Editing Russian Orthodox Church (section)

===Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR)===
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[[File:Timeline of the main schisms from the Russian Orthodox Church (1589 to 2021).svg|thumb|upright=1.3|Timeline of some Churches which came from within the ROCOR]]
Russia's Church was devastated by the repercussions of the [[October Revolution|Bolshevik Revolution]]. One of its effects was a flood of refugees from Russia to the United States, [[Canada]], and [[Europe]]. The Revolution of 1918 severed large sections of the Russian church—dioceses in America, Japan, and Manchuria, as well as refugees in Europe—from regular contacts with the main church.

On 28 December 2006, it was officially announced that the [[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|Act of Canonical Communion]] would finally be signed between the ROC and ROCOR. The signing took place on 17 May 2007, followed immediately by a full restoration of [[full communion|communion]] with the Moscow Patriarchate, celebrated by a Divine Liturgy at the [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in [[Moscow]], at which the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow|Alexius II]] and the First Hierarch of ROCOR concelebrated for the first time.

Under the Act, the ROCOR remains a self-governing entity within the Church of Russia. It is independent in its administrative, pastoral, and property matters. It continues to be governed by its Council of Bishops and its Synod, the council's permanent executive body. The First-Hierarch and bishops of the ROCOR are elected by its council and confirmed by the Patriarch of Moscow. ROCOR bishops participate in the Council of Bishops of the entire Russian Church.

In response to the signing of the act of canonical communion, Bishop Agathangel (Pashkovsky) of Odesa and parishes and clergy in opposition to the Act broke communion with ROCOR, and established [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia#ROCA-PSCA|ROCA(A)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sinod.ruschurchabroad.org/engindex.htm |title=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), Synod of Bishops |publisher=Sinod.ruschurchabroad.org |access-date=25 January 2010 |archive-date=18 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118223908/http://sinod.ruschurchabroad.org/engindex.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some others opposed to the Act have joined themselves to other [[Greek Old Calendarists|Greek Old Calendarist]] groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2007/7ensfcommunique.html|title=The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia – Official Website|access-date=5 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016172842/http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2007/7ensfcommunique.html|archive-date=16 October 2014}}</ref>

Currently both the OCA and ROCOR, since 2007, are in communion with the ROC.