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TIMELINE
A History of ROAC and True Orthodoxy
In 1920, Patriarch Tikhon issues Ukaz No. 362. As the Russian Church was under attack by the Bolsheviks, this allowed for the establishment of a church structure outside of Russia. FULL TEXT [Translated to English] The Resolutions of His Holiness the Patriarch [Tikhon], of the Sacred Synod and Supreme Ecclesiastical…Read More
Under the Ecumenical Patriarch Meletius IV, at the Council of Constantinople of 1923, a new calendar is introduced, setting the foundation for great schism across the Orthodox world. At the time, many Orthodox Churches rejected this innovation.