Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Official statements and messages from the First Hierarch, Synod, or Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

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Group portrait of the participants of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Buchendorf, June, 2017

ROCOR Synod on the Ecclesial Catastrophe in Ukraine

October 18, 2018

Ecclesiology, Primatial and Synodal Epistles

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia has no option except, with profound sorrow and yet with full conviction, publicly to register her assent with the decision of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow.

Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of ROCOR

On the Centennial of the Royal Martyrs of Russia

July 16, 2018

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Epistle of His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, on the 100th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Righteous Roya... Read More...

Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Our Hearts — The Only Gift Worthy in the Eyes of God

January 4, 2018

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence HILARION, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Beloved in the Lord Brethren Archpastors, Honorable F... Read More...

Greek Orthodox icon of the parable of the prodigal son

Only the Gospel Provides True Spiritual Medicine

July 20, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Circular Communique from the Chancery of the Synod of Bishops NEW YORK: July 19, 2017 Having received the recent text of a publicly-posted e-mail exchange, entitled “EMAIL OF THE WEEK: (from a mother, on MY S... Read More...

The Foundation For Our Moral Choice

June 27, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Buchendorf, Germany June 3/16, 2017 We, the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, gathered for a Counc... Read More...

Walk in Newness of Life: Primatial Epistle on the Bright Feast of Pascha

April 15, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

2017 Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Reigning Icon of the Mother of God appears on day of Nicholas II's abdication

On the Anniversary of the Tragic Revolution in Russia

March 15, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Epistle of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on the 100th Anniversary of the Tragic Revolution in Russia and Beginning of the Godless Persecutions

Church of the Holy New Martyrs of Russia, Butovskij Poligon

New Glory of the Russian Church: At the Glorification of the New Martyrs and Confessors

February 2, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

This coming Sunday is the annual celebration of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. We offer to our readers the epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to a... Read More...

O Blessed Nativity Night!

January 5, 2017

Primatial and Synodal Epistles

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.