The Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Italian Republic (, ) is a subdivision of the Russian Orthodox Church which covers the territory of Italy, Malta and San Marino. Since 18 December 2018, the Patriarchal parishes in Italy is part of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe. As Archbishop Mark (Golovkov) noted: "In fact, this structure is an analogy of the diocese". Such a structure is similar to an apostolic vicariate in the Roman Catholic Church. History Creation On 27 December 2007, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy were separated from the Diocese of Chersonesus and subordinated to the Bishop of Bogorodsk, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. On February 2, 2008, Archbishop of Chersonesus, Administrator of the Italian parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate, consecrated building in Rome which is intended for further organize the diocesan administration in it. In 2011, work began on the creation of a full-fledged diocesan administration at the Stavropegial Church of St. Catherine in Rome. For this purpose, the church had two rooms, which house the Secretariat of the office, the office and the archive. 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. On May 21, 2012, the Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Italy () received the status of a legal entity in the Italian Republic. In July 2014, a Libro del Celebrante. Sluzhebnik was published in Italian. The book contains the liturgies of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great translated in Italian by the Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Italy. 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. Ha added that besides Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans, there are Italians in the patriarchate because of marriage to a member or by their independent choice. Within the PEWE On 28 December 2018, in response to the Ecumenical Patriarchate's actions in Ukraine, 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,