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The Russian Orthodoxy in Africa: Spatial Strategies of the Patriarchal Exarchate

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PII
S27129101S0869049925030057-1
DOI
10.7868/S2712910125030057
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Stanislav Gorokhov
  • Occupation: Doctor of Sciences (Geography), Professor, Head of the Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
  • Affiliation: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Ruslan V. Dmitriev
  • Occupation: Doctor of Sciences (Geography), Deputy Director
  • Affiliation: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Maksim Agafoshin
  • Occupation: Candidate of Sciences (Geography), Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies
  • Affiliation: Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue number 3
Pages
62-73
Abstract
The presence of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Africa has been traditionally limited to supporting the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Non-Chalcedonian Churches and providing spiritual guidance to the Russian population. This position was radically changed by the actions of the Patriarchate of Alexandria (AP), which in 2019 recognized the autocephaly of the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The authors conclude that AP planned to start the recognition earlier, but had to prepare for the event. Immediately after the rupture of Eucharistic communion between the ROC and the CP in 2018, the AP carried out the largest administrative reform in its modern history, implying the fragmentation of existing and thus the formation of new dioceses and metropolises in order to strengthen control over local clergy. The strategy of the Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in these conditions should include a revision of the configuration of borders of the existing dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa by changing the “cutting” of borders of the dioceses of AP; creation of new dioceses taking into account the interests of pre-Chalcedonian African churches; appointment of bishops from Russia to the new dioceses in Africa at the first stage, and subsequently transfer of the departments under the management of people from the continent who have been trained in the seminaries and academies of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Keywords
Африка Русская православная церковь Патриарший экзархат Северо-Африканская епархия Южно-Африканская епархия каноническая территория Александрийская православная церковь церковный раскол
Date of publication
12.05.2025
Year of publication
2025
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