At the request _f many members of the clergy and laity of our Church, we will be posting selected materials from the Expanded Clergy Conference of last December held at Holy Virgin Protection Church, Nyack, NY. Below we offer the speeches given by priests speaking at the round-tables: "The Russian Church Abroad Today,У ТThe Church in Russia Today,У ТThe Russian Orthodox Church under the Soviet Government,У and others. The opinions expressed in these addresses do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Concluding the eighth joint meeting of the Commissions and summarizing its work, it is worth noting the path traveled, beginning with the meeting between His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia and His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in Moscow in May 2004. It was then that the Commissions were charged with preparing the documents needed to reestablish canonical communion between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Church Abroad.
Materials of the Commissions between ROCOR and the ROC MP
The Act of Canonical Communion goes into effect upon its confirmation by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, on the basis of the decision of the Holy Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church “On the Relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia” (Moscow, October 3-8, 2004); and by decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, on the basis of the resolution “Regarding the Act on Canonical Communion” of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (San Francisco, May 15-19, 2006).
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The reestablishment of canonical communion will serve, God willing, towards the strengthening of the unity of the Church of Christ, of her witness in the contemporary world, promoting the fulfillment of the will of the Lord to “gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad” (John 11:52).
