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Updated listing of parishes and monasteries around the world by looking at the directory on the official web site
The ROCE was led by Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York]], who had retired as the primate of the ROCOR, but passed away on [[September 25]], 2006. Upon the formation of the ROCE Metr. Vitaly was declared by the ROCE to have been retired forcibly by his enemies in ROCOR. According to their description of events, he then removed to Canada, where he governed the ROCE. It is contrarily claimed by critics of this jurisdiction that the aged Vitaly was kidnapped and was essentially a figurehead, being unfit for [[bishop|episcopal]] governance. Courts in Canada and New York have rejected this claim after taking into account multiple court-mandated psychiatric evaluations.<ref>New York Supreme Court, Part 34, Index No. 500180/2001, Chemodakov v. Oustinow, p. 11</ref>
According to its website, the ROCE currently has eight twelve [[parish]]es, missions and home [[chapel]]s, along with one convent, in the United States; eight parishes, missions and chapels, along with two [[monasticism|monastic]] [[skete]]s, in Canada; two parishes and one convent in South America; eight eleven parishes and missions in Europe; and a "[[deanery]]" of [[clergy]] and monastics in Russia, at twenty-three parishes and three monasteries. The ROCE also has a handful of clergy and laymen throughout the world which hold allegiance to it but may not have any parish associated with them, and a number of communities across Russia which remain unlisted to avoid unwanted attention from the state.
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