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Vladimir Assumption Cathedral. Photo ok. beginning XXI century

Vladimir and Suzdal diocese
of the Vladimir Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church

Diocesan administration: Russia, 600006, Vladimir, st. Bolshaya Moskovskaya, 68
Tel.; fax: 42-12-16
Official site:
Canonical territory: Vladimir, Gus-Khrustalny, Kovrov; ZATO Raduzhny; Gus-Khrustalny, Kameshkovsky, Kovrovsky, Sobinsky, Sudogodsky, Suzdal districts of the Vladimir region.
Cathedrals: Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir, Kazan and Resurrection in Suzdal
On the map: Yandex.Map, Google map

Vladimir-on-Klyazma began to rise as an important center of Rus' from the middle of the 12th century, when the noble prince Andrei Bogolyubsky moved his capital here.
He founded the Assumption Cathedral here, built for the great shrine - the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. From that time on, the Rostov rulers, who ruled the entire ecclesiastical region of North-Western Rus', often lived in Vladimir. However, the independent Vladimir department was established only around 1214 [1]. At that time, due to the division of the Rostov principality in two, the diocese was accordingly divided and Metropolitan Matthew, at the request of the Vladimir Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich, appointed a separate bishop for Vladimir and Suzdal - the Monk Simon. According to some sources, in the pre-Mongol period the department was located in Suzdal, but it is known that the Bishop of Vladimir, Hieromartyr Mitrofan, died in the Vladimir Cathedral. After the Tatar defeat, which was especially difficult for South-Eastern Rus', the metropolitans of Kyiv and All Rus' increasingly visit Vladimir. However, since 1274, the Vladimir diocese was definitely active and its bishop remained in his titular city. In 1299, Metropolitan of Kiev Saint Maxim finally moved to Vladimir, having been confirmed in this choice by the appearance of the Most Holy Mother of God. Although the metropolitan continued to bear the name of Kyiv, the Vladimir diocese constituted a new Metropolitan region, and individual Vladimir bishops were not appointed. Saint Peter in 1325 moved the metropolitan see to Moscow, but left Vladimir under his direct control. Most of the former Vladimir see continued to exist as a separate Suzdal diocese, but the Vladimir region shared the ecclesiastical fate of the Moscow diocese until the 1740s. In the years 1352-1354, the Vladimir diocese existed briefly in the form of a vicarage - a kind of vicariate, which was occupied by Saint Alexy of Moscow, who was named metropolitan.

By decree of July 16, 1744, the local Vladimir diocese was re-established, which in fact opened on February 10, 1748. By decree of May 6, 1786, the Suzdal diocese was annexed to it, and Suzdal became the cathedral city of the newly united Vladimir-Suzdal diocese. In 1788, Pereslavl was annexed to the diocese, and its name was changed to Suzdal. Under Emperor Paul, another administrative reform was carried out, which permanently secured the local church primacy for Vladimir - on July 31, 1798, the bishop's see was moved there, and on October 16, 1799, the diocese was again named Vladimir.

From 1922 to 1936 there was a renovationist diocese of the same name, and from 1925 a Gregorian diocese.

After the restoration of the Vladimir region in 1944, the borders of the Vladimir-Suzdal diocese coincided with its borders.

On July 16, 2013, the independent Murom and Aleksandrovsk dioceses were separated from the Vladimir diocese, after which the city districts of Vladimir, Gus-Khrustalny, and Kovrov remained under the jurisdiction of the Vladimir see; ZATO Raduzhny, as well as Gus-Khrustalny, Kameshkovsky, Kovrovsky, Sobinsky, Sudogodsky and Suzdal districts in the middle part of the Vladimir region. At the same time, the Vladimir diocese was determined to be the center of the newly established Vladimir Metropolis.

