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Act
of Canonical Communion
 We,
the humble Alexy II, by God’s mercy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,
jointly with the Eminent Members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox
Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, having gathered at a meeting of the
Holy Synod (date) in the God-preserved city of Moscow; and the humble Laurus,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian
Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, jointly with the Eminent Bishops, members
of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia,
having gathered (time, place);
Being guided
by the effort towards reestablishing blessed peace, Divinely-decreed love,
and brotherly unity in the common work in the harvest-fields of God within
the Fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church and her faithful in the Fatherland
and abroad, taking into consideration the ecclesiastical life of the Russian
diaspora outside the canonical borders of the Moscow Patriarchate, as dictated
by history;
Taking into
account that the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia performs its
service on the territories of many nations;
By this Act
declare:
1. That the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, conducting its salvific service
in the dioceses, parishes, monasteries, brotherhoods, and other ecclesiastical
bodies that were formed through history, remains an indissoluble part of
the Local Russian Orthodox Church.
2. That the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is independent in pastoral, educational,
administrative, management, property, and civil matters, existing at the
same time in canonical unity with the Fullness of the Russian Orthodox
Church.
3. The supreme
ecclesiastical, legislative, administrative, judicial and controlling authority
in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is her Council of Bishops,
convened by her Primate (First Hierarch), in accordance with the Regulations
[Polozheniye] of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
4. The First
Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is elected by
her Council of Bishops. This election is confirmed, in accordance with
the norms of Canon Law, by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
5. The name
of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the name of the First
Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia are commemorated
during divine services in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside
of Russia before the name of the ruling bishop in the prescribed order.
6. Decisions
on the establishment or liquidation of dioceses of the Russian Orthodox
Church Outside of Russia are made by her Council of Bishops in agreement
with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian
Orthodox Church.
7. The bishops
of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia are elected by her Council
of Bishops or, in cases foreseen by the Regulations of the Russian Orthodox
Church Outside of Russia, by the Synod of Bishops. Such elections are confirmed
in accordance with canonical norms by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
8. The bishops
of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia are members of the Local
Council [Pomestny Sobor] and Council of Bishops [Arkhiereiskij Sobor] of
the Russian Orthodox Church and also participate in the meetings of the
Holy Synod in the prescribed order. Representatives of the clergy and laity
of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia participate in the Local
Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in the established manner.
9. The supreme
instances of ecclesiastical authority for the Russian Orthodox Church Outside
of Russia are the Local Council and the Council of Bishops of the Russian
Orthodox Church.
10. Decisions
of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church extend to the Russian
Orthodox Church Outside of Russia with consideration of the particularities
described by the present Act, by the Regulations of the Russian Orthodox
Church Outside of Russia and by the legislation of the nations in which
she performs her ministry.
11. Appeals
on decisions of the supreme ecclesiastical court of the Russian Orthodox
Church Outside of Russia are directed to the Patriarch of Moscow and All
Russia.
12. Amendments
to the Regulations of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia by
her supreme legislative authority are subject to the confirmation of the
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox
Church in such case as these changes bear a canonical character.
13. The Russian
Orthodox Church Outside of Russia receives her holy myrrh from the Patriarch
of Moscow and All Russia.
By this Act,
canonical communion within the Local Russian Orthodox Church is hereby
restored.
Acts issued
previously which preclude the fullness of canonical communion are hereby
deemed invalid or obsolete.
The reestablishment
of canonical communion will serve, God willing, towards the strengthening
of the unity of the Church of Christ, of her witness in the contemporary
world, promoting the fulfillment of the will of the Lord to “gather together
in one the children of God that were scattered abroad” (John 11:52).
Let us bring
thanks to All-Merciful God, Who through His omnipotent hand directed us
to the path of healing the wounds of division and led us to the desired
unity of the Russian Church in the homeland and abroad, to the glory of
His Holy Name and to the good of His Holy Church and Her faithful flock.
Through the prayers of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, may
the Lord grant His blessing to the One Russian Church and Her flock both
in the fatherland and in the diaspora.
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