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i s t r a t i o n o f t h e D i o c e s e o f V e n e z u e } a a n d t o p e r m i t h i m t o r e t i r e t ot h e D r o c e s e o f L o s A n q e r e s , a n d t o r e t a i n t h e r i g h t t o p a r t i c i p a t e i nt h e s e s s l o n s o f t h e C o u n c i l o f B i s h o p s '2 . T o e n t r u s t t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f t h e D i o c e s e o f V e n e z u e l a t e m p -o r a r i l y t o t h e P r e s i d e n t ; ; a h " S y n o d o i B i s h o p s t h r o u g h t h e D e a n ' A r cp r i e s t J o h n B a u m a n i s[ R e s o l v e d a ] s o : ] T o s e n d a d e c r e e t o H i s G r a c e , A r c h b i s h o p S e r a -ph im and to the Dean, o t "np i ies t J ohn Bauman is , t o be announc ed to thel r . t q y a n d p a r i s h e s i n V e n e z u e l - a 'o n t h e S a m e d a t e , t h e S y n o d H E A R D : t h e o r a l r e p o r t o f H i s G r a c e '

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D iocese o f M on t rea ] & C anada and the B io t he rhood o f S t ' Job o f Poc haehav e been reg i s t e red as . o i po ru t i o l s in c anada - rn add i t i on , H isGrac e , A rc hb i s hop Vi ta ly w i i r submi t these ac ts o f i nc o rpo ra t i on tothe SYnod of B i s hoPsRESOLVED: he repo r t o f H is Grac e ' A rc hb i s hop -V i t a l y on t he incorporut t f f i= i iar re-b ioce-se or-c . t r .a . and i . r re pocnaev Brotherhood are ta-t e n i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n 'on t he s am e date , t he Sy nod HEARD: the aCcount o f Archpr ies t Va l -en t i ne Ivashev ich on the ic t - i v i t y o f " the HoIy Tr in i t y pa r i s h in BuenoA i res , and , iD pa r t i c u l a r , the renov a t i o " t o i k be ing unde r t ak en in thec h u r c h .

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- 2 -R ESOLVED :N o t i ng t he ac t i v i t y o f Ho ly T r in i t y pa r l s h and t he ex*tens ive I abo r fo r t he renov a t i on o f t he c hu rc h w i th sa t i s fac t lon , theSy nod o f B i s hops rec oqn i z es bo t h 1n t h i s and 1n m iss ionary -pas to ra lac t i v i t i es the ene rgy and d i l i genc e of t he rec to r o f t he par i sh , A rc h -pr ies t Va len t j - ne Ivashev ich , and expresses i t s g ra t i t ude to h im.T he Sy nod a l s o hea rd the repo r t o f A rc hp r i es t V lad im i r Sh i s hk o f fon the p i t g r im age to t he H o l y Land unde r t ak en by t he Organ i z a t i on o fY o u n g R u s s i a n S c o u t s , w h i c h w a s o r g a n i z e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e b y A . T h .Z ak ha r i - n . T he p i l g r im age w en t very smooth ly and w i th benef i t t o t hes o u L s o f t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s .R E S O L V E D : o t h a n k S . T h . Z a k h a r i n f o r t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e p i l -q r im aqe to the Ho ly Land and t o i nv ok e upon h im the b les s ing o f Gocw i t h the bes towa l upon h im o f a g ram o t a .On the s am e date , the Sy nod HEARD: he o ra l r epo r t o f H i s Grac e ,B i s hop Grego ry on how the lam en t ab le ann i v e rs a ry o f t he Russ ian Revo-I u t i on was m ark ed at Wash ingr ton 's c a t hed ra l . A f te r t he read ing o f thel -e t te r o f H is Grac e B i s hop Grego ry , t he address o f P res iden t R eagan ont he 66 t h ann i v e rs a ry o f the communis t us u rpa t l on o f pow er was readf rom the porch .RESOLVED: . To express ou r gra t i t ude to Pres iden t R eagan for h isaddress on t he recent ann iversary o f t he us u rpa t i on o f au t .h6r i t y inR us s ia by t he communi -s t s .2 . To note w i th thanks tha t a num ber o f s ta tes o f t he U n i t ed Sta tesas fo r ex am p le New York , C d l i f o rn i a and o t he rs , hav e m ark ed t h i s ann r -v e r s a r y w i t h s p e c i - a l d e c l a r a t i o n s .On t he s am e da t e t he Sy nod HEARD: n f o rm a t i on repo r t ed by H is GracA r c h b i s h o p L a u r u s o n t h e s t a t e o f a f f a i r s a t t h e S t . V l a d i m i r ' s M e m o r -i : r 1 -h r r r nh ' nd a lso fac ts p res en t ed by t he D j -oc es an Adm in i s t r a t i on o ft h e E a s t e r n A m e r i c a n D i o c e s e .R E S O L V E D : o c o n s i d e r t h e s i - t u a t i o n a t S t . V l a d i m i r t s M e m o r i a tc h r r rah r1 - ^ ' pec ia l m ee t i ng w i th members o f the admin is t ra t j -on o fIt h e S t . V l a d l m i r ' s S o c i e t y .