Historical names

? Suzdal, Vladimir and Yuryevskaya (from 1213) [2]
Vladimir and Suzdal (from 1215) [3]
Suzdal, Vladimir, Yuryevsk and Tarusskaya (?) [4]
Suzdal, Vladimir and Pereslavl-Zalesskaya (from 1226/1227/March 14, 1228) [4]
Vladimir, Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod (from April 1274) [5]
Suzdal (from 1330) [3] (see below)
Vladimirskaya (governorship) (1352 - 1354)
Vladimir and Yaropol (July 16, 1744 (established) / February 10, 1748 (opened) - May 29, 1764)
Vladimirskaya and Muromskaya (from May 29, 1764)
Suzdal and Vladimir (from May 6, 1788)
Vladimir and Suzdal (from October 16, 1799 - mentioned July 13, 1914)
Vladimirskaya and Shuiskaya (mentioned August 10, 1917 - 1922)
Vladimirskaya and Suzdalskaya (mentioned June 14, 1924)

Statistics

1900 - space 42832 sq. V.; population over 1,500,000; Orthodox 1,400,000; churches: 1449 (including stone 1,398; wooden 51; cathedral 18; at the bishop's house 3; monastic 29; communal 3; parish single-clergy 921; double-clergy 81; triple-clergy 13; four-clergy 3; assigned 69; local 2; educational, government and charitable institutions 32; cemeteries 25; brownies 3; edinoverie 5); chapels: stone 318, wooden 436; monasteries: 18 men's, 11 women's, 3 women's communities; serving clergy: 2495 (archpriests 67, priests 1173, deacons 418, psalmists 1137); ordinary white clergy: 9 archpriests, 70 priests, 71 deacons, 116 psalmists; monastics: 2154 (monks 197; novices 312; nuns 346; novices 1211); church education: 1 theological seminary (there are 605 students in it), 1 diocesan women's school (385 students in it), 5 men's theological schools (968 students in them), 6 second-grade schools, 10 two-grade schools, 466 one-grade schools , literacy schools 184, Sunday 3, icon painting schools 2, church singing courses 1; students in primary schools 25,700 hours; church libraries: diocesan 1, at churches 1,000, at deanery districts 60, at monasteries 10; brotherhood 1; parish trustees 34; 7 hospitals at monasteries (they housed up to 90 hours); almshouses: 47 at churches (they contained up to 920 people); at monasteries 4 (they contained up to 40 hours).
1912 - bishop's houses - 2; churches - 1322; monasteries - 35 (12 women's), 5 women's communities; 1 theological seminary, 5 theological schools, 1 diocesan women's school, 608 church schools, a school of icon painting, church singing; church libraries - 1072, diocesan library - 1; monastery hospitals - 7, almshouses - 47.
January 1, 1958 [6] - 65 registered temples/houses of worship.
1988 - 51 parishes, 70 priests, no active monasteries [7].
1998 - 17 deaneries, united into 5 districts; 202 parishes, of which 51 are urban and 151 are rural (including 16 parishes opened in 1998); priests - 250 people, deacons - 54 people. Of these, 67 are monastics; 20 monasteries (male - 9, female - 11. There are 9 farmsteads and 3 monasteries); the total number of monks and nuns is 418 people (male monasteries - 161 people, female monasteries - 257 people).
By January 1, 2005, the diocese had 266 parishes and 27 monasteries (12 men, 15 women). The clergy of the diocese consisted of 344 clergy (307 priests, 37 deacons) [8].
July 2011 - parishes - 303; churches - 530 (including monasteries, churches in institutions and house churches), prayer houses - 8, chapels - 103 (including monasteries), pillar chapels - 52; monasteries - 28; priests - 319, hieromonks in monasteries - 52, deacons - 41, hierodeacons - 15, supernumerary clergy - 5 [9].

