ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ fˈoːɹtiːn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn, ðə ɹˈɑːkɚ bˈɪʃəps kˈaʊnsəl əfˈɪʃəli ɐdˈɑːptᵻd ɐ ɹˌɛzəlˈuːʃən, wˌɪtʃ ɪmplˈaɪd ðætðə ɹˈɑːkɚ wʌz ɪn kəmjˈuːniən wɪððə "kˈæɾɐkˌoʊm tʃˈɜːtʃ", bˌʌt nˌɑːt wɪððə mˈɑːskoʊ pˈeɪtɹɪˌɑːɹkeɪt.
On September 14, 1971, the ROCOR Bishops' Council officially adopted a resolution, which implied that the ROCOR was in communion with the "Catacomb Church", but not with the Moscow Patriarchate.