[2] On March 16, 1961, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to include among its permanent members the Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate and the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations.
On July 18, 1961, the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, following a report by Metropolitan Pitirim (Sviridov) of Krutitsy, approved this resolution and made appropriate changes to paragraphs 18 and 19 of the "Regulations on the Administration of the Russian Orthodox Church".
[3] On March 5, 2010, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted a Regulation on the Chancellery of the Moscow Patriarchate.
[4] On July 26, 2010, by the decision of the Holy Synod Russian Orthodox Church, the control and analytical service for the Chancellery of the Moscow Patriarchate was established.
[5] On May 30, 2019, the Holy Synod approved a new version of the Regulation on the Chancellery of the Moscow Patriarchate.