ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Exarchate of Parishes of Russian
Tradition in Western Europe

Vicariate Assembly Election 2007

The Vicariate Statutes are available on-line in PDF format. For a printed copy (£3.50 including P&P), click here:

See below for details of the Assembly and arrangements for voting.

 THE NEW CLERGY-LAITY ASSEMBLY

The Clergy-Laity Assembly is a body of the clergy and elected laity of the Vicariate which will come together twice a year, in the late autumn and June, to discuss the life and work of the Vicariate and its ecumenical activities, approve its budget, elect members to the Vicariate Council and various other bodies, and generally further the life of the Vicariate. The meetings last all day (on a Saturday) and will be a mixture of spiritual, pastoral and business concerns, with a major discussion topic introduced by a speaker.
Lay/deacon membership of the Assembly includes fifteen members elected by the Vicariate as a whole in an annual election held in the autumn, and also parish representatives elected or chosen by each parish/eucharistic community. This notice is concerned with the former.

THE ANNUAL VICARIATE ELECTION

There will at present be fifteen members representing the Vicariate as a whole serving on the Assembly. Since this year will be its inaugural meeting, all fifteen members need to be elected at once. Normally, five members would be elected each year for a three-year term, but since we have to elect fifteen this year, the five who poll the most votes will serve for three years, the next five for two years and the third five for one year, in order to get the rotation going.  It is foreseen that as the Vicariate grows in future years, the number of lay places will be increased.   

NOMINATIONS FOR 2007

33 NOMINATIONS for this year’s election have been received by the Acting Vicariate Secretary, Gillian Crow. Download a list of candidates here.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING

In order to vote it is necessary to be on the Vicariate's Electoral Roll which were compiled on 1st October from lists provided by parishes and eucharistic communitites. 

VOTING DAYS ARE SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER AND SUNDAY 4th NOVEMBER

The first meeting of the Assembly is scheduled for Saturday 1 December

Contact your parish secretary or parish priest for further information