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Declaration of Metropolitan Sergius

The Declaration of Metropolitan Sergius (also the Declaration of 1927, the official title "The Message of the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Metropolitan Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod and the Provisional Patriarchal Holy Synod to the Archpastors, Pastors and all faithful children of the All-Russian Orthodox Church") — a document officially issued by the de facto administrator of the Russian Orthodox ChurchRussian Orthodox Church, the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod (Stragorodsky) and the Temporary Patriarchal Holy Synod under him, dated July 16/29, 1927[1].