Bishops

St. Simon (1214 - May 22, 1226)
Sschmch. Mitrofan (March 14, 1227 - February 7, 1238)
St. Kirill (1239 - 1240) v/u, bishop. Rostovsky
Euphrosynus (mentioned 1240)
Kirill (1250 - 1274) supreme, metropolitan. Kyiv
St. Serapion (April 1274 - July 12, 1275)
St. Theodore (1276 - 1286)
Jacob (1288 - 1295)
Simeon (1295/1297 - 1299) [10]
1299 - 1325 - Vladimir serves as the See of All-Russian Metropolitans
1325 - 1744/1748 - Vladimir land as part of the Moscow diocese

Vladimir Viceroyalty of the Metropolitan Diocese

St. Alexy (Byakont) (December 6, 1352 - 1354) named Metropolitan.

Vladimir diocese

Platon (Petrunkevich) (March 20, 1748 - April 16, 1757)
Anthony I (Bagrationi) (November 23, 1757 - December 16, 1762)
Pavel (Grebnevsky) (July 6, 1763 - August 9, 1770)
Jerome (Formakovsky) (December 25, 1770 - August 3, 1783)
Victor (Onisimov) (September 22, 1783 - February 24, 1800)
Xenophon (Troepolsky) (February 24, 1800 - July 3, 1821)
Parfeniy (Chertkov) (August 21, 1821 - February 25, 1850)
Justin (Mikhailov) (February 25, 1850 - July 22, 1863) [11]
St. Feofan (Govorov) (July 22, 1863 - June 17, 1866)
Anthony (Pavlinsky) (June 17, 1866 - March 29, 1878)
Jacob (Krotkov) (April 12 - December 9, 1878) v/u, bishop. Muromsky

Feognost (Lebedev) (December 9, 1878 - November 21, 1892)

Sergius (Spassky) (November 21, 1892 - November 20, 1904)

Nikon (Sofia) (November 27, 1904 - June 9, 1906)

Nikolai (Nalimov) (June 23, 1906 - July 13, 1914)

Alexy (Dorodnitsyn) (July 30, 1914 - 1917)

Evgeny (Mertsalov) (1917) v/u, ep. Yuryevsky

Sergius (Stragorodsky) (August 10, 1917 - June 16, 1922)

Korniliy (Sobolev) (1922 - 1923) high school bishop. Vyaznikovsky

Sschmch. Nikolai (Dobronravov) (1923 - December 10, 1925) [12]

Boris (Rukin) (February 8 - March 25, 1924) v/u, bishop. Mozhaisky
Damian (Voskresensky) (November - December 9, 1925) high school, bishop. Pereslavl-Zalessky

Kornily (Sobolev) (one month in 1926)

Damian (Voskresensky), 2nd time (February 2, 1926 - May 1927) in/u, bishop. Pereslavl-Zalessky
Nifont (Fomin) (May - September 1927) v/u, ep. Vyaznikovsky
Macarius (Zvezdov-Makarov) (1928) v/u, archbishop.
Pavel (Galkovsky) (December 31, 1928 - October 31, 1929) v/u, bishop. Egoryevsky
Gury (Stepanov) (August 13, 1930 - May 8, 1931) v/u, archbishop. Suzdal
Pavel (Borisovsky) (1931) high school, metropolitan. Yaroslavsky

Innokenty (Letyaev) (May 31, 1932 - February 18, 1935)

Sergius (Grishin) (February 18, 1935 - May 1936)

Philip (Gumilevsky) (May 1936 - August 1936), was arrested on April 26, 1936

Feodor (Yatskovsky) (August 11, 1936 - February 3, 1937)

Chrysogon (Ivanovsky) (March 30, 1937 - 1938)

Onisim (Festinatov) (August 27, 1944 - October 31, 1970)

John (Wendland) (October 31 - December 1, 1970) supreme, Metropolitan. Yaroslavsky

Nikolai (Kutepov) (December 1, 1970 - April 16, 1975)

Vladimir (Kotlyarov) (April 17, 1975 - April 24, 1980)

Serapion (Fadeev) (April 24, 1980 - May 11, 1987)

Valentin (Mishchuk) (May 12, 1987 - October 27, 1990)

Evlogiy (Smirnov) (November 11, 1990 - December 28, 2018)

