| ROCOR and OCA Timeline
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| 1917
| Bolshevik Revolution breaks out in Russia.
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| 1919
| Southern Church Council meets in Stavropol at which Higher Church Administration was formed in Southern Russia.
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| 1920
| St. Tikhon of Moscow issues Ukaz No. 362; first session of the Higher Church Administration outside borders of Russia.
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| 1921
| 34 ROCOR bishops meet in synod in Karlovtsy, Serbia, including Metr. Platon and Abp. Alexander, hierarchs of the Metropolia.
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| 1924
| 4th All-American Sobor of the Metropolia votes to establish "temporary self-government," breaking administrative ties with Moscow.
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| 1926
| Metr. Platon of the Metropolia breaks ties with the ROCOR synod.
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| 1927
| ROCOR synod sends epistle to American parishes suspending Platon and his clergy.
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| 1933
| Metr. Platon refuses to pledge loyalty to Moscow, which declares the Metropolia to be in schism and establishes an exarchate on American soil.
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| 1934
| Death of Metr. Platon; ROCOR lifts ban against Metropolia.
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| 1935
| "Temporary Regulations of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad" signed by Karlovtsy Synod, including Theophilus of the Metropolia, thus renewing relations.
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| 1937
| 6th All-American Sobor of the Metropolia declares itself to report to ROCOR in matters of faith.
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| 1946
| 7th All-American Sobor of the Metropolia breaks all ties with the ROCOR, splitting American Russian Orthodoxy in two.
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| 1970
| Metropolia reconciles with and receives autocephaly from Moscow, returning Japanese possessions to its control and becoming known as the OCA.
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| 1971
| ROCOR denounces Moscow's grant of autocephaly; OCA receives rebel ROCOR parish in Australia.
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| 1976
| Bulgarian Diocese in Exile breaks with ROCOR and joins OCA.
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| 1982
| Calendar schism in OCA diocese of E. Pennsylvania; ROCOR receives multiple parishes in the area.
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| 2001
| Election of Metr. Laurus as First Hierarch of ROCOR.
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| 2007
| Restoration of communion between ROCOR and Moscow.
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