Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church () serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.

Members

Chairman

• Kirill – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Permanent members

• Onuphrius (Berezovsky) – Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (listed, but actually did not participate since February 2022)
• Paul (Ponomaryov) – Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna
• Barsanuphius (Sudakov) – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
• Benjamin (Tupieka) – Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
• Vladimir (Cantarean) – Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova
• Alexander (Mogilyov) – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan
• Vincent (Morar) – Metropolitan of Central Asia

• Gregory (Petrov), Metropolitan of the Voskresensk, First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchy and Secretary of the Synod
• Anthony (Sevryuk), Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
• Nicander (Pilishin), Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Department of the Moscow Patriarchate (since 2024)

See also

• Most Holy Synod

References