Tikhon (Emelyanov) (from December 28, 2018)

No. 33 (642) / August 29 '11

Diocese

Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogy

Date of birth: January 13, 1937 Date of ordination: November 11, 1990 Date of tonsure: March 15, 1965 Angel Day: March 18

Born in Kemerovo into a working-class family. The family raised seven sons and three daughters (the mother was awarded the Order of Mother Heroine).
After graduating from junior high school in 1955, he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1959. From 1956 to 1960, he served as a subdeacon under His Holiness Patriarch Alexy I, and continued this service after 1963 and until 1967.
In the spring of 1960 he was accepted into the brethren of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, and in the fall he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet army. Served in Vyborg for 3 years and 3 months.
On March 15, 1965, on the feast of the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God, he was tonsured a monk by the abbot of the Lavra, Archimandrite Platon (Lobankov), with the name Eulogius in honor of the martyr in Palestine (March 18).
On March 21, 1965, on the day of the celebration in honor of the venerated Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” of Kursk-Root, he was ordained hierodeacon by Metropolitan Pimen (Izvekov) of Krutitsky and Kolomna, later His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow, in the Church of the Epiphany in Elokhov, Patriarchal Cathedral.
In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy second with a candidate of theology degree, having defended his theological work in the department of patrolology on the topic “The Economy of God according to the teachings of St. Irenaeus of Lyons." Remained at the MDA as a professorial fellow in the department of homiletics. He performed various obediences in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, taught church and canonical disciplines at the seminary.
On October 19, 1969, he was ordained hieromonk in the Yelokhov Cathedral by Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow.
In 1967 he was appointed assistant, in 1969 - senior assistant inspector of the academy. On April 7, 1970 he was elevated to the rank of abbot. From 1972 to 1983, he served as the economist of the united economy of the Lavra and the Academy. On April 7, 1973 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Since 1973, he taught liturgics, comparative and pastoral theology at MDAiS. In 1975, for delivering a trial lecture on history, he was elevated to the rank of associate professor at the academy. In 1977 he was awarded the academic degree of Master of Theology for his work “Orthodox Monasticism in the Service of the Church and the World.” In 1978, he headed the Department of History of the Balkan Churches of the Moscow Academy of Sciences and was awarded the title of Professor of Church History.
On May 23, 1983, he was appointed abbot of the Moscow Danilov Monastery, where he served until September 1986. The Danilov Monastery became the first monastery in Moscow returned to the Church by Soviet power. The monastery, closed in the 30s, was transferred for restoration and creation of the spiritual and administrative center of the Russian Church in connection with preparations for the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
Since 1986, first vice-rector of MDAiS, professor of the department of pastoral theology.
On August 13, 1988, he was appointed governor of Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn.
By a decree of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II and the Holy Synod of October 27, 1990, Archimandrite Eulogius was determined to become the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal.
From October 27, 1990 to July 16, 1995, he headed the Synodal Commission for Monastery Affairs.
On the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the city of Vladimir, on February 25, 1995, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II elevated the manager of the Vladimir diocese to the rank of archbishop.

Education:

Moscow Theological Seminary;
Moscow Theological Academy;
author of scientific papers and publications.
As a pilgrim, a member of official delegations and a participant in scientific conferences, he visited Greece, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Israel.

Awards:

Order of the Holy Equals. Book Vladimir II and III degrees, St. Sergius of Radonezh II and III degrees, St. Blgv. Book Daniel of Moscow II degree, St. Seraphim of Sarov II degree, the Holy Cross and Holy Sepulcher of all three degrees of the Jerusalem Church, Saints Cyril and Methodius III degree of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, orders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Belarusian Exarchate, commemorative medals and diplomas.

Brief information

Date of creation: 1214

Established in 1214/15 with the center in Suzdal (Suzdal and Vladimir diocese). In 1273, Vladimir became a cathedral city; The diocese was called Vladimir, Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod. Abolished in 1299 due to its inclusion in the Metropolitan Region. From December 6, 1352 until June 1354, the title of Bishop of Vladimir was borne by Saint Alexy (later Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus').

