1943 Bishops' Council Of The Russian Orthodox Church
The 1943 meeting of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held on September 8, 1943, was the first Synod#Orthodox, sobor of the Russian Orthodox Church since the 1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, 1917–18 Local Council. The assembly was held in Moscow in the in Khamovniki District of the city, that just had been returned to the Moscow Patriarchate by the Government of the Soviet Union, Soviet Government. The assembly unanimously elected Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Sergius to be the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. The assembly also Excommunication#Eastern Orthodox Church, excommunicated everyone who Collaboration in the German-occupied Soviet Union, collaborated with the Axis powers, and reestablished the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Participants The assembly was attended by 19 bishops: all the bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church who at that time held their positions on the territories not ...
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