Basics of regulation of the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa

... defines the Russian Orthodox Church as a self-governing (autocephalous) centralized Orthodox religious organization uniting religious organizations of the Russian Orthodox Church for the joint exercise of the right to freedom of confession and dissemination ... ... Russian Orthodox Church [Mitrokhin 2004]. Thus, the first step regarding the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church on the African continent was the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 29, 1998 to establish in South ...