The head of the Kazakhstan Metropolitan District takes part in the final meeting of the Holy Synod in 2023

December 27, 2023. Moscow. At the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in the Danilov Monastery, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took place - the last in the outgoing year.

Opening the meeting, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed the members of the Holy Synod with an opening speech, in which he presented the agenda.

Taking part in the meeting:
- permanent members of the Holy Synod: Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova Vladimir; Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, Head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan; Metropolitan Vincent of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, Head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District; Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius; Metropolitan Pavel of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolis; Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavsky, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations; Metropolitan Gregory of the Resurrection, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate;
- temporary members of the Holy Synod: Archbishop of Rovenkovsky and Sverdlovsk Arkady; Archbishop Hypaty of Anadyr and Chukotka; Bishop Hilarion of Kineshma and Palekh; Bishop Savvaty of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan; Bishop of North Sea and Umba Tarasius.