O n t h e s a m e d a t e t h e S y n o d g e a q d : t h e o r a l r e p o r t o f H i s G r a c e , A r c h -b ishop Anthony of Western emEi fEa & San Franc isco on the , tp "o* i r lgc e l e b r a t i o n i n h o n o r o f A b b e s s A r i a d n a o n t h e o c c a s i o n o f t h e 4 5 t h a n -n i ve r sa r y o f he r assum p t ion o f t he a b b a t i a l au t ho r i t y w i t h i n t h e O u rL a d y o f V l a d i m i r C o n v e n t i n S a n F r a n c i s c o .RESOLVED T o gr ee t A b b e s s A r i a d n a on t he o c c a s i o n o f t he 45 t h a n -n i r r a r c a r r z n Ir r rvc Dary \ . / ner assumpt ion o f t he abba t i a l au thor i t y in t he Our Ladyo f V lad im i r Convent , and t o i nv ok e upon he r t he b les s ing o f God w i ththe bes towa l o f a gramata .

o n L 8 / 3 1 J a n u a r y f 9 8 4 , t h e S y n o d o f B i s h o p s o f t h e R u s s i a n o r t h o d o xC hurc h Outs ide o f R us s ia HEARD: the o ra l r epo r t o f H is Grac e , B i s hopr 'a r r r r r e ^ ^n^o rn ing h is in ten t ion to m ak e a p i l g r im age to t he H oJ _yL a n d b e t w e e n J u n e I - 2 0 .RESOLVED: o ac k now ledg ie the repo r t o f H is Grace , A rc hb i s hop Lau rust o b less thT ; in i t i a t i ve , ana to in fb rm t he Ch ie f o f t he Miss ion , sot ha t he be aw are ahead of t ime o f the t ime of t he a r r i v a l and t he s c he -d u l e o f t h e p i l g r i m a g e .On t he same da te , the Sy nod d i s c us s ed t he f ac t tha t t he Sy nod hasno t r ec e i v ed accounts o f the l i f e o f Ho ly T r in i t y pa r i - s h and t he con-v e n t i n S a n t i a g o , C h i l e .