The diocese was renewed in 1744 with the name “Vladimir and Arzamas”, from 1748 - Vladimir and Yaropol, in 1764-1788. – Vladimirskaya and Muromskaya. In 1788 it was united with the Suzdal and Pereslavl dioceses (center in Suzdal). Reopened in 1798 as Vladimir and Suzdal, in 1916-1922. – Vladimirskaya and Shuyskaya, since 1923 – Vladimirskaya and Suzdal.

The borders of the diocese coincide with the borders of the Vladimir region.

Address: 600000, Vladimir, st. Bolshaya Moskovskaya, 68-b.
Telephone:, 32-47-81.
Fax machine:.
Email:

Diocesan media

official website of the Vladimir diocese;
website of the diocesan Department of Religious Education and Catechesis;
website of the diocesan Commission for the Canonization of Saints;
website of the Pilgrimage Service of the Vladimir Diocese;
website of the Department for Work with Youth of the Vladimir Diocese

Educational establishments

St. Theophan's Theological Seminary. The correspondence sector has been operating since 1997, the full-time department was established in 2001. 600000, Vladimir, st. B. Moskovskaya, 68; tel. (4922) 42-06-33, fax ; e-mail
Holy Trinity Theological School. Opened in 1995. 601500, Vladimir region, Gus-Khrustalny, st. Vokzalnaya, 15; tel. (49241) 2-29-84.
Diocesan Women's School at the Princess Holy Dormition Convent (a division of the Vladimir Theological Seminary). 600000, Vladimir, Princess Monastery, 37-a; tel. .
Theological School named after. Patriarch Pimen at the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (a division of the Vladimir Theological Seminary). 602200, Murom, st. Lakina, 1; tel. (49234) 2-20-50.
Orthodox gymnasium St. Sergius of Radonezh: Vladimir region, Gus-Khrustalny, st. International, 52; tel. (49241) 2-46-36;
Suzdal Orthodox Gymnasium: Vladimir region, Suzdal, st. Vasilyevskaya, 7; tel. (49231) 2-13-64;
Orthodox gymnasium in Vyazniki: Vladimir region, Vyazniki, st. Kiseleva, 87; tel. (49233) 2-11-07 (Church of the Exaltation of the Cross);
St. Athanasius Orthodox Gymnasium: 60009, Vladimir, st. Suzdalskaya, 14; tel. (49231) 2-74-68;
Orthodox gymnasium of Petushki: Vladimir region, Petushki, st. Vokzalnaya; tel. (49243) 2-18-94;
Sretenskaya Orthodox Gymnasium: Vladimir region, Kovrov, st. Podlesnaya, 15; tel. (49232) 2-29-61;
Orthodox gymnasium in Murom: Vladimir region, Murom, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery;
Diocesan boarding school of Suzdal: Vladimir region, Suzdal, village. Mihali, st. Noyabrskaya, 30.

From the history of the diocese

After the Tatar defeat, which was especially difficult for South-Eastern Rus', the metropolitans of Kyiv and All Rus' increasingly visit Vladimir. However, since 1274, the Vladimir diocese was definitely active and its bishop remained in his titular city. In 1299, Metropolitan of Kiev Saint Maxim finally moved to Vladimir, having been confirmed in this choice by the appearance of the Most Holy Mother of God. Although the metropolitan continued to bear the name of Kyiv, the Vladimir diocese constituted a new Metropolitan region, and individual Vladimir bishops were not appointed. Saint Peter in 1325 moved the metropolitan see to Moscow, but left Vladimir under his direct control. Most of the former Vladimir see continued to exist as a separate Suzdal diocese, but the Vladimir region shared the ecclesiastical fate of the Moscow diocese until the 1740s. In the years 1352-1354, the Vladimir diocese existed briefly in the form of a vicarage - a kind of vicariate, which was occupied by Saint Alexy of Moscow, who was named metropolitan.

