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====Divisions within Russia abroad====
The Russian Church Abroad (ROCOR) enjoyed relative stability until after the death of [[Metropolitan Philaret of New York ]] (+1985) and is currently in the process of uniting with Moscow. Since the death of Metropolitan Philaret (, regarded as a [[saint]] by many Old Calendarists); the divisions noted below occurred [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia#Rapprochement_with_Moscow until the very date of union with Moscow Patriarchate in 2007]. Since the death of Metropolitan Philaret, parishes of the Russian Church Abroad separated in waves until the formal union of ROCOR with the Moscow Patriarchate in 2007noted below.
'''[[Holy Orthodox Church in North America|The Holy Orthodox Church in North America]]''': In 1986, after the monks of Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline, MA were accused of moral crimes and called to spiritual court. The entire New England Deanery of ROCOR, with the exception of one priest, had repeatedly asked for a canonical investigation of the trustworthiness of the persons making the moral accusations for a period of 11 months.[[http://www.homb.org/archives/Clergy%20Letter,%20Sept.%2016-29,%201986.pdf]] These same clergy had also expressed concerns over violations of the Anathema Against Ecumenism which all the bishops of ROCOR had signed in 1983.[[http://www.homb.org/archives/November%208.pdf]] Several days before the monks were called to spiritual court [[http://www.homb.org/archives/Dec.%209,%201986.pdf]] they left the ROCOR [[http://www.homb.org/archives/Departure%20from%20ROCOR%20Letter.pdf]]
