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Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev

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Metropolitan Anthony presided over another meeting of the Council of Bishops of [[ROCOR]] in June 1926. The bishops decided to accept Metropolitan [[Peter (Polyansky) of Krutitsa]] as the lawful [[Locum Tenens]] following the repose of St. Tikhon. The Council once again called for Metropolitans Platon and Eulogius to accept its jurisdiction.
On [[September 9]], 1927, the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR, presided over by Metropolitan Anthony, decreed a break of communion with ecclesiastic authorities in Moscow after categorically rejecting a demand by Metropolitan [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky) of Nizhny Novgorod]], who was acting as Locum Tenens, to declare loyalty to the Soviet authorities. Metropolitan Sergius responded in 1928 by decreeing that Metropolitan Eulogius had canonical authority in Western Europe and that all actions of the Karlovtsy Synod were uncanonical. Then, on [[June 22]], 1934, Metropolitan Sergius and his Synod passed judgement on Metropolitan Anthony and his Synod, declaring them to be under suspension. Metropolitan Anthony refused to recognize this decision, claiming that it was made under political pressure from Soviet authorities and that Metropolitan Sergius had illegally usurped the position of [[Locum Tenens]]. In this, he received the support of the Patriarch [[Varnava (Rosic) of Serbia|Varnava of Serbia]], who continued to maintain communion with the ROCOR Synod.
During the course of his time abroad, Metropolitan Anthony continued to retain the title of Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, an action recognized by Metropolitan Peter (Polyansky) of Krutitsa, who refused pressure from Soviet authorities to fill the vacant Kiev cathedra. In March 1931, the Synod of Bishops awarded him the title of "Beatitude." In August 1932, Metropolitan Anthony proposed the election of a deputy president. The Bishops elected Archbishop [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]], who was elevated to the rank of metropolitan in 1935. In 1935, the Council of Bishops of ROCOR, under the leadership of Metropolitan Anthony, condemned as heretical the teaching of [[Sergey Bulgakov]] about [[Sophia]], the Wisdom of God. This furthered the antagonism between ROCOR and the Western European Exarchate, where Sergey Bulgakov worked at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]].
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