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==Current status==
* A group of clergy and parishioners from Bp. Varnava's diocese joined a self-proclaimed sect, the so-called [[Russian True Orthodox Church]].
* A group splintering from the Nikita Orlov, which also uses the name "Russian Orthodox Church", commonly referred to as the "Zinoviev-Balabanov faction". It is headed by Damaskin Balabanov and Ioann Zinoviev. [http://www.ispovednik.org/ (2)]
* A group still using the name "Russian Orthodox Church in Exile", headed out of Mansonville by Vladimir Tselischev commonly called ROCIE (V). [http://www.rocor-v.com/rocor/index.html (3)] There have been rumors of a split within this group between Tselischev and Anthony Rudey, the bishop in Moldova, though these have been confirmed officially.
According to its website, the ROCIE currently has 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; 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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