The Polotsk and Glubok diocese ( Belorussian. Polatsk and Glybot dioceses ) is the diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church , which includes the western part of the Vitebsk region with its center in Polotsk . Historically, the ruling bishops had different titles: Polotsk; Archbishops of Polotsk and Vitebsk; Polotsk, Vitebsk and Mstislavsky; Polotsk and Velikiy Lutsk; Bishops of Polotsk and Vilna; Polotsk and Glubokskie.
| Polotsk and Glubokoe Diocese | |
|---|---|
| Belarusian Orthodox Church | |
 Holy Epiphany Cathedral ( Polotsk ) | |
| General information | |
| A country | Belarus |
| Diocesan Center |  Polotsk |
| Founded by | 1104 year |
| Area | 20,064.31 km² |
| Population | 439,624 (2009) |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Bishop of Polotsk and Gluboksky Ignatius (Lukovich) (from August 30, 2019) |
| Cathedral Church | Holy Epiphany Cathedral ( Polotsk ) |
| Second Cathedral Church | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Glubokoe ) |
| Statistics | |
| Deanery | 10 |
| Temples | 105 temples and chapels; 3 monasteries (for 2012 [1] ) |
| Clerics | 63 ( 2012 ) [1] |
| Website | eparhia992.by |
| Map | |
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Content
- 1 History
- 2 Current status
- 2.1 Deanery
- 2.2 Monasteries
- 3 List of diocesan bishops
- 3.1 Polotsk diocese of the Kiev Metropolis
- 3.2 Polotsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
- 4 Gallery
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
History
The Polotsk diocese dates back to 992, when the first episcopal department was established here [2] . This event dates back to the reign of Prince Izyaslav , son of Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir and Polotsk Princess Rogneda .
In the X-XIII centuries, it included territory with the cities of Vitebsk , Minsk , Izyaslavl , Logoisk , Slutsk , Drutsk , Novogrudok , Orsha , Lukoml .
Since 1391, the department received the status of an archbishopric .
Consisted in canonical jurisdiction: the Kiev-Lithuanian Metropolitanate of the Patriarchate of Constantinople (1315–1329, 1356–1362, 1415–1419); Kiev Metropolis ( 1620 - 1628 ). After the capture of Polotsk in 1563, the troops of Ivan the Terrible for some time passed into the jurisdiction of the Moscow Metropolis .
From October 1596 to October 1620 , from August 1628 to June 1657, the diocese remained without episcopal leadership due to the disappearance of the clergy in the union . In 1662, in connection with the active anti-Orthodox policy of the authorities, the diocese was finally stopped.
In 1833, the diocese was revived and was called Polotsk and Vilna. It included the lands of Vitebsk , Vilensky and Courland provinces . Since 1840, the diocese was called Polotsk and Vitebsk.
In 1840-1856, the Polotsk Theological Seminary operated. In 1856, she was transferred to Vitebsk , but continued to be called Polotsk until December 1871.
By the beginning of World War II, not a single church remained on Polotsk land. The diocese ceased to exist.
During the war, several churches and the Spaso-Efrosinievsky monastery were opened.
In 1955, there were 26 churches in the Vitebsk region, but 10 of them and the Spaso-Evfrosinievsky monastery were closed during the Khrushchev persecution of the Church .
Church life began to be restored only in the late 1980s. On July 6, 1989, the Polotsk diocese was revived.
Current status
The territory of the diocese includes: the territories of Braslav , Verkhnedvinsky , Gluboksky , Dokshitsky , Miorsky , Polotsk , Postavsky , Rossonsky , Ushachsky , Sharkovschinsky districts.
Cathedrals - Epiphany (Polotsk), Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Glubokoe ).
Includes ( 2012 ): 100 arrivals; 63 clergy (59 priests, 4 deacons).
The ruling bishop from August 30, 2019 is Ignatius (Lukovich) bishop of Polotsk and Gluboksky.
Dean Districts
- Polotsk deanery (16 parishes)
- Glubokoe Deanery (18 parishes)
- Braslav deanery (8 parishes)
- Verkhnedvinsk Deanery (9 parishes)
- Dokshitsa Deanery (13 parishes)
- Miory deanery (14 parishes)
- Postavail Deanery (7 parishes)
- Sharkovshchina deanery (8 parishes)
- Rossony deanery (2 parishes)
- Ushach deanery (5 parishes) [3]
Monasteries
- Spaso-Evfrosinievsky Convent (Polotsk, 89 Euphrosyne of Polotsk St.)
- St. Panteleimon Convent (Braslav, 38 Sovetskaya St.)
- St. Michael's Berezveche Convent (Glubokoe, St. F. Skorina, 77)
List of Diocesan Bishops
Polotsk Diocese of the Kiev Metropolis
- Bishops of Polotsk
unknown
- St. Mina ( 1105 - 1116 )
- Elijah ( 1120 - 1128 )
- Cosma the Greek ( 1143 - 1156 )
- Saint Dionysius ( 1167 - 1182/1183 )
- Nikolay Grek ( 1182/1183 )
- Callist I
- Vladimir ( 1218 )
- Nikolay ( 1218 )
- Alexy (from 1231 )
- Simeon I , St. (up to 1271 )
- Jacob ( 1300 [4] )
- Gregory I ( 1331 )
- Archbishops of Polotsk
- Theodosius the Greek ( 1391 - 1415 ) [5]
- Photius ( 1415 )
- Simeon II ( 1450 - 1456
- Archbishops of Polotsk and Vitebsk
- Callist II ( 1458 - 1459 )
- Simeon III (? - 1481 )
- Jonah Glezna (? - 1492 )
- Luke ( 1492 - 1503 )
- Euthymius (Okushkovich-Bossky) ( 1504 - 1512 )
- Simeon IV ( 1513 )
- Joseph (Rusin) ( 1516 - 1523 )
- Cyprian I (?)
