Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
Recognition	Unrecognized by most Orthodox churches - see True Orthodoxy
Primate	Metropolitan Theodore (Gineyevsky)
Headquarters	Suzdal, Russia
Possessions	Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Greece, Italy, Australia, Congo
Language	Church Slavonic, some English
Website	Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

The Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) is a movement within Orthodox Christianity, which, among other movements, is referred to as True Orthodoxy. In Russia, the organization is called "Российская Православная Автономная Церковь (РПАЦ)", in Latin characters "RPAC", pronounced er-pa-ts. Their synod is located in Suzdal, Russia. The ROAC rejects the "Sergianist heresy" and holds that the sacraments of the Moscow Patriarchate (considered distinctly from the Russian Orthodox Church existing before the Bolshevik revolution) are anathema or invalid and ineffectual for salvation.^[1] The ROAC upholds in principle and emphasizes the ROCOR anathema against ecumenism^[2] (1983). The ROAC has 10 bishops, including five Archbishops (Seraphim, Hilarion, Victor, Timothy and Andrei),^[3] led by Metropolitan Theodore.

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