ROCORul a fost obligat sa faca si politica lumeasca. Din eseul lui
Vladimir Moss rezulta ca, totusi, tacit, comuniunea a fost intrerupta in 1967. Probabil ca in felul acesta, fara sa faca vilva au putut pastra legatura cu Sf Iustin Popovic si alti parinti marturisitori din fosta Iugoslavie:
“The attitude of the Russian Church Abroad towards the Serbian Church now began to change. Thus on September 14/27, 1967, Archbishop Averky of Jordanville wrote to Metropolitan Philaret: “With regard to the question of the Serbian Church , whose Patriarch German is a stooge of the communist Tito, as the Serbs themselves are convinced, calling him ‘the red patriarch’. We have heard this from many clergy and laity who have fled from Serbia . How can we recognize, and have communion in prayer with, ‘the red patriarch’, who maintains the closest friendly relations with red Moscow ? Cannot our Hierarchical Council make erroneous decisions? Do we in the Orthodox Church have a doctrine about the infallibility of every Council of Bishops?”
Archbishop Averky’s attitude to the Serbs was confirmed by the ROCOR Council of Bishops in 1967, which resolved to annul the resolution of the Council of Bishops in 1964 on the preservation of prayerful communion with the hierarchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[21]
Early in 1970, Metropolitan Philaret announced to the members of the ROCOR Synod that since the Serbian Patriarch German had chosen to serve as Chairman of the World Council of Churches, ROCOR should avoid joint prayer and service with him, while at the same time not making a major demonstration of the fact.[22]This act appears to have had some influence in Serbia : in 1971, Archimandrite Justin broke off relations with the Serbian patriarch, while retaining contacts with the other bishops.[23]When Fr. Justin died on March 25, 1979, the patriarch did not attend his funeral…”
ROCORul nu a intrerupt teoretic niciodata comuniunea cu vechile patriarhii ortodoxe cazute in ecumenism si sergianism (probabil nu au considerat diplomatic sa o faca oficial), dar asta nu inseamna si ca a existat comuniune deplina, poate doar sporadic si mai mult ca acte de indisciplina a unor episcopi. Intrarea in comuniune cu sinodul florinit in 1969 si cu cel mateit in 1971 nu s-ar fi putut realiza daca ROCORul ar fi fost perceput in comuniune cu ortodoxia lumeasca. Sinodul ROCOR de anul trecut pare sa confirme aceasta ipoteza prin Ips Marcu care a raportat ca a fost restabilita comuniunea ecleziastica deplina (!) cu Patriarhia Ierusalimului:
“In his report, Archbishop Mark, Overseer of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, thanked the Synod of Bishops for appointing Archimandrite Joasaph (MacLellan) as the Head of the Mission in Jerusalem, stating that full ecclesiastical communion has been reestablished with the Jerusalem Patriarchate. On May 5 of this year, this fact was solidified by a concelebration at the Life-bearing Tomb of the Lord by His Eminence Metropolitan Aristarchos, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Jerusalem Patriarchate and His Grace Bishop Agapit of Stuttgart , Vicar of the German Diocese.”
Daca ROCORul ar fi concelebrat toti acesti ani cu Patriarhia Ierusalimului, ce rost ar mai fi avut sa “restabileasca comuniunea euharistica” in 2009?