The First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, is the primate of the

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Ru ...

, a semi-autonomous Church under the

Moscow Patriarchate , native_name_lang = ru , image = Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia , abbreviation = ROC , type ...

. The position of First Hierarch is currently occupied by

Nicholas (Olhovsky) Metropolitan Nicholas (born Nikolay Alexandrovich Olhovsky, russian: Николай Александрович Ольховский; 17 December 1974) is the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Metropolitan of Eas ...

. The see of the First Hierarch is currently the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York.

List of holders

Antony (Khrapovitsky) Metropolitan Anthony (russian: Митрополит Антоний, secular name Aleksey Pavlovich Khrapovitsky, russian: Алексей Павлович Храповицкий; 17 March ( O.S.) 1863 – 10 August 1936) was a bishop of the Russian ...

(1920–1936) *

Anastasius (Gribanovsky) Metropolitan Anastasius (secular name Alexander Alexeyevich Gribanovsky, russian: Александр Алексеевич Грибановский; August 6, 1873 – May 22, 1965) was a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the second First ...

(1936–1964) *

Philaret (Voznesensky) Metropolitan Philaret (secular name Georgy Nikolayevich Voznesensky, russian: Георгий Николаевич Вознесенский; 22 March 1903 in Kursk, Russia – 21 November 1985 in New York City) was the First Hierarch of the R ...

(1964–1985) * Vitaly (Ustinov) (1986–2001) *

Laurus (Škurla) Metropolitan Laurus ( sk, Metropolita Laurus, secular name Vasily Mikhaylovich Shkurla, russian: Василий Михайлович Шкурла, or Vasiľ Škurla in Slovakian; January 1, 1928 – March 16, 2008) was First Hierarch of the Russ ...

(2001–2008) * Hilarion (Kapral) (2008–2022) *

(2022-incumbent)

References

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