Serdobol Vicar

Sortavala Vicariate ( Serdobol Vicariate ) is the Vicar of the Finnish Archbishopric of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople .

Serdobol Vicar
Russian Orthodox Church
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
General information
A country	Russia
Diocesan Center	Sortavala
Founded by	1913
Abolished	1925
Ruling bishop	Bishop of Sortavala

The Serdobol vicarate of the Finnish and Vyborg dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church was established by a decree of the Holy Synod of February 14, 1913 with the commission of the vicar of the care of the Orthodox Karelians in three adjacent dioceses: Finland , Arkhangelsk and Olonets .

After Finland gained independence, Serdobol was renamed Sortavala , in connection with which Herman (Aav), who was appointed to the pulpit in 1922, was called the Episcopal Sortavala. Bishop German was an Estonian citizen since there were no suitable widow candidates from the local clergy, and the inhabitants of the Valaam, Konevsky and Pechenga monasteries were not considered due to their lack of Finnish citizenship ^[1] .

In 1923, bypassing the canonical order, the Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church passed into the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which again granted it autonomy with the name of the Finnish Archbishopric.

After 1925, the department was not replaced.