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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
Governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate between 1721 and 1917, see Most Holy Synod.
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.[1]
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