Battle of Locust Grove

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy 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

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

References

^ Устав РПЦ 2000 года

[1] Устав РПЦ 2000 года

[note_n0-2] 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.

[note_n1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.

[note_n3-4] UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.

[note_n2-5] Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.

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Members

Chairman

Permanent members

See also

References