Bishop Nicodemus (in the world Nikolai Gontarenko [1] ; 1872 [2] - January 22, 1948 , Pochaev ) - bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , bishop of Krasnodar .
| Bishop Nicodemus | ||
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 Archimandrite Nicodemus (Gontarenko). 1930s | ||
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| September 13, 1942 - no later than June 1943 | ||
| Predecessor | Sofroniy (Arefiev) | |
| Successor | Photius (Tapiro) | |
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| 1931 - 1932 | ||
| Predecessor | Paisius | |
| Successor | Panteleimon (Rudyk) | |
| Birth name | Nikolay Gontarenko | |
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| Death | ||
Biography
In 1931-1932 he was the governor of the Pochaev Assumption Lavra [3] , which was at that time in the jurisdiction of the Polish Orthodox Church .
In 1941, it became part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autonomous Church , which recognized itself as part of the Moscow Patriarchate .
August 18 (31), 1942 [4] was consecrated bishop of Krasnodar . The consecration was headed by Metropolitan Alexy (Gromadsky) , the head of the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church [5] .
Arrived in Krasnodar and took over the management of the department , where, in addition to it, there was an update diocese led by Vladimir Ivanov . Return to the Pochaev Lavra took place before the liberation of Krasnodar by the Red Army [5] .
On June 6-7, 1943, in Kovel , already a vicar of the Volyn diocese , he participated in the Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian Autonomous Church, who served on the territory of the Volyn-Podillia general district . The Cathedral elected Bishop Damaskin (Malyuta) as the successor to the murdered Alexy (Gromadsky) [6] .
When Ukraine was liberated from German occupation, he was left alone in the Pochaev Lavra [7] .
He died on January 22, 1948 in the Pochaev Lavra.
Notes
- ↑ http://fotopaterik.org/i/1333/
- ↑ Nicodemus (Gontarenko) Archived April 4, 2016 on the Wayback Machine on the Russian Orthodoxy website
- ↑ http://fotopaterik.org/i/1249/
- ↑ History of the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church: Commented lists of hierarchs in episcopal departments since 862 (with appendices) / Ch. Ed. Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov. - M .: PSTGU, 2006. - S. 1166. - ISBN 5-7429-0143-7 .
- ↑ 1 2 E.P. R. Yekaterinodar and Kuban diocese // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2008. - T. XVIII. - S. 159-168. - 752 s. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-89572-032-5 .
- ↑ Vishivanyuk A. V. About the relationship between the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church and the “Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church” in Western Ukraine during the years of German occupation // Bulletin of Church History . - No. 3/4 (35/36). - 2014 .-- S. 262.
- ↑ Vladislav Tsypin , archpriest. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine during the years of German occupation (1941-1944) .