The
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ( rus, Священный синод Русской православной церкви, Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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in the periods between
Bishops' Councils.
Устав РПЦ 2000 года
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Members
* Kirill – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, chairman
Permanent members
; by the cathedra
* Paul (Ponomaryov)
Metropolitan Paul (russian: Митрополит Павел, be, Мітрапаліт Павел, secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, russian: Георгий Васильевич Пономарёв; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) wa ...
– Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna
* Barsanophius (Sudakov) – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
* – Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
* Vladimir (Cantarean) – Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova
* Alexander (Mogilyov) – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan
* Vincent (Morar) – Metropolitan of Central Asia
; ex officio
* Anthony (Sevryuk) – Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
Former members
; by the cathedra
* Onuphrius (Berezovsky)
Metropolitan Onufriy (Onuphrius, secular name Orest Volodymyrovych Berezovsky; uk, Орест Володимирович Березовський; russian: Орест Владимирович Березовский; born 5 November 1944) is the ...
– Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (formerly; de facto)
See also
* Most Holy Synod
References
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