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Poltava diocese
Brief history of the Poltava diocese
After the liquidation of the regimental system in the Left-Bank Ukraine, from the beginning of 1782, the territory of modern Poltava region was part of the governorships of Kyiv and Chernigov and Novorossiysk provinces, and after the disbandment of the latter, from 1783, into the Yekaterinoslav governorship.
Since 1775, the churches and monasteries of the main territory of the Poltava region belonged to the Slavic-Kherson (Slavic-Kherson) diocese with the seat of bishops in the Poltava Holy Cross Monastery.
The first archbishop of Slavic and Kherson was a native of the Greek island of Corfu, an outstanding church figure, encyclopedic scientist and the first teacher of the Greek Renaissance, Yevgeny Bulgaris (in the world Eleutherius, 1716-1806), who arrived in Poltava in 1776.
In 1779, Archbishop Eugene retired, and on his recommendation, a Greek by birth and also a native of Fr. Corfu Nikifor Theotoky (in the world Nicholas, 1731-1800) an outstanding church leader, scientist and the second outstanding teacher of the Greek Renaissance.
Since 1786, Ambrose Serebrennikov was the Archbishop of Slavyansk and Kherson. In the same year, the diocese was renamed Yekaterinoslav-Kherson, but until 1798 the bishop's chair was in Poltava. Since 1793, it was headed by Archbishop Gabriel Bonulesco (Bodoni).
In 1796, the governorships on the Left Bank were abolished, and the Little Russian province was created in their place, with the center in the city of Chernigov. It included areas that later formed the Chernihiv and Poltava provinces.
In 1799, the Little Russian-Pereyaslav diocese was created with its center in Pereyaslav, to which the churches and monasteries of the Little Russian province were subordinate. The ruling bishop began to bear the title of Little Russian and Pereyaslavl.
By a decree of the Senate of March 27, 1802, the Little Russian province was liquidated, and two Poltava and Chernigov provinces were created instead. Soon, by the decree of the Synod of December 17, 1803, the Little Russian-Pereyaslav diocese was reorganized and renamed Poltava-Pereyaslav, but the residence of the hierarchs remained in the city of Pereyaslavl, at Andrusha's suburban dacha, due to the lack of suitable premises for diocesan administration in Poltava.
In 1847, the center of the diocese (the seat of the archbishops) was transferred to Poltava, and the diocese was already called Poltava.
To assist in the administration of the diocese, a vicariate was opened in 1884. All vicar bishops had the title "Prilutsky", the department was located at the Poltava Holy Cross Monastery. Under the diocesan bishop, there was the Poltava Spiritual Consistory, a collegiate organization that performed church administrative and judicial functions; it was the highest diocesan governing body of the Orthodox Church. The consistory was liquidated in 1919 in accordance with the decree of the All-Russian Church Council on the reorganization of consistories into Diocesan Councils.
Since 1863, the diocese had its own printed organ, the journal Poltava Diocesan Gazette. In addition to the official part, it also included an unofficial part, which published many articles on the history of the diocese, monasteries, churches, parochial schools, biographical sketches of prominent clergymen, etc. After the establishment of Soviet power, the journal was closed.
According to the clergy book of the Poltava diocese for 1912, the diocese had:
- temples 1250;
- monasteries 7 (3 men's and 4 women's);
- district religious schools 4 (in Poltava, Lubny, Pereyaslav and Romny);
- theological seminary 1 (in Poltava);
- Women's diocesan school 1 (in Poltava).
At that time, each church had a parochial school or a literacy school. From 1890 to 1918, the Poltava Diocesan Brotherhood named after St. Macarius operated. The Brotherhood provided financial assistance parochial schools(repair, purchase of literature, assistance to poor students), contributed to the opening of new schools, courses for the training of literacy teachers, etc. The courses were managed by the Council, which until the beginning of the 20th century was headed by the rector of the Poltava Theological Seminary, Archpriest I. Kh. Picheta.
Thanks to the active work of the ruling bishop John Smirnov and a number of famous Poltava scientists under the Diocesan Administration, by the decree of the Synod, the Poltava Archaeological Committee (1906) and the Poltava Ancient Repository (a unique museum of rare church antiquities, where the Peresopnytsia Gospel was also preserved) were created. The museum operated until 1919.
With the establishment of Soviet power, church property (even sacred objects), which were stored in monasteries and churches, was looted and taken away according to the decisions of the authorities. At the same time, the treasures of the Poltava ancient repository were transferred to state museums; after the closure of the Poltava Holy Cross Monastery in 1923, the incorruptible remains of Archbishop Ambrose (Serebrennikov), as well as Athanasius, Bishop of Starorussky, later of Mogilev, a native of Poltava, a graduate of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, who since 1798 had been at rest in the Lubensky Mharsky Monastery and died in 1801 in Poltava.
After the October Revolution of 1917, churches and monasteries began to close, and in 1937 the entire ruling diocesan episcopate, together with the clergy, was repressed, and the churches were closed. During the period of the Nazi occupation (1941-1943), some of the churches were opened. The Poltava diocese also resumed its activities. It was headed by Archpriest Vladimir Binevsky, and then Bishop Veniamin (Novitsky) (1942-1943).
In cities and district centers at temples work Sunday schools. For everyone, pilgrimages to holy places are organized.
