Bishop Damascene (Balabanov) of RusOC Ordained Three More Bishops and Became Metropolitan
(Official web-site of RusOC – Vertogtrad, Zaporozhje)Extraordinary Sobor of Bishops of RusOC took place in Zaporozhje on August 29 – September 1 headed by Bishop Damascene (Balabanov) of Oriel and Central Russia. Bishop Damascene and Archbishop Ioann (Zinoviev) of Zaporozhje and Ukraine broke form the group of Metropolitan Anthony (Orlov) in July 2007, and the group of Metropolitan Anthony (Orlov) was formed after Metropolitan Anthony and Bishop Victor (Pivovarov) of Kuban broke from ROCOR(V) (ROCiE) shortly before the repose of Metropolitan Vitaly.
During the Sobor Bishop Damascene and Archbishop Ioann ordained three new bishops: Bishop Gregory (Krentsiv) of Belgorod and South Russia, vicar bishop Vladimir (Matveev) of Voskresenksk and Cenral Russia and vicar bishop Pafeniy (Grinjuk) of Izmailovo.
The Sobor elected Bishop Damascene to the rank of Metropolitan and stated that the group of Metropolitan Anthony (Orlov) "had fallen away from the Russian Orthodox Church". (A year ago the group of Metropolitan Anthony (Orlov) stated that everyone who is not with that group "had fallen away from the Russian Orthodox Church"). Besides more than a half clerics of the new church group (7 people) received church awards…
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