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"The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia is an indissoluble part of the Russian Orthodox Church, and for the time until the extermination in Russia of the atheist government, is self-governing on conciliar principles in accordance with the resolution of the Patriarch, the Most Holy Synod, and the Highest Church Council [Sobor] of the Russian ...
The Church Abroad: A Century of Life and Mission in the Diaspora. Our Diocese is devoted to the heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR, also known as the ‘Church Abroad’), which has maintained the traditions of pre-revolutionary Russian Orthodox practice for the past century in various regions of the Diaspora.
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, ROCOR, the Karlovsty Synod, or the Synod) is a semi- autonomous jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate originally formed in response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution ...
- Nicholas (Olhovsky), First Hierarch
- 1922
- Semi-autonomous
- Russia
Sep 27, 2022 · The ROCOR and the OCA have a complicated history of cooperation, rivalry, and sometimes outright hostility. These two jurisdictions, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) and the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), both have their origins in the Church of Russia (a.k.a. the Moscow Patriarchate or MP), and their histories as clearly distinct and identifiable entities both stem from ...
By 1957 about 22,000 Russian Orthodox churches had become active. But in 1959 Nikita Khrushchev initiated his own campaign against the Russian Orthodox Church and forced the closure of about 12,000 churches. By 1985 fewer than 7,000 churches remained active.
The Russian Orthodox Church has four levels of self-government. [clarification needed] The autonomous churches which are part of the ROC are: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), a special status autonomy close to autocephaly; Self-governed churches (Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia)
Part I. Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia with Orthodox Churches. Metropolitan Anthony, the leading advocate for the restoration of the patriarchate within the Russian Orthodox Church, had deep respect for the patriarchs – the principal leaders of the sees – of the Orthodox East. He, in turn, was held in high ...
