Diocese of Vladimir

Diocese of Vladimir and Suzdal
Dormition Cathedral
Location
Headquarters	Vladimir
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Russian Orthodox Church
Established	1213
Language	Old Church Slavonic
Governance	Eparchy
Website
www.eparh33.ru

Vladimir and Suzdal Diocese (Russian: Владимирская и Суздальская епархия) is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church centered in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The main cathedral of the diocese is the Assumption Cathedral in the Cathedral Square of Vladimir.

As of 1 January 2006 28 monasteries were in the eparchy (13 male and 15 female), including 13 metochions and sketes, as well as around 300 parishes. The ruling bishop from November 11, 1990 is Eulogius (Smirnov), Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal.

History

The Christianization of the Rostov-Suzdal region began, apparently in 990, demonstrated by Christian burials in the region.

In the 1160s Prince Andrey Bogolyubskii tried to establish an independent metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev led by Theodore (Feodortsem), but the Constantinople Patriarch Luke Hrisoverg rejected his plan.

Vladimir diocese was created in 1214 when Vladimir Prince George Vsevolodovich separated it from the Rostov diocese. Originally the title of bishop was "Suzdal and Vladimir". The first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Simon was Cvyatitel Simon, known as the author of eight stories about the Crypt monks set out in the letters to the Kiev-Pechersk monk Polycarp. They laid the foundation of the Kiev-Pechersk patericon - the first collection of the Lives of Russian saints. Simon died in 1226 and was buried in the Cathedral of the Assumption.

The next bishop was rector of Nativity Vladimir Mitro. The Tatar-Mongol invasion came during the reign of Vladimir. In 1237 the troops of Batu Khan wiped out Ryazan and in February 1238 came close to Vladimir. The city was captured, looted, and its residents killed or taken prisoner. Bishop Mitrofan with his family were killed within the walls of the grand Cathedral of the Assumption, which was badly damaged by fire.

Archimandrite was consecrated Bishop of Kiev-Pechersk Monastery Serapion. The bishop received the title of "Vladimir, Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod". The territory of the diocese then consisted of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir and principalities Gorodetsky, Kostroma, Moscow, Pereslavsky, starodubskiy, Suzdal with Nizhny Novgorod and Tartu.

Since 1299 most of the territory of the modern Vladimir diocese was part of the Metropolitan Region (from 1589 - Patriarchal area since 1721 - Synod area) Muromskaya land was under the control of Ryazan bishops. In 1347 on the lands of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod principality, Suzdal diocese was formed.

On 16 July 1744 Moscow accepted Vladimir diocese, called Vladimir and Yaropolskoy. From 1786-1788 the Vladimir and Suzdal diocese merged.

Dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church

Patriarch of Moscow

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Japanese Orthodox Church	Kyoto and Western Japan Sendai and Eastern Japan Tokyo

Chinese Orthodox Church	Beijing Harbin and Manchuria Shanghai Tianjin Xinjiang

Ukrainian Orthodox Church	Berdyansk and Prymorsk Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav Cherkasy and Kaniv Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi Chernivtsi and Bukovina Dniprodzerzhynsk and Tsarychanka Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad Donetsk and Mariupol Dzhankoy and Rozdolne Horlivka and Sloviansk Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia Kamianets-Podilskyi and Horodok Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv Kherson and Taurica Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv Khust and Vynohradiv Kiev Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod Konotop and Hlukhiv Kremenchuk and Lubny Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol Luhansk and Alchevsk Lutsk and Volyn Lviv and Galicia Mukachevo and Uzhhorod Mykolaiv and Voznesensk Nizhyn and Pryluky Nova Kakhovka and Henichesk Odessa and Izmail Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk Ovruch and Korosten Poltava and Myrhorod Rivne and Ostroh Sarny and Polissia Severodonetsk and Starobilsk Shepetivka and Slavuta Simferopol and Crimea Sumy and Okhtyrka Ternopil and Kremenets Tulchyn and Bratslav Uman and Zvenyhorodka Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Kovel Zaporizhia and Melitopol Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi

Moldovan Orthodox Church	Bălți and Fălești Cahul and Comrat Chișinău Edineț and Briceni Tiraspol and Dubăsari Ungheni and Nisporeni

Latvian Orthodox Church	Riga

Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate	Narva and Peipus Tallinn

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia	Sydney, Australia and New Zealand Berlin and Germany Buenos Aires and South America Chicago and Mid-America Eastern America and New York Geneva and Western Europe Great Britain and Ireland Montreal and Canada San Francisco and Western America

Belarusian Orthodox Church	Babruysk and Bykhaw Brest and Kobryn Gomel and Zhlobin Grodno and Vawkavysk Minsk and Slutsk Mogilev and Mstsislaw Novogrudok and Lida Pinsk and Luninets Polotsk and Hlybokaye Turaw and Mazyr Vitebsk and Orsha

Kazakhstani Metropolitan District	Astana and Almaty Karaganda and Shakhtinsk Kostanay and Petropavl Pavlodar and Oskemen Oral and Atyrau Shymkent and Akmola

Middle Asian Metropolitan District	Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan Dushanbe and Tajikistan Tashkent and Uzbekistan Patriarch's Parishes in Turkmenistan

Patriarchial Parishes	Canada Finland Italy United States

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