Crimean Metropolia
Кримська митрополія
LocationSimferopol, Ukraine
Country Ukraine

Metropolis of Crimea is an illegally created Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the territory of Russian-occupied Crimea.[1]

History

It was founded on June 7, 2022, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church with the territory of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.[2] The Russian Orthodox Church illegally incorporated Dzhankoi into the Crimean Metropolitanate, Simferopol, and Theodosiya dioceses, which are part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Wesolowsky, Tony (2018-04-18). "Struggling To Believe: Ukrainian Orthodox Church Under Pressure In Crimea". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  2. ^ Mokrushin, Sergey (June 9, 2022). ""Церковна анексія". Як кримські єпархії УПЦ МП перейшли до РПЦ, і чи остання це втрата для церкви" ["Church annexation". How Crimean dioceses of the UOC-MP moved to the Russian Orthodox Church, and is it the last loss for the church?]. Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ Священного Синода от 7 июня 2022 года / Официальные документы" [JOURNALS of the Holy Synod from June 7, 2022 / Official documents]. Патриархия.ru (in Russian). June 7, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ^ Fautré, Willy (2022-06-10). "UKRAINE: The Russian Orthodox Church annexes Ukrainian dioceses". hrwf.eu. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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