HIS HOLINNESS ALEXY II
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA
"The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia shall take care for the internal and external welfare of the Russian Orthodox Church and shall govern it together with the Holy Synod as its chairman..."
(Statute of the Russian Orthodox Church. Chapter IV)
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