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Diocese Of Vienna And Austria
Diocese of Vienna and Austria (, ) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It unites parishes in Austria. The diocese exists alongside the Austrian parishes of the Berlin and German Diocese of ROCOR. History On June 7, 1946, Archbishop Sergius (Korolyov) was appointed Archbishop of Vienna, vicar of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate), Patriarchal exarch in Western Europe with residence in Vienna. On October 21 of the same year, Archbishop Sergius was confirmed Exarch of Central Europe as diocesan bishop of Vienna. In 1948 he was transferred to Berlin, and Diocese of Vienna was ceased. In 1951, a deanery was established in Vienna, and in 1962 it was transformed into a diocese. Bishop Herman (Timofeyev) (1970–1974) blessed the recitation of parts of the Divine Liturgy and sermons in German language. By the decision of the Holy Synod of June 11, 1993, the parish in the city of Graz, which had passed from the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldovans
Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan language, Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, Italy, Ukraine and Russia. Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova, There is an ongoing controversy in Moldova over whether Moldovans constitute an ethnic group separate from Romanians or not. 77.18% and 7.9% of the Moldovan population declared Moldovan and Romanian ethnicity respectively in the 2024 Moldovan census, with 49.2% declaring their mother language to be Moldovan and 31.3% declaring it to be Romanian. According to opinion polls, around one third of Moldova's population supports Unification of Moldova and Romania, unification with Romania. The term "Moldavian" can also be used to refer to the inhabitants of the territory of the historical Moldavia, Principality of Moldavia, currently divided among Romania (47.5% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Golovkov
Metropolitan Mark (, secular name Sergey Anatolievich Golovkov, ; born 31 March 1964), is a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church. He holds the title of "Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Ryazan and Mikhailovsky, head of the Ryazan Metropolis", as well as "Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary". In the past he was titular bishop of Noginsk, Bogorodsk, or the title given to the head of the Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Italy. Early life Graduating from high school in his hometown of Perm, Russia, Perm in 1981, Golovkov then enlisted in the Soviet Army. He served his mandatory time in the army from 1982 to 1984. Academic life In 1984 he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, after which in 1988 he entered the Moscow Theological Academy. In September 1990, he was appointed assistant head of the Church and Archaeological Cabinet at the academy. From 1990 to 1992 Golovkov taught courses relating to the scriptures of the New Testament a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilarion Alfeyev
Hilarion (secular name Grigory Valerievich Alfeyev, ; 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; currently he is the retired metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. He is also a theologian, church historian and composer and has published books on dogmatic theology, patristics and church history as well as numerous compositions for choir and orchestra. From 2009 to 2022, he was the titular Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. He was an ''ex officio'' permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, and also served as rector of the church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius. In June 2022, following a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hilarion was removed from his position as president of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow and dismissed as Metropolitan of Volo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ponomaryov
Metropolitan Paul (, , secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, ; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) was the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (an Semi-Autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church) from December 2011 to August 2020. On August 26, 2020 by decision of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church and at the request of Metropolitan Paul, Metropolitan Paul was released from his duties as Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk and Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus. Metropolitan Paul was assigned to the Krasnodar and Kuban Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church effective August 26, 2020. Biography Metropolitan Paul was born on 19 February 1952 in Karaganda. In 1973–1976, he attended the Moscow Theological Seminary. In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology. On 19 February 1992 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irenaeus Susemihl
Metropolitan Iriney (Irenaeus, secular name Igor Vladimirovich Susemihl, ; July 10, 1919 in Chernigov, Russian Empire – July 26, 1999 in Vienna, Austria) was a metropolitan bishop of Vienna and Austria of the Russian Orthodox Church. Throughout his church career, Metropolitan Iriney served the Soviet Union as a KGB recruiter and longtime handler of George Trofimoff, the highest ranking traitor in the history of the U.S. Army. Life Igor Vladimirovich Susemihl was born in 1919, the son of an agronomist. When he was six years old, his family moved to Berlin, Weimar Germany as White emigres. Soon after, Igor's widowed mother, Antonina, married Vladimir Sharavov, a former officer in the White Army. Beginning in 1928, the Sharavov family took in George Trofimoff, the son of a White emigre who was unable to provide for his son. Trofimoff remained with the Sharavovs until 1943, when he returned to his father. 6 December 1942, Igor was ordained a deacon by Metropolitan Seraphim (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorin (Belyaev)
