Ecumenical Patriarchate dissolves Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe - media

Ecumenical Patriarchate dissolves Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe - media

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The Ecumenical Patriarchate at a meeting of the Holy Synod in Istanbul decided to dissolve the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe by repealing the Patriarchal Tomos of 1999, the website Orthodoxie.com has reported, with reference to well-informed sources.

"We learned that the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate gathered today at the Phanar. They have just decided to dissolve the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe by repealing the Patriarchal Tomos of 1999," reads the statement.

The official statement with the details will come up soon. 

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