At the same time, two parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate operated in the Netherlands under the direction of Bishop Dionysius (Lukin) of Rotterdam, vicar of the ROC Diocese of Brussels and Belgium [ru].

[6] On August 18, 1972 Bishop Jacob was received into the Moscow Patriarchate with his clergy and flock; the Diocese of The Hague was established within the Western European Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Bishop Dionysius was dismissed and appointed rector of the stauropegic parish of the icon of the mother of God "the quick-listener" in Rotterdam.

Bishop Dionysius, Archimandrite Adrian (Korporaal), and Archpriest Alexis Voogd worked on translations of Orthodox liturgical texts into Dutch.

[1] On December 28, 2018, the Diocese of The Hague and Netherlands became part of then-established Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (PEWE).