We recently reported that on November 27, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to dissolve the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe by repealing the Patriarchal Tomos of 1999. As this tomos was never officially translated in English, please find here our unofficial translation: Tomos of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, elevating the Archdiocese to the rank of Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (June 19,1999). The Holy and