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Jakob (Akkersdijk) of The Hague

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After the death of the Archbishop Jonh in 1966, Bishop Jakob lost his flock that assisstance and protection, which he render the Dutch diocese. In general, after the death of Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasius (Gribanovsky)]] and St. John (Maximovich) in the ROCOR prevailed the spirit of isolationism and the desire to make all weaten rite new calendarist parishes to serve by the old calendar and according only according to the Russian liturgical tradition. Thus, the Hague Diocese finds itself in isolation.
In 1971, with his community and two monasteries he left the ROCOR, so long as ROCOR Synod not let him celebrate the holidays by the Western calendar<ref>Gernot Seide «Geschichte der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche im Ausland von der Gründunng bis in die Gegenwart» 1983</ref>.
August 18, 1972 by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Jakob was admitted with the clergy and flock, and appointed the ruling bishop of the newly formed Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands.

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