 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2000 Metropolitan Laurus akava Mukuru Mukuru Wokutanga weROCOR; akaratidza kufarira pfungwa yekubatanidzwazve. Panguva iyoyo ROCOR yakasimbirira kuti Moscow Patriarchate itarise kupondaraMambo Nicholas II nemhuri yake muna 1918 nemaBolshevik. ROCOR yakataura kuti Patriarchate yeMoscow inofanira kutaura zvakajeka uye nomwoyo wose pamusoro pokuurayiwa kwemhuri yaTsar, kukundwa kweboka raipesana neBolshevik, uye kuurayiwa nokutambudzwa kwavapristi. ROCOR yakapomera vatungamiriri veROC kuva vanozviisa pasi pehurumende yeRussia uye vakashamiswawo nehukama hwavo nemamwe masangano echiKristu, zvikurukuru chiKaturike. 