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| + | '''(ROAC) Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church''', previously known as the '''FROC (Free Russian Orthodox Church)''', is a True Orthodox Church with a base in '''Suzdal, Russia'''. ROAC has parishes across Russia, Europe, Africa, and North America. ROAC's founding occurred as a result of '''ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia)''' ordaining bishops for Russia shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s for mostly catacomb Orthodox Christians who did not want to be part of the Moscow Patriarchate. Currently, the president of the synod of bishops is Metropolitan Theodore of Suzdal and Vladimir. |
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| − | | name = Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
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| − | | type = [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]]
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| − | | main_classification = Independent Eastern Orthodox
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| − | | orientation = [[True Orthodoxy|True Orthodox]]
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| − | | leader_title1 = Primate
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| − | | leader_name1 = Metropolitan {{Interlanguage link|Theodore (Gineyevsky)|lt=|ru|Феодор (Гинеевский)|WD=}}
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| − | | language = [[Church Slavonic]], some English
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| − | | headquarters = [[Suzdal]], [[Russia]]
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| − | | possessions = [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Latvia]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], [[Australia]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
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| − | | independence = 1994
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| − | | recognition = Unrecognized by most Orthodox churches – see [[True Orthodoxy]]
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| − | | separated_from = [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (as Russian Orthodox Church Aboard in 1994)
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| − | | website = [http://www.roacusa.org/ Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church]
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| − | The '''Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church''' ('''ROAC''',) is a Russian True Orthodox church body. It was formed in 1994 when a number of [[ROCOR]] parishes left it and formed an independent jurisdiction.
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| − | Their [[synod]] is located in [[Suzdal]], [[Russia]]. The ROAC rejects the "[[Sergius I of Moscow|Sergianist]] [[heresy]]" and holds that the [[sacraments]] of the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] (considered distinctly from the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] existing before the [[October Revolution|Bolshevik revolution]]) are [[anathema]] or invalid and ineffectual for salvation.<ref>{{cite web|title=What we believe|url=http://www.roacusa.org/believe.php|publisher=Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church - roacusa.org}}</ref> The ROAC upholds in principle and emphasizes the ROCOR anathema against ecumenism<ref>[http://www.roacusa.org/content.php?id=11 Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church website: Solemn Anathema Against Ecumenism]</ref> (1983). The ROAC has 10 bishops, including five [[Archbishops]] (Seraphim, Hilarion, Victor, Timothy and Andrei),<ref>{{cite web|title=RPAC EPISCOPATE|url=http://rpac.ru/episcopacy/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206202311/http://rpac.ru/episcopacy/|archivedate=2013-12-06}}</ref> led by Metropolitan Theodore.
| + | == History of ROAC == |
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| − | The ROAC has a section in Latvia called the [[Latvian Orthodox Autonomous Church]].
| + | == Church Seizures in Russia == |
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| − | == History == | + | == Death of First Hierarch == |
| − | The ROAC split from ROCOR in 1994. It was then called the [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad]] (ROCA).
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| − | The ROAC was also historically referred to as the ''[[Sremski Karlovci|Karlovci]] Synod'' or "Karlovatsky group."<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Synod-of-Karlovci Synod of Karlovci] [[Britannica]]</ref>{{clarify|date=July 2018}}
| + | == Eccesiological Positions == |
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| − | == References == | + | == External Links == |
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| − | ==External links==
| + | [http://www.roacusa.org roacusa.org] |
| − | *http://www.roacusa.org/
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| − | [[Category:Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe]]
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