The Russian Orthodox Church has restored the Protopresbyter (chief priest) of the Military and Naval Clergy. On June 7th the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved: “…To re-introduce the rank of the Protopresbyter of the military and naval clergy that had existed before 1918. The chairman of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Priest Oleg Ovcharov shall be appointed to the post of Protopresbyter of the Military and Naval Clergy for the period of his duties as the Chairman of the above mentioned department”. This position had originally been introduced in...