Patriarchal parishes in Italy

The Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Italian Republic (Russian: Приходы Московского патриархата в Итальянской Республике, Italian: parrocchie del Patriarcato di Mosca in Repubblica Italiana)[a] is a subdivision of the Russian Orthodox Church which covers the territory of Italy, Malta and San Marino.

Since that time, issues related to the issuance of documents, registration of certificates, maintaining official correspondence concerning the Italian parishes are resolved through the diocesan administration in Rome, and not in Paris as before.

[7] In 2017 Bishop Anthony (Sevryuk) said that there are 67 parishes in Italy, and that the second-largest diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate abroad is in the Apennines.

[8] On 28 December 2018, in response to the Ecumenical Patriarchate's actions in Ukraine,[9] the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to create the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (PEWE) with its center in Paris whose "pastoral sphere of responsibility includes" Andorra, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Principality of Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, and Switzerland.

[16] On May 30, 2019, the Holy Synod of the ROC "taking into account the increasing number of Moldovan parishes and communities in Italy, as well as the need for special care of the numerous Moldovan-speaking flock of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Apennines" entrusted their archpastoral care to the bishop who bears the title of "Bogorodsk" as vicar of the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe.