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Diomid (Dzyuban)
Diomid Dzyuban (), born Sergey Ivanovich Dzyuban (; 24 June 1961 – 20 November 2021), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was the bishop of Anadyr (town), Anadyr and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka from August 2000 to June 2008. He was also the formal leader of the extremely small non-canonical religious group "Holy Governing Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church". Diomid was known for his views condemning ecumenism, taxpayer ID, cell phones, new passports, vaccination and globalisation. He believed that the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church have "departed from the purity of the Orthodoxal dogma" in its support of the Russian government and of democracy, as well as its ecumenism with other confessions. Biography Sergey Dzyuban was born in Kadiivka, Ukrainian SSR. He graduated from the Kharkiv Radio-Electronics Institute in 1983 and worked as an engineer in the Kharkiv Construction-Technological Bureau. In 1987, he was tonsured a monk (as Diomid) at the Trini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full Priest#Christianity, priesthood given by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
