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Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church begins its last session in 2013

On 25 December 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, began its last session in 2013. The meeting took place at the Synodal Hall of the official Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St Daniel Monastery, Moscow.

The permanent members of the Holy Synod are Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga; Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch for all Belarus; Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna; Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova; Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, head of the metropolitan area of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan; Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, head of the metropolitan area of Central Asia; Metropolitan Varsonofy of Saransk and Mordovia, chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate; and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations.

Summoned for the winter session (September-February) are Metropolitan Sergiy of Ternopil and Kremenets, Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, Archbishop Konstantin of Kurgan and Shadrinsk, Archbishop Iosif of Birobidzhan and Kuldur, and Bishop Nestor of Korsun.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church greeted the members of the Holy Synod and presented the agenda of the meeting, saying in particular:

“I would like to note the importance of the document ‘Regulations for Military Clergy’. The document has been adopted by the Supreme Church Council and we should give our blessing for its implementation.

“We will have to approve a number of important liturgical texts: orders of services and akathist hymns, prepared by our Liturgical Commission.

“Another significant document, regarding the surrogate motherhood, has been prepared by the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission. As you know, the issue was raised in the Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, the problem of the baptism of infants, born to surrogate mothers, was not so acute back then. I charged the Biblical and Theological Commission with the task of examining the issue, and today you will be informed of the results of the Commission’s work.”

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