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This has not prevented all communication. In 2001, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow and ROCOR exchanged formal correspondence. The Muscovite letter held the position that previous and current separation were purely political matters. ROCOR's response is that they were worried about continued Muscovite involvement in [[ecumenism]] as compromising Moscow's Orthodoxy. Nevertheless, this has been far more friendly a discourse than previous decades have seen.
 
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia began to establish itself in its homeland. It now has about 100 worshiping communities in Russia and the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Currently four bishops oversee these parishes. Two of them broke with Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] in New York in April 1994, founded their own temporary administration called the ''Free Orthodox Church of Russia'', and ordained three additional bishops. They were reconciled in November 1994, and the ordination of the three new bishops was declared invalid, but some tensions remain.
===Rapprochement with Moscow===
Since the election of Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] as First Hierarch of ROCOR in 2001, a steady process of rapprochement has been occurring between ROCOR and the [[Church of Russia]]. Multiple visits have been exchanged between hierarchs and other clergy of both churches, and it is generally believed that the restoration of [[full communion]] is imminent.
This possibility of rapprochement has however led to [[schism]] from ROCOR, taking Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] with them (regarded by many in ROCOR as having been abducted by the schismatics). The resultant body refers to itself as the ''[[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile]]'' (ROCE), though it often still uses the ''ROCOR'' title. ===ROCOR Today===ROCOR currently has over 400 [[parish]]es and [[monastery|monasteries]] in 40 countries throughout the world, served by nearly 600 [[priest]]s. In North America, it has approximately 133 parishes in the US and 22 in Canada. There are five ROCOR communities in the United Kingdom 21 in Australia and New Zealand. There are also roughly 100 communities in Russia and the other nations of the former Soviet Union which owe allegiance to ROCOR.
There are also several ROCOR monasteries in North America, the most important of which is [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)]], attached to which is ROCOR's seminary, [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]].
==Ecclesiastic Status==
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