Metropolitan Filaret Requests His Retirement

24.05.2010 15:40
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The possibility of extending the service of the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Filaret, to be considered in the next few days on the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.

«Under the Regulations of the ROC any bishop, reached the age of 75 years, has to file an application for retirement in the name of patriarch. Patriarch, taking into account the views of the Holy Synod, has a right to accept this petition or reject it. In the coming days, this issue will be considered at a meeting of the Synod», BelTA quotes responsible for media relations of the Belarusian Exarchate, Archimandrite Alexy (Shinkevich).

The Holy Synod is the body of administrative management of the ROC. It permanently includes the heads of the most important eparchies.

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