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- 3 -RESOLVED: o sugges t to Arch imandr i te Ben jam in and Abbes s J u l i anatha t [ t r eY s ena t he i r i epo r t s on the l i f e o f t h ; pa r i s h and convent ,Loge t he r w i th the s c hoo l a t t ac hed t he re t o , fo r the y ea r 1983 . Suc hrepor t s m us t be m ade annua l l y .O n t h e sam e da t e , t he S y n o d H E A R D : t h e r e s o l u t i o n o f t he C o u n c i lo f B i shops da t ed 3 I Ju I y / L3 A u g u s t f 983 , c o n c e r n i n g t h e a c c e p t a n c e o fthe tex t o f the anathema aga ins t the heresy o f ecumen i -sm.RESOLVED: To add to the Ri te o f the Tr iumph of Or thodoxy the fo t -l o w i n g t e ; t t"To t hose w h o a t t a c k t he C h u r c h o f C h r i s t b y t e a c h i n g t ha t Ch r i s t , sC h u r c h i - s d i v i d e d i n t o so - ca t l ed b r a n c h e s w h i c h d i f f e r i n d o c t r i n e a ndw a y o f l i f e , o r t h a t t h e C h u r c h d o e s n o t e x i s t v i s i b l y , b u t w i l l b ef o r m ed in t he f u t u r e w h e n a l l b r a n c h e s o r sec t s o r d e n o m i n a t i o n s , a nda \ 7 o n r a r i n i n n S , w i l l b e u n i t e d i n t o o n e b o d y ; a n d w h o d o n o t d i s t i n g -r r i c h J - h a n r i a s t h o o d a n d m y s t e r i e s o f t h e C h u r e h f r o m t h o s e o f t h e h e r -e t i c s , b u t s a y t h a t t h e b a p t i s m a n d e u c h a r i s t o f h e r e t j . c s i s e f f e c t u a lFn t c r ' l t z : r - nn ; t he r e f o r e , t o t hose w h o k n o w i n g l y h a v e com m un ion w i t ht hese a f o r em en t ioned h e r e t i c s o r w h o advoca t e , d i ssem ina t e , o r d e f e n dt he i r new he r esy o f ecum en ism u n d e r t he p r e t ex t o f b r o t he r l y l o v e o rt he s u p p o s e d u n i f i c a t i o n o f sepa r a t ed ch r i s t i ans , ANATHEM A, :l R e s o l v e d a l s o : ] T o s e n d a d e c r e e t o a l l d i o c e s a n b i s h o p s c o n c e r n -i n g t h i s .On t he sam e da t e , t he S y n o d H E A R D : t h e o r a l r epo r t o f B i s h o p G r e g -o r y on t he c o n t i n u i n g wor k f o r t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e o l o g i c a l c o u r s e sr f . - ho Qr r nnA c f B i _ s h o p s r e s i d e n c e , i n t h e hope t ha t t h e y m ay o p e n i nJ r r v s \t h e f a l l o f t h e c u r r e n t y e a r .RESOLVED: o ac c ep t w i th sa t i s fac t ion the repo r t o f B ishop Grego ryon t i r e -pEog ; es s m ade in t he o rgan i z a t i on o f t heo l l g i c a l courses a t t heS y n o d o f B i s h o p s , a n d t o w i s h s u c c e s s t o t h i s g r o o d n i t i a t i v e .on t he sam,eday , the synod HEARD: the o ra t r epo r t o f H i s Grac e ,Pi c l r an / : r oan r r z 9 n t h e f ac t t ha t t he cus t om o f s e n d i n g pape r j - c o n s asf e s t a l g r e e t i n g c a r d s i s b e c o m i n g m o r e w i d e s p r e a d n o w . M a n y d o n o tk n o w w h a t t o d o w i t h t hem a f t e r t he f eas t s a n d l n c i d e n t s o f d i s r espec ta r e p o s s i b l e w i t h r e g a r d t o t hem . T h e f a i t h f u l ough t t o b e w a r n e d t ha tt hey s h o u l d no t s e n d h o l y i c o n s a s g r e e t i n g ca r ds b u t s h o u l d s e n d c a r d so f a n o t h e r t y p e a s g r e e t i n g s .R E S O L V E D : T o w a r n t h e f a i t h f u l a g a i n s t s e n d i n g i c o n s a s f e s t a l+ i - ^ ^ " ' ' l h a f t e r w a r d s m i - gh t b e s u b j e c t e d t o insu f f j - c i e n t l y r es -r s s L r l r Y J w l l a \n o n r F r r ' r r r a a + n e n t i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e i r s i g n i f i c a n c e , a n d p l a c e t h erec e i v e r i n a d i f f i cu l t pos i t ion w i t h rega rd t o the app rop r i a t e l y rev -e r e n t d i s p o s a l o f t h e m .On t he s am e day , the Sy nod HEARD: he o ra l r epo r t o f t he Sec re t a r yo f t he Sy nod on the ques t l on rec e i v ed f rom His Grace , B ishop M ark onthe d ivergence in the newly pr in ted Li turg icon of the form of commemor-a t i n g t h e R u s s i a n p e o p l e d u r i n g t h e l i t a n i e s a t t h e l i t u r g y a n d v i g i l .R ESOLVED : o ask Arc hb i s hop Lau rus to take measures to d issemina tecor rec t j . ons fo r the new ed i t i on o f t he L i t u rg i c on .On the same day, the Synod HEARD: the repor t o f the Secretary ofthe Sy nod on how the Sy nod 's Chancery i s con t inua .LJ .y rec e i v i ng pe t i t i onsf rom var ious non-Russ ians who reguest that the Synod under take to makethem pr ies ts of , the Church Abrcad and appoint them to par ishes in whicht he serv ices a re conduc ted in t he Eng l i s h language . S im i l a r gues t i ons

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- 4 -a, lso ar ise concern ing c lergymen of other Orthodox Churches " fn cer-t a i n cases , the o r i g i na l pe t i t i on i s f o l l ow ed by repo r t s f rom peop lewho know the pe t i t i - one rs t ha t t hey are persons of bad mora ls , no t ex - .c l ud ing ev en t he s in o f hom os ex ua l ac t i v i t y .

