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- Most Holy Governing Synod
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The Synod is an ecclesiastical governing body created by Tsar Peter I in 1721 to head the Russian Orthodox Church, replacing the patriarchate of Moscow. Peter created the Synod, made up of representatives of the hierarchy obedient to his will, to subject the church to the state, and appointed a secular official, the chief procurator, to supervise its activities. The Synod persecuted all dissenters and censored publications, and Peter disposed of church property and revenues for state purposes at his own discretion. In 1917 a church council reestablished the patriarchate, but the new Soviet government soon nationalized all church-held lands.
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June 2017
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- English
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Authors : Lora A. Gerd (Historian, Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) http://iib-ac.academia.edu/LoraGerd
Yann Potin (Historian, University of Paris XIII; Archivist, French National Archives) https://ceral.univ-paris13.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Fiche-Potin-2015.pdf