoral meeting in Rue Daru and addressed to Patriarch Kirill. The figures are in the last page.

    http://www.exarchat.eu/IMG/pdf/Demande_de_Rattachement_du_28_septemebre_2019.pdf

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  6. TriggstarNovember 7, 2019 at 10:19 AM

    Why should anyone give that credence? At the beginning of October only 46 out of the 115 parishes and monasteries in the former Exarchate had announced a definite intention to go to Moscow. In the UK one medium sized parish, one small and failing Parish, and one monastic community have moved to Moscow and all the rest have stayed with the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

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  7. BorisJojicjNovember 7, 2019 at 2:01 PM

    If these other parishes represent the modernist faction, then the EP is where they belong.

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  8. SojournerNovember 7, 2019 at 6:56 PM

    For what it’s worth, who cares who ended up where, why argue about it? It doesn’t prove which side is right or wrong. If the faith was a numbers game, the Latins and the Muslims would be in contention for the true faith status.

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  9. r j klanckoNovember 8, 2019 at 8:33 AM

    it is all about critical mass, if the numbers are not there, then survival is out of the question, ergo the ideal is nit splintering but unification, that is why the numbers are so important,,,,in 10 years all the moscow and rocor parishes will be under the same diocese in europe, and that is just for survival and of course what the bible tells us to do also - love thy neighbor

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