Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Council of the [Russian Orthodox Church|Bishops' Councils].
Members
Chairman
- Kirill of Moscow|Kirill] – Patriarch of [Moscow and all Rus'|Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia]
Permanent members
; by the cathedraOnuphrius (Berezovsky) – Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine- Paul (Ponomaryov) – Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna
- Barsanuphius (Sudakov) – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
- Benjamin (Tupieka) – Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
- Vladimir (Cantarean) – Metropolis of [Chișinău and All Moldova|Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova]
- Alexander (Mogilyov) – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan
- Vincent (Morar) – Metropolitan of Central Asia
- Gregory (Petrov), Metropolitan of the Voskresensk, First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchy and Secretary of the Synod
- Anthony (Sevryuk), Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
- Nicander (Pilishin), Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Department of the Moscow Patriarchate