The Väzeme eparchy is the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church within the administrative boundaries of the Vyazemsky , Gagarinsky , Novoduginsky , Safonovsky , Sychevsky , Temkinsky , Ugransky , Kholm-Zhirkovsky districts of the Smolensk region [1] .
| Vyazma Diocese | |
|---|---|
| Russian Orthodox Church | |
 Trinity Cathedral in Vyazma | |
| General information | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Metropolis | Smolenskaya |
| Diocesan Center | Vyazma |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Bishop of Vyazemsky and Gagarinsky Sergiy (Zyatkov) (from May 21, 2015 ) |
| Site | vyazmaeparh.ru |
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History
The project for the creation of Vyazemsk Vicariate was put forward by Tsar Feodor Alekseevich at the Council in November 1681, the tsar proposed to establish 2 episcopal departments in the subordination of Smolensk Metropolitan - in Bryansk and Vyazma. The participants of the Council of 1681–1682 refused to establish subordinate episcopal departments, so that “in the hierarchal rank there was no church divination” [2] .
In the second half of the 18th century, the city with the county was located in the Vyazemsky District of the Moscow Diocese under the control of the bishops of Sarsk and Podonskys (Krutitskys) . From Krutitsy diocese in Smolensk Vyazma was transferred in 1764 [2] .
The decision to establish Vyazma Vicariate was taken at an extraordinary diocesan congress of clergy and laity of the Smolensk province chaired by Smolensk Bishop Feodosiy (Feodosiyev) on May 16, 1917 in Smolensk. The congress decided to increase the number of episcopal departments by creating vicariare in the major centers of the province [2] .
The Vyazemsk Vicariate Church was opened according to the resolution of Patriarch Tikhon and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on June 19, 1918. On August 12, the former Orlovsky bishop was appointed the Vyazemsky bishop. Macarius (Gnevushev) , from the beginning of 1918, was the prior of the Vyazma St. John the Baptist Monastery . In 1936, the department stopped [2] .
After that, the vicariate in Vyazma existed in 1955 and in 2005–2009 .
On May 5, 2015, by the decision of the Holy Synod, an independent Vyazma diocese was formed by separating the diocese from Smolensk with the inclusion of the new Smolensk metropolitanate [1] .
Bishops
- Vyazemsky Vicariate
- Macarius (Gnevushev) (August 12 - September 4, 1918)
- Pavel (Ivanovsky) (September 17, 1918-1919)
- Philip (Stavitsky) ( December 16 ( 29 ) 1919 - October 19, 1920)
- Benedict (Alentov) (March 27, 1921 - summer 1922, 1924–1927)
- Vladimir (Gorky) (1929 - August 11, 1932)
- Nikon (Purlevsky) (April 3 - August 1933) in / u, ep. Rzhevsky
- Modest (Nikitin) (August 24, 1933 - December 2, 1937)
- Michael (Chub) (February 1 - April 5, 1955)
- Ignatius (Punin) (July 7, 2005 - March 31, 2009)
- Vyazma Diocese
- Sergiy (Zyatkov) (since May 21, 2015)
Monasteries
- Vyazemsky Monastery of St. John the Baptist (feminine; Vyazma)
- St. Vladimir monastery at the source of the Dnieper (male; Christmas tract, Bekhteevsky rural settlement , Sychevsky district )
- Spaso-Bogoroditsky Odigitrievsky Monastery (female; Vsevolodkino village, Maslovsky rural settlement (Smolensk region) , Vyazemsky district )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of May 5, 2015 / Official documents / Patriarchy.ru
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Vyazemsky vicariate // Orthodox encyclopedia . - M .: Church-Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2005. - T. X. - P. 142-143. - 752 s. - 39 000 copies - ISBN 5-89572-016-1 .
Links
- Vyazma diocese on patriarchia.ru