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

... registration of a religious community. The draft of the framework agreements between the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa of the Russian Orthodox Church and African states, whose legislation provides for such agreements, does not meet the criteria for being ... ... treaty in the classical sense⁴⁷. Such an agreement bears a vague resemblance to the concordats (conventions) concluded by the Roman Catholic Church as a religious organization and the “Holy See” (Vatican) as a state with Catholic countries. The most ...