The Kaluga diocese is the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in the urban districts of Kaluga and Obninsk , as well as Borovsky , Zhukovsky , Maloyaroslavetsky , Ferzikovsky , Tarussky , Dzerzhinsky , Medynsky , Przemyslsky , Babyninsky , Meshchovsky districts of the Kaluga region [1] .
| Kaluga diocese | |
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| Russian Orthodox Church | |
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| General information | |
| A country | Russia |
| Diocesan Center | Kaluga |
| Founded by | October 16, 1799 |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsky Clement (Kapalin) (since July 20, 1990 ) |
| Cathedral Church | Trinity Cathedral (Kaluga) |
| Second Cathedral Church | Annunciation Cathedral (Borovsk) |
| Statistics | |
| Deanery | 15 |
| Parishes | 186 |
| Temples | 206 |
| Monasteries | eight |
| Site | eparhia-kaluga.ru |
The diocesan bishop has cathedral churches in two cities: Kaluga ( Trinity Cathedral - from August 24, 1999 ) and Borovsk ( Annunciation Cathedral ).
Since 1990, the ruling bishop is Clement (Kapalin) , Metropolitan (from February 25, 2004 ) of Kaluga and Borovsky.
Content
History
Established on October 16, 1799 ; previously, the territory was mainly part of the Krutitsky diocese .
The number of active parishes at the beginning of 2010 is 186; eight monasteries, of which two have the status of stavropegial (administratively do not belong to the diocese): Optina deserts and Kazan Amvrosievsky deserts , and two monasteries.
On October 2, 2013, independent Kozelsky and Pesochensky dioceses were allocated from the Kaluga diocese, all three dioceses became part of the newly formed Kaluga Metropolis. The parishes of Duminichsky , Zhizdrinsky , Kozelsky , Lyudinovsky , Sukhinichsky , Ulyanovsky , Khvastovichsky , Baryatinsky and Yukhnovsky districts were removed from the Kaluga diocese.
By order of the Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsky Dioceses on November 12, 2013, No. 178 , deanery districts were formed on the territory of the diocese and the deaneries were appointed:
- 8th arrondissement (Medynsk deanery): Medynsky district . Deanery - Priest Alexander Zemtsov;
- District 9 (Peremyshlsky deanery): Peremyshlsky district . Deanery - Priest Dionisy Dobrov;
- 10th district (Babyninsky deanery): Babyninsky and Meshchovsky districts . Deanery - Archpriest Sergiy Yanin.
Chronological list of ruling bishops
- Serapion (Alexander) (October 16 - 21, 1799)
- Theophylact (Rusanov) (October 30, 1799 - March 5, 1809)
- Eulampius (Vvedensky) (April 16, 1809 - May 2, 1813)
- Evgeny (Bolkhovitinov) (June 9, 1813 - February 7, 1816)
- Anthony (Sokolov) (February 7, 1816 - March 15, 1819)
- Filaret (Amphitheater) (June 1, 1819 - January 12, 1825)
- Gregory (Postnikov) (January 4, 1826 - May 20, 1828)
- Gabriel (Gorodkov) (May 20, 1828 - September 9, 1831)
- Nikanor (Klementyevsky) (September 9, 1831 - September 8, 1834)
- Nikolai (Sokolov) (October 26, 1834 - September 15, 1851)
- Grigory (Mitkevich) (October 13, 1851 - April 13, 1881)
- Vladimir (Nikolsky) (May 14, 1881 - May 2, 1888)
- Anastasius (Dobradin) (May 2, 1888 - June 3, 1890)
- Vitaliy (Josephov) (June 3, 1890 - October 30, 1892)
- Anatoly (Stankevich) (October 30, 1892 - January 24, 1894)
- Alexander (Svetlakov) (January 24, 1894 - October 8, 1895)
- Macarius (Troitsky) (October 10, 1895 - June 20, 1901)
- Veniamin (Muratovsky) (July 10, 1901 - December 31, 1910)
- Alexander (Golovin) (December 31, 1910 - June 25, 1912)
- Tikhon (Nikanorov) (June 25, 1912 - May 13, 1913)
- George (Yaroshevsky) (May 13, 1913 - July 5, 1916)
- Theophanes (Tulyakov) (July 19, 1916 - September 29, 1927)
- Stefan (Znamyrovsky) (September 29, 1927 - July 10, 1928)
- Pavel (Vvedensky) (August 12 - December 12, 1928)
- Sylvester (Bratanovsky) (January 1, 1929 - September 16, 1930)
- Peacock (Kroshechkin) (December 2, 1930 - June 16, 1933)
- Dimitri (Dobroserdov) (June 29, 1933 - April 5, 1934)
- Augustine (Belyaev) (April 9, 1934 - November 23, 1937)
- 1937-1942 - the department widowed
- Pitirim (Sviridov) (January 10, 1942 - July 14, 1943)
- Alexy (Sergeev) (July 14, 1943 - May 1, 1944) high school, archbishop. Ryazan
- Onisifor (Ponomarev) (September 1945 - March 22, 1960)
- Leonid (Lobachev) (March 22, 1960 - July 19, 1962)
- Stefan (Nikitin) (July 19, 1962 - April 28, 1963) high school, bishop b. Mozhaysky
- Leonid (Lobachev) (May 14 - May 29, 1963)
- Hermogenes (Golubev) (May 29, 1963 - November 25, 1965)
- Donat (Shchegolev) (November 25, 1965 - April 17, 1975)
- Nikolai (Kutepov) (April 17, 1975 - June 11, 1977)
- Nikon (Fomichev) (June 11, 1977 - July 16, 1982)
- Ilian (Vostryakov) (July 16, 1982 - July 20, 1990)
- Clement (Kapalin) (since July 20, 1990)
Vicarities
- Borovsky (invalid)
- Kozelskoe (now an independent diocese)
- Lyudinovskoe (invalid)
- Maloyaroslavetskoe (invalid)
- Mosalskoe (invalid)
- Sukhinichskoe (invalid)
- Tarusa (Invalid)
Monasteries
- Acting
- Kaluga St. Lavrentiev Monastery (male; Kaluga)
- Spaso-Preobrazhensky Vorotynsky Monastery (female, Spas village on the Ugra )
- Pafnutev Borovsky Monastery (male; Borovsk )
- Kaluga St. Tikhonov Desert (male; Leo Tolstoy Village , Dzerzhinsky District )
- St. George Meshchovsky Monastery (male; Iskra , Meshchovsky district )
- Mother of God-Christmas Desert (female; Baryatino village, Dzerzhinsky district)
- Krestovsky monastery (male; Kaluga)
- Monastery of the Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God (female, Kaluga)
- Kazan Convent ( Convent , Kaluga)
- St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Monastery (female; Maloyaroslavets )
- Inactive
- Sharovkin Assumption Monastery (Peremyshlsky district)
Temples
- Trinity Cathedral (Kaluga)
- Annunciation Cathedral (Borovsk)
- Church of the Intercession (High)
- Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh
Notes
Links
- Official site of the Kaluga diocese
- Page of the Kaluga and Borovsk diocese on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate
- Official site of the Maloyaroslavets Deanery of the Kaluga Diocese