After the restoration of the Vladimir region in 1944, the borders of the Vladimir-Suzdal diocese coincided with its borders. Nowadays the cathedral city is Vladimir. Cathedral - Assumption (Vladimir).

The oldest in Rus'

The Mother of God Nativity Monastery in Vladimir, the oldest in Rus', was founded, according to chronicles, by Grand Duke Vsevolod the Big Nest on August 22, 1191, under Bishop John.

From its very foundation, the monastery occupied an important place in church and state life. Until 1230, the monastery was ruled by abbots; later an archimandry was established. The Nativity monastery began to be called “Great”, and also “Lavra”. From the middle of the 13th to the beginning of the 14th century, the monastery was considered a cathedral for Russian metropolitans.

On November 23, 1263, in the monastery church in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Grand Duke Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky, in schema Alexy, rested in his relics. The great shrine remained in the monastery until July 14, 1723, when, by the highest decree of Emperor Peter I, the relics of the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky were solemnly transferred from the monastery to St. Petersburg.

In 1237, during the invasion of Khan Batu, the monastery was completely destroyed, and its abbot, Archimandrite Pachomius, and his brethren suffered martyrdom.

In 1561, when the title of the first monastery on Russian soil was finally assigned to the monastery of St. Sergius, the Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery became the second in importance, and after the establishment of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, it became the third. However, he still remained stauropegic, that is, subordinate directly to the Patriarch.

In 1607, at the expense of the Rostov Metropolitan Jonah, a gate church was erected over the holy gates in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, which was subsequently abolished. Its premises were connected to a new spacious church in honor of the Nativity of Christ, built in 1866 under St. Theophan the Recluse (Govorov), when he was the Ruling Bishop of the Vladimir diocese. The temple also had a chapel in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, built in memory of the temporary stay of this Moscow shrine here during the War of 1812.

Since 1744, by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the Mother of God Nativity Monastery was turned into the residence of the Vladimir bishops.

After 1918 and until recently, the territory of the monastery was occupied by the Department of State Security Services for the Vladimir Region. As a result, in 1930, all the churches except the Nativity of Christ were demolished.

In 1992, the entire territory of the monastery was finally transferred to the disposal of the Vladimir-Suzdal diocese. In the monastery there are particles of the relics of the venerable Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Silouan of Athos, St. Theophan the Recluse, the saints who labored in the Smolensk Zosima Hermitage in the Vladimir province - the Venerables Zosima and Herman, Elder Alexy, the priestly confessor Presbyter Peter Cheltsov, Velikodvorsky.

In October 2000, the relics of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrov, confessor and hymnographer, glorified as a saint at the Jubilee Council of Bishops in 2000, were solemnly transferred to the Nativity Church. In 1920, the future Saint Athanasius was appointed abbot of the Vladimir Nativity Monastery.

Since July 2001, Archimandrite Nil (Sychev), who had previously been the abbot of Zosimova Hermitage, became the abbot of the Mother of God Monastery of the Nativity. The brothers of Zosimova Hermitage transferred the miraculous icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God to the monastery.

Monasteries

men's:

