Russian Orthodox Church Outside Borders Provisional Ruling Authority Of The Church
| Russian Orthodox Church outside borders Provisional supreme authority of the Church ( ) | |
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| Current primate | Agathange |
| Headquarters | Odessa (Ukraine) |
| Primary territory | Russia, Ukraine |
| Territorial extension | Russian diaspora |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Slavonic |
| Calendar | Julian |
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The Russian Orthodox Church outside borders - Supreme Authority Interim Church is a church Orthodox noncanonical born of a schism of the Russian Orthodox Church outside borders in 2007 with the refusal of the Eucharistic communion and unity with canonical the Moscow Patriarchate.
It was organized in December 2007 with the assistance of the Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance.
The current primate of the Church is Agathange (Mikhail Ivanovich Pashkovskiy), Bishop of Odessa and the Tauride, with the title of First Hierarch (since 2007).
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- 8 December 2007 Chirotonie two bishops in Odessa
Biography of Bishop Agathange
Agathange (born Mikhail Ivanovich Pashkovskiy) was born on 22 November 1956 in Odessa and Ukraine. He became a monk on 31 August 1991 with the name of Agathange (Agafangel) in honor of St. Agafangel (Preobrazhenskiy) the Confessor, Metropolitan of Yaroslav. He was ordained deacon on September 1, 1991 , and priest on September 8 of that year in Moscow by Lazarus (Zhurbenko), Archbishop of Tambov Russian Orthodox Church outside the borders. In 1992 , he is the head of a parish in Odessa. On 27 March 1994 , he was ordained bishop in Suzdal and became Bishop of Simferopol and the rest until 1996. In 2003 he became Bishop of Odessa and Tauris.
Opposed to union with the Patriarchate of Moscow, he formed in December 2007 a new court with the help of the Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance.
Organization
Synod
- Bishop Agafangel / Agathange, Diocese of Odessa and Tauride
- Bishop Andronik (Kotylaroff), Diocese of Richmond and New York
- Bishop Sophrony (Musienko), Diocese of St. Petersburg and Russian North
See also
Internal Links
- Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
- Russian Orthodox Church outside borders
- Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance
External Links
- (En) Website
- (Ru) Diocese of Odessa and the Tauride
- (En) Site of EG. orth. Greece - St. Synod in Resistance (consecration)
- (In) Parish in Falls Church USA
| Autocephalous churches | |
| Autonomous Churches | |
| Independent churches noncanonical | |
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| See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - the Eastern Catholic Churches | |
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