Victorin is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Victorin de Joncières (1839–1903), French composer *Victorin Duguet (1905–1989), French trade union leader *Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset (1862–1913), French film pioneer *Victorin Lurel (born 1951), French politician *Marie-Victorin Kirouac (1885–1944), Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools *Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831–1855), Swedish zoologist *Guillaume Victorin (born 1990), French athlete *Louis Victorin Cassagne (1774–1841), French general *Djong Victorin Yu (born 1957), South Korean conductor and composer See also *Victorin's warbler Victorin's warbler (''Cryptillas victorini'') or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus '' Bradypterus'' and now belongs to a monotypic genus ''Cry ..., species of African warbler * Marie-Victorin (other), multiple items {{give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchizedek (Lebedev)
In the Hebrew Bible, Melchizedek was the king of Salem and priest of (often translated as 'most high God'). He is first mentioned in Genesis 14:18–20, where he brings out bread and wine and then blesses Abraham, and El Elyon or "the Lord, God Most High". Abraham was returning from pursuing the kings who came from the East and gave him a " tenth of everything". In Christianity, according to the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus Christ is identified as "High priest forever in the order of Melchizedek", and so Jesus assumes the role of High Priest once and for all. Chazalic literature – specifically Targum Jonathan, Targum Yerushalmi, and the Babylonian Talmud – presents his name () as a nickname for Shem. Joseph Blenkinsopp has suggested that the story of Melchizedek is an informal insertion into the Genesis narration, possibly inserted in order to give validity to the priesthood and titles connected with the Second Temple. It has also been conjectured that the suffix "-zedek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan (Kopolovich)
Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 film), an American film directed by Bill Oliver * ''Jonathan'' (Buffy comic), a 2001 comic book based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series *Jonathan (TV show), a Welsh-language television show hosted by ex-rugby player Jonathan Davies People and biblical figures Bible *Jonathan (1 Samuel), son of King Saul of Israel and friend of David, in the Books of Samuel *Jonathan (Judges), in the Book of Judges *Jonathan (son of Abiathar), in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings Judaism *Jonathan Apphus, fifth son of Mattathias and leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE * Rabbi Jonathan, 2nd century *Jonathan (High Priest), a High Priest of Israel in the 1st century Footballers *Jonathan (footballer, born 1991) *Jonathan (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew (Gondarovsky)
Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). New Testament references The name ''Bartholomew'' (, transliterated "Bartholomaios") comes from the ''bar-Tolmay'' "son of Tolmai" or "son of the furrows". Bartholomew is listed in the New Testament among the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and in Acts of the Apostles. Tradition Eusebius of Caesarea's ''Ecclesiastical History'' (5:10) states that after the Ascension, Bartholomew went on a missionary tour to India, where he left behind a copy of the Gospel of Matthew. Tradition narrates that he served as a missionary in Mesopotamia and Parthia, as well as Lycaonia and Ethiopia in other accounts.''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Micropædia. vol. 1, p. 924. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1998. . Popular traditions say that Bartho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filaret Denysenko
Patriarch Filaret (secular name ''Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko'' Михайло Антонович Денисенко, born 23 January 1929) is a Ukrainian religious leader, currently serving as the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, that he left in 2019, views him as the Honorary Patriarch emeritus, while the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recognises him as former Metropolitan of Kyiv. He was formerly the Metropolitan of Kiev and the Exarch of Ukraine in the Patriarchate of Moscow (1966–1992). After joining the Kyiv Patriarchate, he was defrocked and in 1997 excommunicated by the ROC. On 11 October 2018, the Patriarchate of Constantinople reinstated him in church communion. However, while restored to the episcopate, the Ecumenical Patriarchate never recognised him as Patriarch and views him as the former Metropolitan of Kyiv. On 15 December 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergius (Korolyov) , an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Pula, Croatia
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Sergius or Sergia may refer to: * Sergius (name), including a list of people with the name, and variants * Sergia gens, a Roman patrician gens * ''Sergia'' (plant) See also * Patriarch Sergius (other) * Pope Sergius (other) * Saint Sergius (other) * Sergius III (other) * Sergius of Naples (other) * Sergius and Bacchus, 4th century saints * "Father Sergius", a short story by Leo Tolstoy, and two film adaptations * Arch of the Sergii Arch of the Sergii ( Croatian: ''Slavoluk Sergijevaca''; Italian: ''Arco dei Sergi'') is an Ancient Roman triumphal arch located in Pula, Croatia. The arch commemorates three members of the Sergii family, specifically Lucius Sergius Lepidus, a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
