Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

For the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate between 1721 and 1917, see Most Holy Synod.

The meeting place of the Holy Synod in Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.

Members

Chairman

• Kirill – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Permanent members

by the cathedra

• Onuphrius – Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (listed, but actually did not participate since February 2022)
• Pavel – Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Patriarchal vicar for the Moscow Metropolia
• Varsofony – Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga
• Veniamin – Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
• Vladimir – Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova
• Alexander – Metropolitan of Astana and Kazakhstan, Head of the Metropolitan Area in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Vikenty – Metropolitan of Central Asia, Head of the Central Asian Metropolitan Area

ex officio

• Grigory, 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, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
• Nikandr, 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 (since 2024)

Temporary members

• Konstantin, Metropolitan of Cairo and North Africa, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Administrator of the diocese of Southern Africa
• Stefan, Bishop of Kanash and Belovolzhka
• Mitrofan, Bishop of Gatchina and Luga
• Sergy, Bishop of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik, Dean of Crimea
• Serafim, Bishop of Biysk and Belokurikha

See also

• Most Holy Synod