Act of Canonical Communion
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The Act of Canonical Communion is the 2007 agreement that restored full ecclesiastical unity between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate after decades of separation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act of Canonical Communion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3188189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Canonical Communion Context triple: [Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, signedDocument, Act of Canonical Communion]
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A.
Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion
The Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion are the four principal bodies that foster unity, consultation, and shared decision-making among the autonomous provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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B.
Anglicanorum coetibus
Anglicanorum coetibus is a 2009 apostolic constitution issued by Pope Benedict XVI that created personal ordinariates to allow groups of Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving elements of their liturgical and spiritual patrimony.
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C.
Sacrament of Conversion
The Sacrament of Conversion is another name for the Catholic sacrament in which a person confesses sins, receives absolution, and is reconciled with God and the Church.
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D.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
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E.
Universae Ecclesiae
Universae Ecclesiae is a 2011 instruction issued by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that clarifies and governs the use of the pre-Vatican II Roman liturgy within the Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Canonical Communion Target entity description: The Act of Canonical Communion is the 2007 agreement that restored full ecclesiastical unity between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate after decades of separation.
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A.
Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion
The Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion are the four principal bodies that foster unity, consultation, and shared decision-making among the autonomous provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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B.
Anglicanorum coetibus
Anglicanorum coetibus is a 2009 apostolic constitution issued by Pope Benedict XVI that created personal ordinariates to allow groups of Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving elements of their liturgical and spiritual patrimony.
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C.
Sacrament of Conversion
The Sacrament of Conversion is another name for the Catholic sacrament in which a person confesses sins, receives absolution, and is reconciled with God and the Church.
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D.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
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E.
Universae Ecclesiae
Universae Ecclesiae is a 2011 instruction issued by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that clarifies and governs the use of the pre-Vatican II Roman liturgy within the Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church agreement
ⓘ
ecclesiastical document ⓘ reunification agreement ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ⓘ |
| category |
2007 in Christianity
ⓘ
Christian ecumenical agreements ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church documents ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | May 17 ⓘ |
| countryContext | Russia ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 2007-05-17 ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalStatus | binding agreement ⓘ |
| endedSchism |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and Moscow Patriarchate
|
| hasCanonicalName | Act of Canonical Communion self-link ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
lifting of mutual canonical restrictions
ⓘ
mutual recognition of hierarchy ⓘ mutual recognition of sacraments ⓘ restoration of Eucharistic communion ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Soviet religious revival in Russia ⓘ |
| includesProvision |
mechanisms for resolving disputes between ROCOR and Moscow Patriarchate
ⓘ
recognition of autonomy of ROCOR within the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ submission of ROCOR to the Moscow Patriarch as primate ⓘ |
| language |
Church Slavonic
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Moscow ⓘ |
| preconditionFor | full liturgical concelebration between ROCOR and Moscow Patriarchate ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia–Moscow Patriarchate relations
ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church schism of the 20th century ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| restoredFullCommunion |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and Moscow Patriarchate
|
| restoredUnityBetween |
Russian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow Patriarchate
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
end of formal separation between ROCOR and Moscow Patriarchate
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integration of ROCOR into the canonical structure of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| signatoryChurch |
Russian Orthodox Church
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surface form:
Moscow Patriarchate
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ⓘ |
| signedAt | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Metropolitan Laurus (Škurla)
ⓘ
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ⓘ |
| signedDuring |
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
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surface form:
patriarchate of Alexy II of Moscow
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| subjectOf | restoration of canonical communion ⓘ |
| underJurisdictionOf | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 2007 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Act of Canonical Communion Description of subject: The Act of Canonical Communion is the 2007 agreement that restored full ecclesiastical unity between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate after decades of separation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.