(ru) « Внутреннее положение о Патриаршем экзархате Западной Европы / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru » [« Internal Regulations of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe »], sur Патриархия.ru, (consulté le ) : « [Translation:] 14. The Exarch is the diocesan bishop of the Chersonesus Diocese and heads the administration of the Exarchate on the basis of the canons, the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church, the present Statute and the Charter of the Exarchate. »