In 1997, the Theological School (now the Poltava Missionary Theological Seminary) was created in Komsomolsk, which had 2 departments: the theological and pastoral, choir directors, and a correspondence sector. Students publish their own newspaper "Glagol vremya", the materials of which are written by teachers and students of the school.
Since January 2002, Poltava has been publishing the monthly Bulletin of the Poltava diocese. The editors of the weekly also published the "Following the Divine Services of the Holy Fortecost" an educational manual for the needs of the diocese. Since September 1998, a 16-page monthly newspaper "Kremenchug Pravoslavny" has been published in Kremenchug. The founder of the newspaper Poltava Missionary Theological Seminary, editor Sergey Yablunovsky. The Charles deanery publishes the newspaper "Glory to God for Everything"; editor prot. Vitaly Kovalevsky. The Holy Trinity Community of Kremenchug publishes the children's Orthodox magazine "Forget-Me-Not".
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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC in literature is usually the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), (UOC-MP)) is an Orthodox Church in Ukraine within the Russian Orthodox Church. According to the charter, the ROC has the status of self-governing and has the rights of broad autonomy. It is in canonical communion with all local Orthodox churches.
The largest religious association in Ukraine in terms of the number of parishes and clergy, is recognized as the first or second in terms of the number of believers according to the religious self-identification of the inhabitants of Ukraine.
Like other religious associations of Ukraine, the UOC, in accordance with the 7th article of the law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" dated April 23, 1991 No. 987-XII, is not registered with the authorities state power as a centralized organization, but has an official registration of its structures and governing bodies as independent legal entities (Chapter I, paragraph 6 of the Charter on the management of the UOC).
Canonical territory: Poltava, Velykobagachansky, Gadyachsky, Dikansky, Zenkovsky, Karlovsky, Kobelyaksky, Kotelevsky, Mashevsky, Mirgorodsky, Novosanzharsky, Reshetilovsky, Chutovsky, Shishatsky districts, as well as the city of Komsomolsk, Poltava region.
Cathedrals: Makarievsky in Poltava, Resurrection in Poltava (under construction), Assumption in Mirgorod
Soon after the establishment of Orthodoxy in Rus', the lands of modern Poltava region became part of the Russian state, and were part of the Pereyaslav diocese, which lasted until the second half of the 13th century. After its abolition, this territory was probably under the direct control of the Kievan rulers until the resumption of the Pereyaslav see at the turn of the 17th-18th centuries, where it again moved.
In 1775, part of the Poltava lands also became part of the newly created Slavic diocese, which united the entire vast New Russia, which had been annexed shortly before to the Russian Empire. The department of the new diocese, renamed in 1786 to Yekaterinoslav, was located until 1797 in Poltava, in the Exaltation of the Cross Monastery.
According to the Highest Decree of October 16, 1799 on bringing the diocesan and provincial borders into line, the Pereyaslavskaya cathedra regains its independence under the name of Little Russian and Pereyaslavl and occupies the territory of the Little Russian province created in 1796, which includes the entire Poltava region.
In the postwar years, the Poltava diocese suffered in the same way as the entire Church. The number of active parishes decreased from 346 in 1945 to 52 in 1970, the number of clergy from 376 to 65. The figures for the 1970s remained approximately unchanged until the turning point in 1988.
The clergy of the Poltava diocese unanimously spoke in favor of maintaining the existing status of the UOC and expressed support for Metropolitan Onufry
"The Fifth Column" in the Russian Orthodox Church: Who is trying to force the Orthodox to surrender to schismatics This was reported by Interfax on October 25, citing the press service of the religious organization. It should be noted that the support of the head of the canonical UOC was announced in the clergy of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Zaporozhye, Odessa, Kherson and Rivne dioceses, as well as the Metropolitan of Kirovograd Joasaph.
“Meanwhile, earlier the head of the Department for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Andrey Yurash stated that more than 50% of the communities of the UOC will go to the Constantinople-created new church", the message says.
As reported by the publication Ukraina.ru, the head of the unrecognized Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret (Denisenko) said that the idea of autocephaly has support in Ukrainian church Moscow Patriarchy. He specified that ten bishops of the UOC-MP are ready to sign the appeal to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with a request for the gift of tomos. At the same time, disclose their names, citing Moscow's threats against them.
In turn, the head of the synodal department of the Russian Orthodox Church for the relationship of the church with society and the media Vladimir Legoyda, refuted the information about the broad support for autocephaly among the clergy of the UOC, which is evidenced by the data of open and closed polls.
Moreover, even the Metropolitan of Cherkasy Sophronius from the canonical UOC, known for his open calls for autocephaly, declared that he refused to be a member of the same religious organization with the head of the unrecognized Filaret.
Orthodoxy in modern Ukraine. Help Recall, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appealed to the Patriarch of Constantinople with a call to issue a tomos on a single local Orthodox Church in Ukraine. For these purposes, Patriarch Bartholomew appointed the Archbishop of Pamphylia as his exarchs in Kyiv. Daniel from USA and Bishop of Edmont Hilarion from Canada.
On October 17, the exarchs announced that they were working on the last stage of the Unification Council before granting the tomos of autocephaly. At the same time, they expressed hope for cooperation with all the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Church, as well as the Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates.
At the same time, the political scientist Kirill Molchanov believes that the unifying Council of the UOC-KP and the UAOC may not take place. The relationship of their heads, Filaret and Macarius, so conflicting that, according to the expert, it would be problematic even to assemble them, not to mention the UOC, which did not ask for autocephaly at all.
