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In October 2001 Patriarch [[Alexei II (Ridger) of Moscow|Alexei]] and the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] sent a letter to the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia calling for reconciliation, but without success. However, in November 2003 a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia consisting of three bishops and two priests paid an official visit to the Moscow Patriarchate. This signaled a warming in relations, and in May 2004 Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] himself visited Moscow and met with Patriarch Alexei. The two church leaders established a joint committee to examine ways to overcome the division between their churches.
This possibility of rapprochement has led to [[schism]] from ROCOR, taking the self-retired Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] (Metropoliran Laurus's predecessor) with it (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===
