Look at how many women signed. Interesting, no?
The ROCOR Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, ruled by Archbishop Hilarion (Kapral), is comprised of some 40+ parishes, monasteries, missions, etc.
This group of one clergyman, several laypeople, and a few churches (how can a church sign onto a document? if the entire congregations of these churches are signing onto this, where are the clergy pf thesde churches??) are CLAIMING to be the Australian Diocese -”widowed,” which in this parlance, means without a Bishop-as they claim their Bishop is in schism for agreement to the union with the Moscow Patriarchate.
SO-in opposition to the few people signing onto this “widowed diocese” proclamation, are the Bishop, 40+ parishes and their clergy and lay members of the ROCOR Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
IN SHORT, this article seems to me to be much ado about nothing!
SO-in flagrant disagreement with the headline, NO ROCOR DIOCESE BROKE COMMUNION WITH ROCOR!!! Only a small gro of laypeople and one clergyman-which is quite a different kettle of fish!