RESOLVED:Mindfu l that , not hav lng the proper in format ion i -n t ime,cer ta ln*T ie ra rchs may o rda i -n t o t he p r i es t hood , - o r rec e i v e in t o t he i rj u r i s d i c t l on a c le rgyman wi th a bad reputa t ion , to reques t t ha t a l lb i shops excerc ise par t i cu la r c a re w i t h rega rd to c and lda t es who do no thav e so l id recommendat ions , and , be f o re rec e i v i ng t hem in t o t he i r c l e r -gy or ordain ing them to the pr ies thood, to check w i th the SynodalChancery , t o see i f t he i r i s any in f o rm a t i on on Lhe c and ida t e i n que -s t i o n .For Wes tern Europe , t he Chancery o f H is Grace , A rc hb i s hop An t honyo f Wes tern Europe and tha t o f B ishop M ark may serve fo r such a pu rpos e .' l R e s o v ] e d a . I s o : l T o s e n d a d e c r e e t o a l l t h e b i s h o p s c o n c e r n i n gt h i s .O n t h e sam e da t e , t he S y n o d H E A R D : t h e d e c i s i o n o f t he C o u n c i l o fR i q h n n q ^ n { - h e c o l l e c t i o n o f f unds f o r t he m a jo r r enova t i on o f t h eS y n o d a l R e s i d e n c e B u i l d i n g i n N e w Y o r k and t he d r a f t f o r t he S y n o d o fB i s h o p s ' a p p e a l f o r d o n a t i o n s .R E S o L V E D : 1 . T o a p p r o a v e a n d s i g n t h e a p p e a l f o r d o n a t i o n s t o w a r d st he r enova t lon o f t he Synoda f R e s i d e n c e a n d t o d i s s e m i n a t e i t w i d e l vam ongs t o u r f l o c k2 . T o t a k e u p a p l a t e c o l l e c t i o n f o r t h i s i n a l l t h e c h u r c h e s o fo u r C h u r c h on t he Sunday o f Or t hodoxy .3 . To ask t he b i s h o p s w h o s e d i o c e s e a r e i n c o u n t r i e s w h e r e E n g -l i s h i s n o t u s e d t o s e e t h a t t h e a p p e a l i s t r a n s l a t e d i n t o o t h e r l a n g -u a g e s : G e r m a n i n G e r m a n y , S p a n i s h i n S o u t h A m e r i c a , e t c .[ R e s o ] v e d a l s o : l T o s e n d a n e n c y c l i c a l d e c r e e t o a I ] d i o c e s a n

l ^ . i ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ , 1 1f ) . r - s r i oPsa n o t n e r ec t o r s o f chu r ches s u b j e c t d i r e c t l y t o t he P r es iden tn f f l r o Q r z n n r l rv L r r s r J r r v u o f B i s h o p s , c o n c e r n i n g t h i s , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e a p p e a tf o r d o n a t i o n s .

On t he sam e da t e , t he S y n o d H E A R D : t h e p r o c l a m a t i o n s p u b l i s h e d byt he Am er i can c i v i l au t ho r i t i es on t h e l a m e n t a b l e ann ive r sa r y o f t heB o l s h e v i k R e v o l u t i o n ( N o v e m b e r 7 N . S . ) i n S a n F r a n c i s c o a n d o t h e rn l : n o c a r n h f i s h o p A n t h o n y h a s e x p r e s s e d h i s g r a t l t u d e t o t h e G o v e r n o ro f C a l i f o r n i a f o r a s i m i - l a r a c t i o n .RESOLVED: To thank the Governor o f New York , in the name o f theSynoO- o f - ETs t r ops , f o r h i s p r o c l a m a t i o n o n t he o a y o f T r i bu la t i on .On t he s a m e d a y , t he S y n o d H E A R D : t h e p r o p o s a l o f H i s G r a c e , A r c h -b i s h o p P a u l t ha t t he p r i e s t N i k i t a C h e m o d a k o v b e a w a r d e d t h e S v n o d a lpec t o r a l . c r oss f o r h i s d i l i g e n t w o r k i n t he c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t ha chu r cha t t h e " N o v o e S h a m o r d i n o " Conven t .No t e : T h e l a s t a w a r d g i v e n t h e p r i e s t N i k i t a C h e m o d a k o v w a s t ha ro f t he kam i lavka , w h i c h w a s awar ded h i m t w o yea r s ago .R E S O L V E D : B y way o f an excep t ion a n d n o t a s a n e x a m p l e f o r o t he r s ,to awa?E the-pr ies t l l i t i t a Chemodakov wi th the go ld pec tora l c ross fo rh i s e s p e c i a l l y d i l i g e n t l a b o r in t he cons t r uc t i on o f t he chu r ch a t t he" N o v o e S h a m o r d i n o " C o n v e n t .

