The Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa (Russian: Патриарший экзархат Африки) is the exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa. It was formed by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 29, 2021.
The exarchate was formed on the territory of the recognized jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria in connection with the requests of some Orthodox Christians of Africa to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate after the recognition by the Patriarchate of Alexandria of the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which the Russian Orthodox Church considers as schismatic.
As of February 2024, there are 218 priests and more than 200 parishes in the Exarchate. The parishes of the Exarchate exist in 29 countries of the African continent, but there are permanent priests in only 17 countries[1]
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