On December 28, during its winter session, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, made the following decision (#105) concerning the countries of Western Europe: “It has been decided: To form a patriarchal exarchate in Western Europe, with Paris as its center. To include the following countries under the pastoral responsibility of this Exarchate: The Principality of Andorra, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
The Moscow Patriarchate creates a Western Europe exarchate for headquarters in Paris
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