Diocese of Astrakhan
Diocese of Astrakhan is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, uniting parishes and monasteries in the southern part of the Astrakhan Oblast. It is part of the Astrakhan Metropolitanate.
History
The diocese was established in 1602 under Tsar Boris Godunov and Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Patriarch Job after the petition of the abbot of the Astrakhan Trinity Monastery, Theodosius to separate it into an independent diocese from the vast Diocese of Kazan. The former superior of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Astrakhan, Theodosius, became the first ordinary bishop. The rapid development of monasteries and church institutions in the region ensured the rights to control fisheries and the salt industry since the 17th century.Archdiocese since 1605, metropolitanate from June 8/18, 1667 to April 3/14, 1714.
From 1991 to 2001, the number of parishes in the Astrakhan Diocese increased from 17 to 61. Compared to the same 1991, when 29 priests and 6 deacons served in the diocese, in 2001 there were already 60 and 13, respectively.
On March 12, 2013, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the northern part of the Astrakhan region was separated from the diocese, on the territory of which the Akhtubinsk Diocese was formed.
Former names
- Astrakhan and Terek diocese
- Astrakhan and Stavropol diocese
- Astrakhan and Mozdok diocese
- Astrakhan and Caucasus diocese
- Astrakhan and Enotaevsk diocese
- Astrakhan and Tsarev diocese
- Astrakhan and Stalingrad diocese
- Astrakhan and Enotaevsk diocese
- Astrakhan diocese
Bishops
- Theodosius
- Onufry
- Macarius
- Raphael
- Pachomius
- Joseph
- Parthenius
- Nikephoros
- Savvaty
- Sampson
- Joachim
- Lavrenty
- Varlaam
- Lev did not arrive in the diocese
- Hilarion
- Methodius
- Anthony
- Nikifor
- Tikhon
- Theophilus was not in the diocese, the appointment was canceled
- Platon
- Afanasy died on the day of his appointment
- Anastasy
- Sylvester
- Gaiy
- Jonah
- Abraham According to the Church Gazette ), - the first date is different: October 21, 1821)
- Methodius
- Pavel
- Vitaly
- Stefan
- Smaragd
- Evgeny
- Afanasy
- Feognost
- Chrysanthus
- Gerasim
- Evgeny
- Pavel
- Isaac was not in the diocese
- Pavel
- Mitrofan
- Sergius
- Tikhon supreme, Bishop of Nikolaev
- Georgy
- Innokenty v/u, Bishop of Karevsky
- Feofan
- Innokenty v/u, Bishop of Karevsky
- Nikodim
- Filaret
- Mitrofan
- Leontius von Wimpffen ; supreme, Bishop of Tsarevsky
- Anatoly v/u, Bishop of Tsarevsky
- Palladium
- Anatoly high-ranking, deviated from Renovationism
- Thaddeus
- Innokenty
- Stefan v/u, Bishop of Enotaevsky
- Philip
- Andrey , military
- Alexy v/u, Bishop of Malmyzh
- Andrey
- 1939-1942 - not occupied
- Grigory v/u, Archbishop of Saratov
- Philip
- Nikolai was not in the diocese, the appointment was canceled
- Philip 3rd time
- Gury v/u
- Leonid
- Sergius
- Gabriel
- Pavel
- Jonah
- Pimen supreme, Bishop of Saratov
- Mikhail
- Feodosius
- Filaret from August 12, 1992, bishop of Dmitrov
- Jonah
- Nikon