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The '''Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate''' reunited the two branches of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]: the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) and the [[Moscow Patriarchate]].<ref name="LA Times"/> The accord was signed on May 17th, 2007, which was the Feast of the [[Ascension]] of Christ.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|url=Holley, David,[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4815010.html|date=2007-05-17|title=Russian Orthodox Church ends 80-year split|first=David|last=Holley|publisher=], Los Angeles Times}}, May 17, 2007</ref>
The ceremony which officially reestablished the fullness of communion between the Moscow Patriarchate, headed by [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Patriarch Alexei II]], and ROCOR, headed by [[Metropolitan Laurus]], took place at [[w: Christ the Savior Cathedral|Christ the Saviour Cathedral]] in Moscow. The two church leaders met on the episcopal cathedra in the center of the church. The Patriarch then read a prayer, which said in part:
<blockquote>As Thou lifted Thy prayers to Thy Heavenly Father for Thy disciples, that they all be as one, gaze now with Thy merciful eyes upon Thy people, who have sinned and disobeyed Thy will, bless now our good intention and the unification of the Church to Thy Glory, create this Thyself, dampen all church temptations and divisions. Having given to us Thy law to love Thee, our God, and our neighbor, deliver us from all insult and disruption, may brotherly love reign among the children of our Church, in the Fatherland and in the diaspora. Grant that we may now enter Thy temple and bring Thy bloodless sacrifice, that we may be unified in one body through communion with Thy Life-creating Body and Thy Honorable Blood and bring praise with all our hearts to Thy ineffable love for mankind.</blockquote>
