1971 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
1971 meeting of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church was the third in the history of the
Patriarch Alexy I. Metropolitan Pimen of Krutitsy and Kolomna, locum tenens of the patriarchal throne was elected new patriarch. Another important act of the council was the abolition of the anathema on the old rites that was issued by the Great Moscow Council of 1667, thus recognizing full communion to the Old Believers.[1]
Background
On 17 April 1970, Patriarch Alexy I died. On 12 June, the
lay persons
.
Composition
The Local Council of 1971 was the most representative of the councils that met in the post-revolution period. It was attended by the heads of six, and representatives of five other
autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox world, and the heads of all three autonomous Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as the leaders of several ecumenical organizations: World Council of Churches, Christian Peace Conference, Conference of European Churches
and other representatives of the non-Orthodox churches.
Council has 234 members, including 72 bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, 84 representatives of the clergy and 78 lay faithful. In addition, 25 foreign nationals were present in the meeting, representing 124 foreign parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Meeting
Participants heard and discussed the report of the Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
References
- ^ "ДЕЯНИЕ ОСВЯЩЕННОГО ПОМЕСТНОГО СОБОРА РУССКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ ОБ ОТМЕНЕ КЛЯТВ НА СТАРЫЕ ОБРЯДЫ И НА ПРИДЕРЖИВАЮЩИХСЯ ИХ". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
