Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Moscow

2/2/2011 On 2 February 2011, the Holy and Sacred Council of the Russian Orthodox Church opened in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. According to the Statutes of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia chairs the Bishops’ Council. The Presidium includes His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine; Metropolitan Vladimir of St.