Diocese of Kursk


The Diocese of Kursk is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, uniting parishes and monasteries in the middle part of the Kursk region. It is part of the Kursk Metropolitanate.

History

It is possible that the Kursk bishopric could have existed before the Tatar-Mongol invasion, although this is not reflected in the historical documents that have reached us.
In 1667 the Belgorod and Oboyan diocese was created. In the, the issue of opening the Kursk diocese was decided, but such an establishment did not take place then.
In 1787, the Belgorod-Oboyan diocese was renamed the Belgorod-Kursk diocese.
On October 17, 1799, Kursk became the center of the diocese, and the archpastors began to be called Kursk and Belgorod.
In 1833, the department was moved to Kursk, after which the Belgorod department became a vicarage.
Since February 25, 1905, the diocese was called Kursk and Oboyansk.
In 1967, the Kursk diocese received its current name Kursk and Rylsk. In the 1960s and early 1980s, the number of churches in the diocese decreased. If in 1966 there were 105 Orthodox churches in the Kursk region, then in 1982 there were only 85 left. However, despite official atheistic propaganda during the Soviet period, a significant proportion of Kursk residents remained Orthodox. For example, in 1965, 49.2% of those born were baptized, and in 1967 already 62.7%.
On July 26, 2012, the Zheleznogorsk and Shchigrovsk dioceses were separated from the Kursk diocese with the inclusion of all three dioceses in the newly formed Kursk Metropolis

Deaneries

The diocese is divided into 13 ecclesiastical districts :
  • 1st deanery of the city of Kursk
  • 2nd deanery of the city of Kursk
  • Belovskoye Deanery
  • Greater Soldiers' Deanery
  • Zolotukhinsky deanery
  • Korenevskoe deanery
  • Kursk deanery
  • Kurchatov Deanery
  • Medvensky deanery
  • Oboyan Deanery
  • Ponyrovsky deanery
  • Rila Deanery
  • Sudzhan Deanery

Bishops

  • Feoktist
  • Evgeny
  • Vladimir
  • Innokenty
  • Iliodor
  • Sergius
  • Efrem
  • Mikhail
  • Justin
  • Yuvenally
  • Lavrenty
  • Pitirim
  • Stefan
  • Tikhon
  • Feofan emigrated
  • Nazariy
  • Yuvenally
  • Nazariy
  • Alexy v/u, Bishop of Rylsky
  • Damian
  • Pamfil v/u
  • Onufriy
  • Chrysogon refused appointment
  • Alexander did not go to Kursk
  • Artemon
  • Theodosius
  • Efrem
  • Pitirim
  • Alexy
  • Nestor
  • Innokenty
  • Roman
  • Leonid
  • Seraphim
  • Nikolai
  • Chrysostom
  • Yuvenally
  • Herman