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== History of the RTOC == | == History of the RTOC == | ||
===Archbishop Lazar Zhurbenko's ministry in the Catacomb Church=== | ===Archbishop Lazar Zhurbenko's ministry in the Catacomb Church=== | ||
| − | Fyodor Zhurbenko came into contact with the Catacomb Church in 1945, especially the "Tikhonites". They held a milder position on the Moscow Patriarchate than the "Josephites". That influenced him from then on. In 1950, he was arrested the soviet authorities, tortured and sentenced to 10 years of prison camp. He was released under amnesty in 1955.<ref>Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia https://www.pravenc.ru/text/2462535.html</ref> | + | Fyodor Zhurbenko came into contact with the Catacomb Church in 1945, especially the "Tikhonites". They held a milder position on the Moscow Patriarchate than the "Josephites". That influenced him from then on. In 1950, he was arrested by the soviet authorities, tortured and sentenced to 10 years of prison camp. <ref>Out From the Catacombs - Interview with Bishop Lazarus |
| + | https://roca.org/oa/volume-x/issue-100/out-from-the-catacombs/</ref> He was released under amnesty in 1955.<ref>Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia https://www.pravenc.ru/text/2462535.html</ref> | ||
===Formation of the Synod=== | ===Formation of the Synod=== | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 6 August 2024
| Russian True Orthodox Church | |
| Acronym(s) | RTOC |
| Origin | Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Current primate | Archbishop Tikhon (Pasechnik) |
| Headquarters | Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia |
| Territory | Russia, Europe, Americas, Australia, Asia |
| Liturgical language(s) | Russian/local |
| Musical tradition | Russian/Byzantine |
| Bishops | 5 |
| Parishes | not available |
| Monasteries | not available |
| Official website | https://www.ripc.info/ |
The Russian True Orthodox Church (RTOC) is a True Orthodox Church based in Omsk, Russia. The RTOC has parishes in Russia, Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia. The origins of the RTOC lie in the priestly ministry of the catacomb cleric Lazar Zhurbenko. On the decision of the ROCOR synod, he was secretly ordained in 1981 as a bishop for the Catacomb Church. Currently, the president of the synod of bishops is Archbishop Tikhon of Omsk.
Contents
History of the RTOC
Archbishop Lazar Zhurbenko's ministry in the Catacomb Church
Fyodor Zhurbenko came into contact with the Catacomb Church in 1945, especially the "Tikhonites". They held a milder position on the Moscow Patriarchate than the "Josephites". That influenced him from then on. In 1950, he was arrested by the soviet authorities, tortured and sentenced to 10 years of prison camp. [1] He was released under amnesty in 1955.[2]
Formation of the Synod
In 2001, the ROCOR bishops forcibly retired Metropolitan Vitaly, the First Hierarch of the ROCOR. Then the ROCOR synod, presided over by the newly elected Metropolitan Laurus, officially decided to begin the process of unification with the Moscow Patriarchate.[3]
Archbishop Lazar, Archbishop of Odessa and Tambov and Benjamin, Bishop of the Black Sea and Kuban did not agree with the apostate decisions of the ROCOR synod. In order to canonically protect themselves and their flock, after discussing the situation at the Synod of the Bishops of Russia, with the blessing of Elder Metropolitan Vitaly, Archbishop Lazar and Bishop Benjamin in August 2002 ordained for the needs of the Russian Church Hieromonk Dionisy as Bishop of Borovichi, Hieromonk Jeriney as Bishop of Burnin, Hieromonk Germogen as Bishop of Zhlobnisky, and Hieromonk Tikhon as Bishop of Shadrinsk.
On June 22/July 5, 2003, in fulfillment of the decisions of the Second All-Russian Conference of Bishops, Clergy and laity, in accordance with the Ukas 362 of St. Patriarch Tikhon, and with the blessing of Metropolitan Vitaly, the canonical governing body of the RTOC parishes was transformed into the Synod of Bishops of the Russian True Orthodox Church. The senior Russian bishop, Archbishop Lazar of Odessa and Tambov, was elected president of the Synod of Bishops of the RTOC.
After the death of Archbishop Lazar in 2005, at an extraordinary meeting of the RTOC Synod, His Eminence Tikhon, Bishop of Omsk and Siberia, was elected First Hierarch and elevated to the rank of Archbishop.
Current hierarchs
Archbishops
- Tikhon of Omsk and Siberia, Chairman of the Synod of Bishops
- Benjamin of the Black Sea and Kuban, Deputy Chairman of the Synod of Bishops
Bishops
- Savvati of Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi
- Germogen of Gomel and Bryansk
- Philaretos of Pallini and Western Europe
Secretary of the Synod
- Protopresbyter Victor Melehov
External Links
References
- ↑ Out From the Catacombs - Interview with Bishop Lazarus https://roca.org/oa/volume-x/issue-100/out-from-the-catacombs/
- ↑ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia https://www.pravenc.ru/text/2462535.html
- ↑ Synod of Bishops of the Russian True Orthodox Church https://www.ripc.info/synod/
