 Complete the following phrase:  The year 1917 was a major turning point in Russian history, and also the Russian Orthodox Church. In early March 1917 O.S., the Czar was forced to abdicate, the Russian empire began to implode, and the governments direct control of the Church was all but over by August 1917. On 15 August O.S., in the Moscow Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin, the Local Pomestniy Council of the ROC, the first such convention since the late 17th century, opened. The council continued its sessions until September 1918 and adopted a number of important reforms, including the restoration of Patriarchate, a decision taken 3 days after the Bolsheviks 