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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

Governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church

Summary

Governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church

The meeting place of the Holy Synod in [[Peredelkino]], [[Moscow Oblast]].

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church () serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.

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

Gregory (Petrov), Metropolitan of the Voskresensk, First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchy and Secretary of the Synod
Anthony (Sevryuk), Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
Nicander (Pilishin), Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Department of the Moscow Patriarchate (since 2024)

References

[http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?mid=166 Устав РПЦ 2000 года]

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