A session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian True-Orthodox Church (RTOC) took place in the city of Omsk from September 18/October 1 to September 21/October 4, 2026.
Participating in the sessions were:
- the Chairman of the Synod of Bishops, His Eminence Tikhon, Archbishop of Omsk and Siberia, First Hierarch of the RTOC;
- the Deputy Chairman of the Synod of Bishops, His Eminence Veniamin, Archbishop of the Black Sea and Kuban;
- His Grace Germogen, Bishop of Gomel and Bryansk;
- His Grace Filaret, Bishop of Pallini and Western Europe;
- His Grace Viktor, Bishop of Boston and America, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
During the sessions, the hierarchs discussed current matters regarding the internal life of the RTOC and the global situation. The Synod of Bishops prepared an Address to all pastors, monastics, and laity of the RTOC (see below).
The sessions concluded on September 21/October 4—the 18th Sunday after Pentecost and the Leavetaking of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord—with the solemn concelebration of the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated cathedral dedicated to the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Holy Royal Martyrs, and the Venerable Confessor-Fathers who labored in the catacombs. Concelebrating with the hierarchs present were Archpriest Joseph Sunderland, rector of the Parish of the Hieromartyr Joseph of Petrograd in Portland (USA) and Dean of North America; Hieromonk Alexey, the cathedral’s second priest; and Priest Maxim Sharapov and Deacon Elias Fokin, clergy of the Parish of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov in Dmitrov.