White Russian Emigration - Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Russian Orthodox Properties in Palestine, White Movement (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Russian Orthodox properties in Palestine, White movement, Russian Liberation Movement, White emigre, National Organization of Russian Scouts, National Alliance of Russian Solidarists, Russian Corps, Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders, Eurasianists, Shanghai Russians, Harbin Russians, Russian Imperial Union Order, National Association of Russian Explorers, Russian All-Military Union, Trust Operation, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, Mladorossi, St. Nicholas Church, Tehran, Russian All National Popular State Movement, Conservatoire Rachmaninoff, Zemgor, Brotherhood of Russian Truth, Union for the Struggle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, Inner Line. Excerpt: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (Russian: , ), also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church. Chapel in ROCOR headquarters, 75 E 93rd St, New York.ROCOR was formed as a jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodoxy as a response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and separated from the Russian Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1927 after an imprisoned Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow pledged the Church's qualified loyalty to the Bolshevik state. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia officially signed the Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate on May 17, 2007 restoring the canonical link between the churches. Critics of the reunification argue that the issue of KGB infiltration of the Moscow Patriarchate church hierarchy has not been addressed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Church has over 400 parishes worldwide, and an estimated membership of over 400,000 people. Within the ROCOR there are 13 hierarchs, and a...