ROCOR Synod on the Ecclesial Catastrophe in Ukraine Deacon Peter Markevich Primatial and Synodal Epistles October 18, 2018 0The 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.