Bogoroditse-Nativity Diocesan: 600000, Vladimir, st. B. Moskovskaya, 68; tel./fax ; (general); (viceroy); e-mail l [email protected] brm33.rf; website brm33.rf.
Svyato-Bogolyubsky Alexievsky: 600031, Vladimir, Konstantino-Eleninsky proezd, 8; tel. (4922) 21-00-44.
Spaso-Preobrazhensky: 602200, Murom, st. Lakina 1-a; tel. (49234) 2-20-50, fax (49234) 3-19-18.
Svyato-Lukianova Pustyn: 601611, Aleksandrovsky district, village of Lukyantsevo, p/o Baksheevo; tel./fax (49244) 2-66-89; email [email protected] ; website slpustin.ru.
Svyato-Smolenskaya Zosimova Pustyn: 601606, Aleksandrovsky district, art. Arsaki, p/o Plekhany; tel. (49244) 9-47-11.
Svyato-Blagoveshchensky: 602267, Murom, st. Krasnoarmeyskaya, 16; tel. (49234) 2-05-02, 2-09-78.
Holy Trinity-Nikolsky: 601460, Gorokhovets, st. Proletarskaya, 12; tel. (49238) 2-12-73.
Svyato-Vasilevsky: 601260, Suzdal, st. Vasilyevskaya, tel. (49231) 2-18-00.
Svyato-Uspensky Kosmin: 601810, Yuryev-Polsky district, village. Unprecedented; tel./fax (49246) 5-41-55.
Bogoyavlensky: 601408, pos. Mstera, env. Vyazniki, pl. Lenina, 14; tel. (49233) 5-04-15; website mstera-sbm.ru.
Svyato-Vvedensky Nikonovsky: 601800, Yuryev-Polsky, Kalanchevsky lane, 5.
St. Michael the Archangel: 601800, Yuryev-Polsky, st. 1st of May; tel./fax (49246) 2-16-51.
Svyato-Alexandrovsky: Suzdal, st. Gasteva; tel. (49231) 2-35-71.
Svyato-Vvedensky: 601441, Vladimir region, Vyazniki, st. Proletarskaya Gorka, 3; tel.: +7-929-029-09-08 (secretary); tel./fax (49233) 2-32 64; e-mail

women's:

Svyato-Znamensky Women's: 601900, Vladimir region, Kovrov, st. Pervomayskaya, 28.
Holy Trinity Novodevichy: 602267, Murom, sq. Peasant 3-a; tel. (49234) 3-13-74, 3-04-41, 2-26-48 (office).
Holy Dormition Princess: 600000, Vladimir, st. Princess Monastery, 37-a, tel. (4922) 32-67-73, 40-37-50 (shelter).
Svyato-Pokrovsky: 601293, Suzdal, st. Pokrovskaya, 76; tel. (49231) 2-06-09.
Svyato-Uspensky: 601600, Alexandrov, st. Sovetskaya, 15; tel. (49244) 2-34-80, 2-05-75, 3-03-21 (office); fax 2-41-99.
Svyato-Vvedenskaya Ostrovskaya Hermitage: 601120, Petushinsky district, Pokrov, p/o Vvedenskoye; tel. (49243) 6-31-36.
Yuryev-Polsky St. Nicholas: 601807, Yuryev-Polsky district, village. New, p/o Khvoyny.
Holy Annunciation: 601010, Kirzhach, st. Gagarina, 27; tel.: (49237) 2-22-11, 2-22-33.
Svyato-Bogolyubsky: 601270, Suzdal district, village. Bogolyubovo; tel. , 01/30/08.
Holy Robe: 601260, Suzdal, st. Lenin; tel. (49231) 2-35-30.
Svyato-Nikolsky Volosovsky: 601220, Sobinsky district, village. Volosovo, tel. (49242) 5-65-38.
Znamensky: 601460, Gorokhovets, Znamensky site; tel. (49238) 2-26-23.
Svyato-Voskresensky: 602256, Murom, July lane, 1-a; tel. (49234) 3-04-35.
Svyato-Blagoveshchensky: 601400, Vyazniki, Museum proezd, 7; tel. (49233) 2-05-68.
Skorbyashchensky: 601017, Kirzhachsky district, Khmelevo village, st. Central, 79; tel. (49237) 7-33-16.
Sretensky: 601482, Gorokhovets, st. Sovetskaya, 52; tel. (49238) 2-37-65.

