Evlogy Georgievsky
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Yevlogy Georgiyevsky was metropolitan of Western Europe of the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...

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His jurisdiction began operating independently of the mother church in Moscow in 1931, because of the intense persecution of the Russian Church by Communists. Following the proper canonical position set out in the canons of the Council of Chalcedon (451), Metropolitan Yevlogy placed his archdiocese under the protection of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

His jurisdiction, now known as the Patriarchal Exarchate of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, continues under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It has evolved into a multinational Church and welcomes people of all ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
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