sentences:  27 November 2018 Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople abolish tomos of 1999; the former exarchate's parishes were instructed to join the relevant dioceses of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.The Archdiocese, whose legally binding Statute (Article 11) expressly says that its primate must be a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, continues to exist as a legal entity, nevertheless.Having voted to continue as a legal entity in February 2019, the Archdiocese as an entity failed to pass a resolution to switch to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow on 28 September 2019 as was proposed by its primate Archbishop , who had personally joined the Moscow Patriarchate.