- Nathanael I ( 1524 - 1533 )
- Archbishops of Polotsk, Vitebsk and Mstislav
- Misail ( 1534 )
- Simeon V (1534-1549) [6]
- German (Litavar-Khrebtovich) ( 1551 - 1558 )
- Gerasim (Korsak) ( 1558 -?)
- Gregory (Volovich) II (? - 1562 )
- Arseny (Bump / Bump) ( 1562 - 1563 )
- Tryphon (Stupishin) ( 1563 - 1566 )
- Barsanuphius (Wallach) ( 1563 - 1576 )
- Athanasius (Paletsky) ( 1566 - 1568 )
- Anthony (1568 - 1572 )
- Theophanes (Rpinsky) ( 1576 - 1588 )
- Cyprian II (? - 1579 )
- Athanasius (Terletsky) (1588-1591 / 1592)
- Nathanael (Selitsky-Belitsky) ( 1592 - 1595 )
- Gregory (Zagorsky) (1595-1596)
- Meletius (Smotrytsky) (1620-1628) fell away in the union
- Joasaph (1629) fell into union
- Sylvester (Kosov) (1635-1654) military unit, met. Kiev
- Joachim (Dyakonovich) ( 1654/1655 - 1656 )
- Bishops of Polotsk and Vitebsk
- Callist (Dorofeevich-Rytoraisky) III (June 1657–1662)
Polotsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Bishops of Polotsk and Vilnius
- Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky) (April 30, 1833 - June 5, 1837)
- Isidore (Nikolsky) (June 5, 1837 - April 6, 1840)
- Bishops of Polotsk and Vitebsk
- Vasily (Luzhinsky) (July 7, 1840 - March 27, 1866)
- Savva (Tikhomirov) (June 16, 1866 - December 7, 1874)
- Quiz (Lyubimov) (December 7, 1874 - March 6, 1882)
- Markell (Popel) (March 6, 1882 - February 25, 1889)
- Antonin (Derzhavin) (March 14, 1889 - September 3, 1893)
- Alexander (Zakke-Zakkis) (September 3, 1893 - July 18, 1899)
- Tikhon (Nikanorov) (August 20, 1899 - June 4, 1902)
- Seraphim (Meshcheryakov) (June 4, 1902 - July 25, 1911)
- Nicodemus (Bokov) (July 25, 1911 - March 8, 1913)
- Panteleimon (Rozhnovsky) (November 3 - December 18, 1913) high school, bishop Dvinsky
- Vladimir (Putyata) (March 8, 1913 - July 11, 1914)
- Innocent (Hawks) (July 11, 1914 - January 10, 1915)
- Kirion (Sadzaglishvili) (January 10, 1915 - August 1, 1917)
- Innocent (Hawks) (September 1917 - March 6, 1918)
- Panteleimon (Rozhnovsky) (1918) high school, ep. Dvinsky
- Seraphim (Alexandrov) (March 19, 1918 - April 22, 1918)
- John (Pommer) (April 22, 1918 - September 1918)
- Innocent (Hawks) (September 1918-1926)
- Nectarium (Trezvinsky) (1924-1925) v / u
- Alexy (Buoy) (1925-1926)
- Peacock (Kroshechkin) (October 14, 1926 - December 1, 1927)
- Gabriel (Vojvodin) (December 1927 - December 1928)
- Nikolai (Pokrovsky) (1931-1933)
- Tikhon (Rusinov) (February 13, 1933 - July 27, 1935)
- Feofan (Semenyako) (1935)
- Athanasius (Martos) (1941-1944)
- Pitirim (Sviridov) (1949-1959) v / u
- Dimitri (Drozdov) (July 23, 1989 - July 7, 1992)
- Bishops of Polotsk and Glubok
- Gleb (Savin) (August 12, 1992 - December 28, 1996)
- Filaret (Vakhromeev) (December 28, 1996 - July 17, 1997) Minsk
- Theodosius (Bilchenko) (August 10, 1997 - August 30, 2019)
- Ignatius (Lukovich) (from August 30, 2019)
Gallery
Epiphany Cathedral in Polotsk
Efrosinievsky Convent in Polotsk
St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Polotsk
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Polotsk Diocese (June 7, 2012). Archived November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Apanovich K.O. Formation of Christian traditions in the territory of ancient Russia and Belarus . // Ethnocultural development of Belarus in the 19th - early 21st centuries: international materials. scientific-practical conf. / editorial. : T. A. Novogrodsky (ed. Ed.) [Et al.]. Minsk: BSU, 2011.P. 153-157.
- ↑ Polotsk diocese .
- ↑ Jacob (Bishop of Polotsk) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ B. Zh. Theodosius (Bishop of Polotsk) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ Nikolsky A.I. Simeon (Archbishop of Polotsk) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
Literature
- Goridovets V. Church life on the territory of the Polotsk-Vitebsk diocese during the period of German occupation in 1941-1944 // Bulletin of church history . 2008. No. 2 (10). S. 279-284.
- Diocese of Polotsk // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Diocese of Polotsk Official site of the diocese
- Information on the website of the Belarusian Exarchate
- Polotsk and Glubokoe Diocese of the MP Official Website