ROC have combined their parishes in Western Europe Exarchate
MOSCOW, 28 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to form a Patriarchal Exarchate of his parishes in Western Europe, reported RIA Novosti, at the Patriarchal press service on the results of the Synod.
“The Russian Orthodox Church organized Patriarchal Exarchate of those parishes that were in it abroad”, — said the Agency interlocutor.
We are talking about parishes in Western European countries — Germany, France, Spain, Austria.
Unity Council
In Kiev on December 15 on the initiative of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was the “unification Council”, which was attended mostly by representatives of the non-canonical Church structures.
Arrived only two bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, UOC subsequently banned them from serving. The outcome of the event in Kiev was the election of the head of the new “Autocephalous churches” Epiphany Dumenko.
ROC called the canonical meaning of “Assembly” in Kiev is negligible, and the possibility of recognition of Epiphanius is hardly feasible task. The authorities of Ukraine expect in early January to obtain from Constantinople “Tomos” of the autocephaly of the” newly formed structure.