Last year, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew decided to recognize a new self-styled schismatic Ukrainian Church, granting it "independence" - that turned out to be full dependence on Constantinople instead.

This decision interfered with the traditional sphere of influence of the Russian Patriarchate, violating the centuries-old principle of non-involvement in each others' affairs, observed by different Orthodox Churches. After having re-joined Moscow's realm, the Western European parishes - now under the newly formed Archdiocese of Western European parishes of Moscow Patriarchate - will retain their broad autonomy, as well as local liturgical and pastoral traditions.

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Orthodox priests from Western Europe rejoin Russian Church after breaking from Constantinople

Russia's Patriarch Kirill presented the unity charter to Archbishop John (Renneteau) during a ceremony at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Moscow's Patriarchate's largest church. John, who shall remain in charge of the Western European parishes, was previously given the title 'Archbishop of Dubna'.

"We ruled that John, the Archbishop of Dubna, shall be in charge of these parishes," the charter reads, stating that his entity "is now an inherent part of Moscow Patriarchate." At a special Sunday service in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, the Patriarch also elevated Archbishop John to the rank of Metropolitan.

The exarchate, known as the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe (AROCWE), was first formed by Russian emigrants - priests and faithful - who fled their homeland during the bloody civil war and chaos, which erupted shortly after the 1917 Revolution.

The Western European parishes that fell under the control of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople were united into a single entity back in 1931. At the very end of the 20th century, it was given vast autonomy by Constantinople which it enjoyed until recently.

Late in 2018, Constantinople abruptly reversed its own decision, revoking the autonomy and dissolving the AROCWE altogether. They argued that the reorganization would strengthen the archdiocese's loyalty and ties to its "mother church." The move backfired almost immediately when the AROCWE flatly ignored the orders from Constantinople, deciding to remain a united entity and ultimately seeking to rejoin the Moscow Patriarchate.

Back in September, the majority of parishes, governed by Archbishop John, voted for joining the Moscow Patriarchate. Still, they fell short of getting the two thirds of votes required to win - but Archbishop John decided to go for it anyway, calling upon the parishes to follow his lead. Those who are staunchly opposed to re-establishing a canonical link with Moscow are expected to fall under the governance of several metropolitans subordinate to Constantinople.

The decision was welcomed by Patriarch Kirill, who accepted Archbishop John's offer. It came amid strained ties between the Russian Orthodox Church and Constantinople.

Last year, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew decided to recognize a new self-styled schismatic Ukrainian Church, granting it "independence" - that turned out to be full dependence on Constantinople instead.

This decision interfered with the traditional sphere of influence of the Russian Patriarchate, violating the centuries-old principle of non-involvement in each others' affairs, observed by different Orthodox Churches. After having re-joined Moscow's realm, the Western European parishes - now under the newly formed Archdiocese of Western European parishes of Moscow Patriarchate - will retain their broad autonomy, as well as local liturgical and pastoral traditions.

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Lung cancer catching Delhiites young

Doctors issue yet another warning about rising cases in city

Lung cancer is currently responsible for the largest number of deaths due to a cancer in the country and doctors are conducting more research to prove just how disturbing the trend is.

Adding to this growing evidence, a research from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday noted that nearly 21% of its patients with lung cancer were below the age of 50 years.

Non-smokers

"What is even more disturbing is that 5 of 31 patients in the younger-than-50-year age-group were less than 30-year-old and nearly 50% of the patients were non-smokers," said the report.

During the study period, 150 patients were analysed retrospectively. The age at presentation, gender and smoking status were recorded and analysed, among other parameters.

Even more distressing was the fact that this figure rose to 70% in the younger age group, that is patients who were less than 50-year-old. None of the patients who were less than 30- year-old were smokers. The male to female ratio of the study group was 3.8:1, indicating a significant rise in proportion of female patients compared to studies in the past, which had reported a much lower incidence of the disease in females.
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Bad air pollution

The report noted that with the bad air pollution scenario "we are only going to see an exponential rise in the incidence of lung cancer. These estimates are staggering and point towards an imminent epidemic of lung cancer that we are about to face".

Stubble burning: Punjab govt takes action against 3,000 farmers

The Punjab government has initiated action against almost 3000 farmers for burning stubble. The Amarinder Singh government, which hopes to cut down stubble burning in the state by 10 to 20 per cent this year, said that so far the government has received complaints against 20,729 cases of stubble burning. The government has initiated action against 2,923 farmers, the Punjab CM said.

The government claimed that the total number of stubble burning incidents reported last was around 49,000. In comparison, the government says it has received reports of 20,729 cases till November 1. The Punjab government hopes that as more than 70 per cent of the paddy has already been harvested, the total number of stubble burning reports will remain lower than last year.