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The Holy Synod also has a vice-president. The "supreme authority of the ecclesiastical legislative, administrative, judicial and executive organ" of the ROCOR is the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR which is convened about every two years. [54] The ROCOR is divided into dioceses, themselves in some cases subdivided into smaller dioceses.
John (Bērziņš), Bishop of Caracas and South America; Irenei (Steenberg), Bishop of London and Western Europe; Theodosius (Ivashchenko), Bishop of Seattle, vicar of the Western American Diocese; Luke (Murianka), Bishop of Syracuse, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese; Alexander (Echevaria), Bishop of Vevey, vicar of the Western European Diocese
The Australian diocese of the ROCOR was founded in 1946 with episcopal see at St Nicholas Church in Brisbane. [1] In 1950 the episcopal see was moved to Sydney to the Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral. [1] In 1994 the Korean Orthodox mission was subordinated to Australian and New Zealand diocese by decree of the Synod of Bishops.
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - Howell, New Jersey 02. The Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York (Russian: Восточно-Американская и Нью-Йоркская епархия, romanized: Vostochno-Amerikanskaya i Nyu-Yorkskaya eparkhiya) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia that is the see of its First Hierarch.
The ROCOR was instituted in the 1920s by Russian communities outside the Soviet Union, which had refused to recognise the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate that was de facto headed by Metropolitan Sergius Stragorodsky. The two churches reconciled on 17 May 2007; the ROCOR is now a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs in Chiswick, London.. The Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (Russian: Лондонская и Западно-Европейская епархия, romanized: Londonskaya i Zapadno-Yevropyeyskaya yeparkhiya) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), encompassing all ...
Bishop Gregory from the very beginning was a supporter of the opening of ROCOR parishes in USSR, made a trip to Suzdal from May 16 to 24, 1995, where he participated in divine services, meetings of the Synod of Bishops of the ROCOR, having rendered this visit invaluable support to Bishop Valentin and the clergy of the former Suzdal-Vladimir ...
Interior of St. Nicholas Chapel (Seldovia, Alaska) In the United States there are numerous notable Russian Orthodox churches, including many that were listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of one study.