Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church () serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.Устав РПЦ 2000 года

Members

Chairman

Kirill – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Permanent members

by the cathedra Onuphrius – Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (listed, but actually did not participate since February 2022) Pavel – Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Patriarchal vicar for the Moscow Metropolia Varsofony – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Veniamin – Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Vladimir – Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova Alexander – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan, Head of the Metropolitan Area in the Republic of Kazakhstan Vikenty – Metropolitan of Central Asia, Head of the Central Asian Metropolitan Area

ex officio Grigory, Metropolitan of the Voskresensk, First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchy and Secretary of the Synod Anthony, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Nikandr, Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Department of the Moscow Patriarchate (since 2024)

Temporary members

Konstantin, Metropolitan of Cairo and North Africa, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Administrator of the diocese of Southern Africa Stefan, Bishop of Kanash and Belovolzhka Mitrofan, Bishop of Gatchina and Luga Sergy, Bishop of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik, Dean of Crimea Serafim, Bishop of Biysk and Belokurikha

See also Most Holy Synod

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