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Diocese of Smolensk
Location
HeadquartersSmolensk
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchRussian Orthodox Church
Established1137
GovernanceEparchy
Website
smoleparh.ru

The Diocese of Smolensk (Russian: Смоленская епархия) is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church with its center in Smolensk. It was founded in 1137.[1]

In 2015 Diocese of Vyazma was separated from the Diocese of Smolensk; the Smolensk and Vyazma dioceses were included to the newly formed Metropolitanate of Smolensk. In 2017 the Diocese of Roslavl was also separated from the Diocese of Smolensk and included to the Metropolitanate of Smolensk[2][3]

Current head of this diocese is metropolitan Isidore Tupikin since 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ Blum, Jerome (1961). Lord and peasant in Russia, from the ninth to the nineteenth century. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780691007649.
  2. ^ a b "Завершилось первое в 2015 году заседание Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви - Новости Русской Православной Церкви". pravoslavie.kg. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  3. ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 5 мая 2015 года". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-09.