ROCOR: a history in pictures

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Holy Synod of Bishops of ROCOR at Jordanville in 1953

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Nov. 1981 ROCOR's bishop council that canonized New Martyrs of Russia in the Synodal church in NY.

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Saint John Maximovitch of Shanghai, Archbishop Averky Taushev and San Francisco with Metropolitan Petros of Astoria with GOC and ROCOR clergy

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ROCOR’s First Hierarch, Metropolitan Vitaly Ustinov of Manhattan (far right) with the Free Russian Orthodox Church First Hierarch, Metropolitan Valentine Rusantsov of Suzdal and Vladimir (far left) and Archbishop Lazar Zhurbenko of Odessa (centre)

[Barbara]

Excellent idea for a thread !

Too bad that the photo of the important 1981 Council is blurry. It's hard to see which hierarchs are there besides a few obvious ones.

I didn't realize that Met Valentine was so tall, at least, compared with the other two.

Please keep posting any and all historical pics of Rocor !!!

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It’s a personal initiative because of how rare it is to see pictures of Old ROCOR. Truly a gem to behold. I’d love to see people do such topics on the Bishop Matthew’s GOC and Metropolitan Chrysostomos’ GOC, a great Time Machine esque topic

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Saint John Maximovitch surrounded by Uncreated Light whilst serving the Divine Liturgy in Tunis 1952