The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (), also called Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or ROCOR, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), is a semi-autonomous part of the
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Currently, the position of
First-Hierarch of the ROCOR is occupied by
Metropolitan
Metropolitan may refer to:
Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Nicholas (Olhovsky).
The ROCOR was established in the early 1920s as a ''
de facto'' independent