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The ROCOR Synod resolved to accept Bp. Varnava as a vicar bishop of Cannes and lifted all suspensions. However, he was placed in retirement, without the right of serving outside of the cathedral in Cannes, without the right of performing any ordinations, and without the right of participating in any ROCOR council or synod meetings. On [[July 2]], 2006, [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan]] served at the Cannes cathedral together with Bp. Varnava, marking Bp. Varnava's reacceptance into the ROCOR.
The ROCOR Synod announced that the Cannes cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael returned to the ROCOR together with Bp. Varnava, its rector. However, it soon became evident that the situation in Cannes was not clear-cut. Before petitioning to be reaccepted into the ROCOR, Bp. Varnava changed the Statute of the Cannes cathedral in order to ensure that the he could take the cathedral with him. However, a group of clerics lead led by Protodeacon Herman Ivanov-Trinadtsatiy left for a self-proclaimed sect, the "Russian True-Orthodox Church (RIPTs)" and attempted to take the cathedral with them. A legal battle errupted in Cannes and, as of March 2007, a French judge ordered a restraining order against Bp. Varnava and priests loyal to him not allowing them to serve in the cathedral, where only reader services are now served. The final status of the Cannes cathedral, a monument of historical significance, will be decided in the French court system.
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