Glasnost in the Cathedral;The Russian Orthodox Church Could Be Run by Monarchists From: The Washington Post | Date: June 10, 1990| Author: Anna Sypula | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

IN THE midst of so much change within the Soviet Union, the impossible suddenly becomes real. In that light, yet another change is likely: an end to the "cold war" between the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the estranged Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

At first glance, this seems no more than a historical footnote. The two churches have been split since the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917-at which point Patriarch Tikhon proclaimed communist activity "...