Russian Orthodox Church Recognizes the Selection of Bishop Nicholas as First Hierarch of ROCOR

             His Eminence Nicholas

OCP News Service – 15/8/22

Moscow-Russia: The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church officially recognized the selection of Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan as the First Hierarch of ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) by its Council of Bishops on 14th September 2022.

The Council of Bishops of the ROCOR on 13th September elected His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan as the First Hierarch of ROCOR and sent the Act of Election to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow to bless the electee and for confirmation by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The enthronement services of the newly elected first hierarch will take place on the 17th and 18th of September at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.

His Eminence Nicholas Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York 

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OCP News Service