Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate)

Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe
Патриарший экзархат в Западной Европе
AbbreviationPEWE
ClassificationEastern Orthodox Church
PrimateMetropolitan Anthony (Sevryuk) of Chersonesus and Western Europe
HeadquartersParis
TerritoryAndorra, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Principality of Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, and Switzerland
FounderHoly Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
Origin28 December 2018
Moscow
Recognitionby the Russian Orthodox Church (28 December 2018), as an exarchate

The Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (PEWE, French: Exarchat patriarcal en Europe occidentale,[1][2] Russian: Патриарший экзархат в Западной Европе) is an exarchate created by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on 28 December 2018.

The primate of the PEWE is Metropolitan Anthony (Sevryuk) who holds the title of "Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe".[3]

  1. ^ SHESHKO, Prêtre Georges (29 December 2019). "L'évêque Jean de Bogorodsk est nommé chef de l'Exarchat patriarcal en Europe occidentale" [Bishop John of Bogorodsk is appointed head of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]. Eglise orthodoxe russe en France (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  2. ^ SHESHKO, Prêtre Georges (29 December 2018). "Le Saint-Synode de l'Église orthodoxe russe décide de créer l'Exarchat patriarcal en Europe occidentale" [The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decides to create the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]. Eglise orthodoxe russe en France (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. ^ "Внутреннее положение о Патриаршем экзархате Западной Европы / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru" [Internal Regulations of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe]. Патриархия.ru (in Russian). 26 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-03. [Translation:] 7. The supreme ecclesiastical authority in the Exarchate belongs to the Synod of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the "Synod of the Exarchate"), headed by the Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe, the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the "Exarch"), and consisting of diocesan bishops of the dioceses of the Exarchate.

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