Moscow, 27 December 2007 (Interfax):
The Moscow Patriarchate granted an appeal from an Orthodox parish in France to come under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. It is in the city of Lyons, and was set up by Russian émigrés in the 1930s. The Holy Synod granted the appeal on Thursday, saying that one of the reasons for its decision was the act of reunification between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia that took place on 17 May 2007. For 20 years, the parish of the Protection of the Mother of God in Lyons was under the rule of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul and [usually] held worship services once a month. On 13 October 2007, a parish meeting approved an appeal to be accepted under the omophor of the Moscow Patriarchate. The appeal was initiated by parish council members who wish their parish to maintain Russian traditions of worship. The Synod included the Lyons parish in the Diocese of Korsun [headquartered in Paris].
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