OTHER AWARDS:f n rec ogn i t i on fo r h l s m any y ea rsArc h im and r i t e Ge las y (M a ibo roda ) , who o f p a r t i c u l a r l y d i l l g e n t s e r v i c e ,h a s r e a c h e d t h e a g e o f 8 0 , i s ,

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Fat thful of the Ruselan orthodox church outelde of RusslaIn 1958, thanks exc lus l ve l y to the generous donat lon of the la te Ser -9e1 Yaklovlevlgh Semenenko, he Synod of Blshops acgulred ownershlp of abeaut l fut bul ld lng, 1n wh-lch l t h ls proved posi tbte to construct a magnl-f l cen t ca thedra l , aEecgndchurch ln wh lch the serv l ces are ce lebra tedda l l y r t ts wel l as the o f f t ces o f our pan-d laspora ecc les las t i ca l cen te ra lq l l v lng guar te rs fo r t te etaf f , S lnce 1992 our bu i l d tng has been.ano f f l c ta l na t lona l l andnark . 'Hl therto, the Synod of Btehops has been able to maintaln the bui ld lngln fa l r cond l t l on , a r rang lng fo r the ln te r lo r to be pa ln ted and fo r m lnorrepalr8 to be carr led out . Now, horrever, the past twenty-f ive years havebegun to take the l r to l l on the ex te r l , o r b r l ck wa l la and- the bui ld lng ismechan lca l and e lec t r l ca l egu lpment . T lme and the c l lmate o f New yorkhave had thel r af feqt , and we are now confronted wl th the necessl ty ofundertaklng a maJor restorat lon of the bul ld lng.Conslderable h,ork on the plumblng and, to a certaln dsgree, the heat-lng- systen and wlndowsr hag almoet reached complet lon; uul rnucn remainsto be done ln repalr lng the roof , dralnage. syslem, the statqrray leadlngto the ca thedra l , and the wa l l s o f the bu l l d lng themse lves . A genera lest lmate of costs for theee very essent la l repElrs stands at apfroxlmate-l y S l 50 ' 000 ' ? wh l ch . 130 r000 has a l r e a d y been l nves t ed r , -1e av i ng a rem a i n -der_o f l l ?0 r000 , whlch ls gu l te beyond the meansof t t ie . 'synod o i B ishops ,For th l s reaaon, hav ing fa rn l l l a r l zed l t se l f w i th the g lnera l f i nanc ta lstate of our eccleglast ical center, the Councl l of Blshops has adopted anumber o f reso lu t l ons , recogn lz lng the necess l t y o f i ssu ing an app la l fo rdonat lons towards the work of restorat lon and for the sgpport of - lne Syn-odal Reeldence, to aII the chl ldren of the Russlan OrthoAox Church Out le lde of Russla, wherever they may l j .ve.

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The Synodal Resldence ls, ln the f l rst lnstance, the permanent home ofour Dlrectregs 1n the dj.aspera, the mlraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the lrlo-ther of God. In the second lnetance, l t ls the resldence of our Fl rstHlerarcl i , and therefore represents our Russlan Orthodox Churcl r Outslde ofRusgla before aI I the orthodox and heterodox of the wortd. To preserveand malntaln l t ln good order is the obl lgat lon of each memberof ourChurcb. Thls beaut l fu l bul ld lng, s l tuated ln one of Lhe best sect ions ofNew York, rePresents our Russlan Orthodox Church Outslde of Russla wor-th i ly and ls now very Lmportant for l te lnternat lonal predt tge. That l tbe preserved ln a gtate worthy of 1ts elgnlf icance depende.eit lrety uponU g . The Councl l of Blshope has resolved to appeal to al l the,rnembersofour Church to respond generously to lts appell and to brl.ng about the res-toratlon of the Synodal Resldence to lte proper state throvigh ghe effortsof everyone,tage and that1ng ln a tasko f Russ la .

Met ropo l i t an Ph l la re t ,Presldent of t , |e r 'SynodMemberso f the :Synod:Archblshop SeraphimArchb lshop Vi ta lyArchb ishop AnthonyArchb lshop LaurusMember& Secretary38lshop Gregory

nlndful of the fact that thts property is our common eri -ln donat lng funde towards l ts restorat ron we are invest-whlch unlguely Ferveg our Russlan orthodox church outside

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