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Holy Synod In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod. For instance, the Holy Synod is a ruling body of the Georgian Orthodox ...
of the Russian Orthodox Church () serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the
Russian Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
in the periods between Bishops' Councils.Устав РПЦ 2000 года
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Members


Chairman

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Kirill Kirill is a male given name, deriving from the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos) which in turn derives from Greek κύριος (kyrios) "lord". There are many variant forms of the name: Cyril, Cyrill, Kyrill, Kiryl, Kirillos, Kyryl, Kiril ...
– 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 Paul (, , secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, ; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) was the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (an Semi ...
– 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) Vladimir, (born Nicolae Cantarean, 18 August 1952), is a bishop of the Moldovan Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate. He serves as Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova and thus as first hierarch of the Church of Moldova and as a ...
– Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova * Alexander (Mogilyov) – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan *
Vincent (Morar) Vincent (Vikenty, Vichentie, ; born Viktor Aleksandrovich Morar or Morari or Moraru, on December 4, 1953), is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He serves as Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church in Uzbekistan, Tashk ...
– 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 The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (DECR) (; until August 2000: Department for External Church Relations, ) is one of the synodal institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was established on 4 April 1946. ...
* Nikandr 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)


See also

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Most Holy Synod The Most Holy Governing Synod (, pre-reform orthography: ) was the highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1917. It was abolished following the February Revolution of 1917 and replaced with a restored patriar ...


References

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