Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi, Vol 112, Iss 112, Pp 107-116 (2023)

russian orthodox church, russian orthodox church outside of russia, rocor, german diocese of rocor, patriarch alexy, metropolitan vitaly (ustinov), metropolitan mark (arndt), русская православная церковь, русская православная церковь заграницей, рпцз, германская епархия рпцз, патриарх алексий, митрополит виталий (устинов), митрополит марк (арндт), History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics, DK1-4735, History and principles of religions, BL660-2680

In the mid-90s of the twentieth century, two bishops’ meetings of the Russian Orthodox Church the Moscow Patriarchate and the Church Abroad, i.e. Patriarch Alexiy II and the Berlin-German Archbishop Mark, quietly and almost imperceptibly took place. These meetings continue the policy of the understanding the paths of both parts of the Russian Orthodox Church and strengthening the dialogue. Using archival documents, the author in this article examines these meetings and also presenting their context. There were tensions in relations between the two parts of the Russian Church, and despite of all the tensions archbishop Mark visited Russia in 1996, where a meeting with the patriarch took place, which was a continuation of the meeting in Munich in 1995. In the Russian Church Abroad, there are attempts to resolve the problems that have arisen after the admission of banned clerics of the Moscow Patriarchate. The author concludes that in the ROCA there are tendency to move from the ideological positions and isolations towards realism. The internal discussions of ROCOR, caused by these bishops’ meetings, made it possible to raise the dialogue with the MP to a new level.