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Apostolic Governing Synod

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The [[Metropolitan]] of St. Petersburg usually held a special position in the Synod. Only he had the right to place inquiries, announce opinions of the Synod, and chair commissions and committees of church affairs. Usually, the transfer of members of the higher orders of the clergy were submitted for his approval.
The clerical work of the Synod was performed by an Office of the Synod that was managed by the Chief Secretary. As the activities of the Procurator grew, and became more intrusive, during the nineteenth century, an independent office for him was created in 1836. Most notable of the chief procurators were [[Nicholas Alexandrovich Protasov|N. A. Protasov]], from 1836 to 1855, and K. P. Pobedonostsev, from 1880 to 1905.<ref>George T. Kosar, ''Russian Orthodoxy in Crisis and Revolution: The Church Council of 1917-1918'', ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2003, UMI MicroForm 3116620. p4 - dissertation</ref>
After the abdication of Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] in the February Revolution of 1917, the institutions of the Synod were abolished during the events of the year. Early in March 1917, all the members of the Synod (eight bishops and two priests) appointed by the Emperor were dismissed by the chief procurator, V. N. Lvov, as reactionary vestiges of the tsarist era and a new Synod of Bishops was elected by the Church hierarchy was instituted. Only one bishop from the previous synod was elected to the new Synod, Archbishop [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius of Finland and Vyborg]]. The new Synod, of four bishops and four priest, was tasked by the procurator, L’vov, to convene the All Russian Church Council in August 1917. Under the Provisional Government, the procurators were L’vov and the last procurator, A. V. Kartashev
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