ROCOR defrocks several clerics who joined Constantinople without a ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Photo: slavonic.org At its session on March 5, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia dealt with the issue of a number of clerics who departed from ROCOR and …
Belya v. Metropolitan Hilarion | Feerick Nugent MacCartney PLLC
On March 31, 2025, a federal court ruled in favor of our client, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia ("ROCOR"), confirming the Church’s ability to freely discuss and decide who should be its …
Federal court protects church’s freedom to pick bishops
Aug 5, 2024 · Becket, representing ROCOR, defended the Church’s freedom to select, discipline, and remove its leaders. ROCOR began in the 1920s after the Bolshevik government’s interference in and …
2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism - Wikipedia
The 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism is an ongoing schism between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate) and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, …
ROCOR-MP vs Belya: How the SCOTUS Rejection of ROCOR-MP’s
Jun 14, 2023 · The Supreme Court’s declination of the case means that discovery can proceed in Belya’s defamation lawsuit, first filed in 2021 against the ROCOR-MP. 14 states filed an amicus brief …
ROCOR defrocks apostate bishop. - The Byzantine Forum
Sep 12, 2009 · The Byzantine Forum - a discussion board focusing on Eastern Christianity.
ROCOR defrocks several clerics who joined Constantinople ... - Reddit
At its session on March 5, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia dealt with the issue of a number of clerics who departed from ROCOR and joined the Slavic Vicariate of the …
Federal judge dismisses defrocked Belya’s defamation case against ROCOR …
Apr 1, 2025 · U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed a lawsuit brought by defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya against senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of …
Belya v. Metropolitan Hilarion - Becket
Aug 18, 2020 · The head of ROCOR—Metropolitan Hilarion—then suspended Father Alexander from performing priestly duties pending an investigation. Rather than submit to an investigation, Father …
Defrocking - Wikipedia
Defrocking of patriarch Nikon Defrocking, unfrocking, degradation, or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. It may be grounded on criminal …