Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Священный синод Русской православной церкви, romanized: Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church in the periods between Bishops' Councils.^[1]

For the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate between 1721 and 1917, see Most Holy Synod.