Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad

Russian Orthodox Churches abroad are several Orthodox churches in Russia and other countries.

history

In the 1920s, congregations of exiles from the Soviet Union emerged in Western Europe and North America , who separated themselves from the official Russian Orthodox Church. Out of these, the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad was formed in 1927 . In the following decades this became one of the most important and largest Orthodox churches in general, but was not recognized by the canonical churches associated with the Moscow Patriarchate.

Since 2001, a number of smaller churches have sprung up that split off from the Russian Orthodox Church abroad for various reasons, but called themselves the Russian Orthodox Church abroad . The main reasons for the new founding were the efforts of the Russian Church Abroad to approach the Russian Orthodox Church. This was rejected by numerous clergymen and believers. Another reason was the need for official registration as a separate church in the successor states of the Soviet Union (Moldova).

Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad

• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (Русская Православная Церковь Заграницей), formed since 1927 by Russian exiles in Western Europe and North America, since 2007 as the Russian Orthodox Church, since then canonical church
• Russian Orthodox Church abroad under Vitali ( ROKA (W) , Русская Православная Церковь Заграницей под омофором Метрополита), also established in the Russian Orthodox Church, in 2001, in the Russian Orthodox Church ( Orthodox Church in Exileville ) , Believers in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, founded by Vitaly Ustinow, since 2006 some splits

• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under Antony ( ROKA (WA) , Русская православная церковь зарубежная (Антония), РПЦЗ (В-А)), officially the Russian Orthodox Church (ераская) in Russia 2006 (ерославная Росрася), Russia асрасв лсвасв ласрасв ласрасв in Ukraine in Russia since 2006 States split off from ROKA (W)
• Russian Orthodox Church abroad under Vladimir ( ROKA (WW) ), since 2006 in the USA and Canada, split off from ROKA (W)
• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under the Metropolitan of Kishinev and Moldova ( ROKA (M) ), officially the True Orthodox Church of Moldova , split from ROKA (W) since 2007, in Moldova and other countries
• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under Agathangelos ( ROKA (A) , Русская Православная Церковь Заграницей под омофором Агафангела, РПЦЗ (split from the Russian Orthodox Church after their merger with the АKA)), 2007
• Russian Orthodox Church Abroad under Philaret ( ROKA (WF) ), officially the Orthodox Russian Church (Православная Российская Церковь), split off from ROKA (WW) since 2015 in Australia and New Zealand

Remarks

1. ↑ own website ( memento of the original from April 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, Russian) 
2. ↑ Russian Orthodox Church in Exile Orthodoxwiki (English)
3. ↑ Vitaly (Ustinov) Orthodox Wiki (English)
4. ↑ Vladimir Zelishchev (Russian)
5. ↑ Homepage