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Election Under Way For New Russian Orthodox Patriarch

By Howard M. Friedman

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Voice of America reported yesterday on the selection process that is underway for a new Patriarch for the Russian Orthodox Church after the death in December of Patriarch Alexei II. (See prior posting.) On Sunday, Church leaders selected three candidates. Now a second round of voting to select one of these finalists takes place in which clergy and various laypersons will participate. It is expected that this round will be completed by Thursday. The leading candidate is Interim Patriarch (and Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad) Kirill, a modernizer who has been a key figure in bringing together the Russian Orthodox Church with Orthodox churches outside the borders of Russia. (See prior related posting.) One-third of the ballots in the second round have been allocated to bishops and laypersons in Ukraine.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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