The implementation of the petition of the head of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe ( "Russian Exarchate" ) of the Archbishop (of Rennet) on the reunification with the Russian Orthodox Church covers the topic of the separation of the Russian Church abroad, said on Sunday the Patriarch capital and all Russia Kirill. Archbishop John on the first day of the weekend appealed to the Patriarch Kirill with a request to take him and any who wished to follow him the clergy and parishes of the Archdiocese to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Holy Synod of the ROC in the same day approved the petition. Before the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which for several decades was part of the Archdiocese, abolished its status. <span style="color:darkgray