“Our archdiocese-exarchate ... consists in full communion with the entire Orthodox Church,” the message says.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate, as noted, did not interrupt communication with the Moscow Patriarchate.
It is emphasized that all Orthodox can participate "in liturgical life and church sacraments" in the respective parishes.
Earlier, the Russian Church Abroad stopped communicating with Constantinople.
On October 15, the ROC announced the break in relations with Constantinople because of decisions taken regarding the church in Ukraine.
Later it was reported that after this, there would be no difficulty in bringing the Holy Fire from Jerusalem to Russia.
Read more about the current situation in the RT material.