Selengin vicarism is the vicarism of the Russian Orthodox Church on the territory of Transbaikalia , which existed within the Irkutsk (1862–1894) and Chita dioceses (with interruptions in the 1910–1930s).
| Selengin Vicariate | |
|---|---|
| Russian Orthodox Church | |
 Transfiguration Cathedral of the Embassy Monastery | |
| General information | |
| A country | Russia |
| Diocesan Center | Ambassadorial Transfiguration Monastery (1862-1879), Chita (since 1879) |
| Founded by | 1862 |
| Abolished | 1932 |
| Ruling bishop | bishop |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Bishops
- 3 Great religious figures
- 4 notes
History
In 1861, "in order to strengthen missionary activity among the Trans-Baikal Buryats, " the Selenginsky Vicariate was formed under the Irkutsk diocese [1] , named after the city of Selenginsk (now Novosielenginsk ). So the Trans-Baikal spiritual mission , which was in the Ambassadorial Transfiguration Monastery , took shape in the vicar department, and received a separate organization and funds from the treasury.
The first bishop of Selenginsky was Benjamin (Blagonravov) , ordained on May 20, 1862. He managed the Transbaikal spiritual mission until 1868. The second bishop of Selenginsky was Martinian (Muratovsky) (1869–1877), the third was Bishop Meletius (Yakimov) (1878–1888), and the fourth was Bishop Makarii (Darsky) (1890–1892) [2] .
June 3, 1879 by decree of Emperor Alexander II, the vicar department was moved to the city of Chita [2] .
On January 24, 1893 in Irkutsk he was ordained bishop of Selenginsky, vicar of the Irkutsk diocese, hieromonk George (Orlov) [2] .
On January 28, 1894, by separating from the Selenga Vicariate, the Chita Vicariate of the Irkutsk diocese was established, and on March 12 of the same year the Chita Department became diocesan. Her first bishop is appointed Bishop of Selenginsky George (Orlov), and the Selenginsky chair is abolished [3] .
The management of the vast Transbaikal diocese, due to the increase in the population of the railway and the increase in the number of churches, became extremely difficult for one ruling bishop. In 1908, Bishop Methodius (Gerasimov) filed a motion to establish a vicar bishop of Selenginsky in the Transbaikalia. His Grace John (Smirnov) also requested the establishment of a vicariate, with the residence of the vicar bishop in Verkhneudinsk . The Irkutsk Missionary Congress in 1910 called for the earliest possible opening of the department of vicar bishop in the Transbaikal diocese. But all these petitions were unsuccessful [4] .
In April 1916, the Council of the Missionary Society, represented by its chairman, Metropolitan of Moscow Makarii (Nevsky) , petitioned the Holy Synod to restore the mission of the Selenginsky vicar department as part of the Chita diocese and elevate the head of the Trans-Baikal mission archimandrite Efrem (Kefan) 4] . On October 5, 1916, Emperor Nicholas II approved a synodal report on the restoration of vicarism with local funds, with the name "Selenginsky". The vicar department was headed by Ephraim (Kuznetsov), who suffered a martyr's death in September 1918 [4] .
At the end of 1921, in agreement with the Transbaikal clergy, Patriarch Tikhon decided to reinstate the Selenginsky Chair, and the vicar was entrusted with the temporary management of the entire Transbaikal diocese. Bishop Selenginsky Sofroniy (Starkov), ordained in 1922, ruled the Trans-Baikal Diocese until 1923.
On June 22, 1929, Bishop Eusebius (Rozhdestvensky) , the administrator of the Trans-Baikal Diocese, issued an order for the obligatory offering of services after the service of the name of Selenginsky Bishop Sofrony (Starkov) in the Dzhidinsky and Mysovsky deaneries, that is, within the framework of the Selenginsky Vicariate [5] .
The title of Bishop of Selenginsky was retained by Bishop Sofroniy (Starkov) until his appointment on October 3, 1932, by decree of the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) of the Arzamas Vicariate of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese [5] .
Bishops
- Selenginsky Vicariate of the Irkutsk Diocese
- Benjamin (Blagonravov) (May 20, 1862 - March 18, 1868)
- Martinian (Muratovsky) (December 18, 1869 - October 17, 1877)
- Meletius (Yakimov) (November 5, 1878 - July 7, 1889)
- Macarius (Darsky) (July 15, 1889 - October 25, 1892)
- George (Orlov) (January 24, 1893 - March 12, 1894)
- Selengin Vicariate of the Chita Diocese
- Ephraim (Kuznetsov) (November 20, 1916 - November 5, 1918)
- Sofroniy (Starkov) (April 23, 1922 - April 30, 1923, summer 1923 - October 16, 1932)
Great religious figures
- Great religious figures
Bishop Innocent of Irkutsk and Nerchinsky.
Rev. Varlaam of Chikoy
Bishop Ephraim of Selenginsky, ranked as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church .
Notes
- ↑ First diocese in Siberia | Omsk Diocese Archived on April 5, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Orthodoxy in the Far East. Information and analytical portal: Pages of the history of the Chita and Transbaikal diocese
- ↑ Chita and Krasnokamensk diocese No. 43 (652) / November 14, '11
- ↑ 1 2 3 Chita and Krasnokamensk diocese | 6. His Grace Ephraim of Selenginsky (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment January 18, 2016. Archived on February 25, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Savvin, D.V., “Bishop Selenginsky Sofroniy (Starkov): archpastor of the era of great changes and upheavals” // Bulletin of Church History , 2009, No. 1-2 (13-14), 173-202