Moscow: February 2, 2017
The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church establishes a committee on marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church

With the blessing of his Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church decreed to establish a committee to organize events marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the epoch of persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The organizing committee will be chaired by His Eminence Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsa and Kolomensk and will include a total of 24 hierarchs and clergymen, including Protopriest Peter Holodny, who will represent the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.