Website of the Vladimir and Suzdal diocese: www.eparh33.ru

In other rooms:

Geography of deaneries

Vladimir East:
Vladimir, s. Baskaki, Bogolyubovo village, village. Bogoslovo, p. Brutovo, s. Davydovo, s. Dobrynskoe, village Lemeshki, village Novaya Bykovka, village. Suromna, s. Sukhodol

Vladimirskoe Western:

Vladimir, s. Kusunovo, s. Pavlovskoye, Pogrebishchi village, p. Snovitsy

Gus-Khrustalny (Gus-Khrustalny and Gus-Khrustalny district):

Gus-Khrustalny

Kameshkovskoye (Kameshkovo and Kameshkovsky district):

Kameshkovo

Kovrovskoe:

Kovrov

Raduzhnoe (ZATO city Raduzhny):

Raduzhny

Sobinskoye (Sobinka and Sobinsky district):

Sobinka

Sudogodskoye (city of Sudogda and Sudogodsky district):

Sudogda, s. Spas-Kupalische

Suzdal (Suzdal and Suzdal district):

Suzdal

Russian Orthodox Church

Part of the Vladimir Metropolis

Established in 1214/15 with a center in Suzdal (Suzdal and Vladimir diocese). In 1273, Vladimir became a cathedral city; The diocese was called Vladimir, Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod. Abolished in 1299 due to its inclusion in the Metropolitan Region. From December 6, 1352 until June 1354, the title of Bishop of Vladimir was borne by Saint Alexy (later Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus').

The diocese was renewed in 1744 with the name Vladimir and Arzamas, from 1748 - Vladimir and Yaropol, in 1764-1788. — Vladimirskaya and Muromskaya. In 1788 it was united with the Suzdal and Pereslavl dioceses (center in Suzdal). Reopened in 1798 as Vladimir and Suzdal, in 1916-1922. - Vladimirskaya and Shuyskaya, since 1923 - Vladimirskaya and Suzdal.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 16, 2013 (magazine No. 75), the Alexander and Murom dioceses were separated from the diocese. The Vladimir diocese is included in the Vladimir Metropolis.

Diocese today (as of January 2021)

Deaneries and deaneries

Cathedral - Archpriest Sergius Festinatov
Western city of Vladimir - Archpriest Anatoly Szegeda
Suzdal City - Hieromonk Arseny (Smirnov)
Suzdal district - Archpriest Georgy Zotov
Sobinskoye - Archpriest Viktor Tarasov
Raduzhnoe - priest German Sergeev
Kovrov City - Archpriest Mikhail Chernov
Kovrov district - Archpriest Igor Lyubchenko
Kameshkovskoye - Priest Georgy Friedman
Gus-Khrustalnoye - Archpriest Nikolai Voinakov
Sudogodskoye - Archpriest Georgy Morokhin

The secretary of the diocese is Hieromonk Arseny (Smirnov).

The number of parishes is 187 (113 main and 74 affiliated). Temples - 324, chapels - 92, chapel-pillars - 95.

Monastic deaneries and deaneries

Vladimirskoye - Abbot Kirill (Surkov)
Suzdal - Abbot Abel (Urgalkin)

Monasteries and farmsteads

men's:

Bogoroditse-Rozhdestvensky diocesan 600000, Vladimir, st. B. Moskovskaya, 68, bldg. 1; tel./fax (4922) 32-67-10; e-mail governor - abbot Kirill (Surkov)
Svyato-Bogolyubsky Alexievsky 600031, Vladimir, Konstantino-Eleninsky proezd, 8; tel. (4922) 21-00-44; e-mail, website https://aleksievskiy.ru/ rector - Archimandrite Zosima (Shevchuk)
Svyato-Vasilievsky 601260, Suzdal, st. Vasilyevskaya, tel. (49231) 2-18-00 rector - abbot Rafail (Nechitaev)
Alexandrovsky Suzdal, st. Gasteva; tel. (49231) 2-35-71 rector - Archimandrite Abel (Urgalkin)
Bishop's Compound of the Transfiguration Church (Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery) 601293, Suzdal, st. Kremlevskaya, 8; tel., e-mail, website https://spaso-evfimiev.ru/ rector - Hieromonk Arseny (Smirnov)
Bishop's Compound of the Holy Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Varvara 601590, Gus-Khrustalny district, village. Velikodvorsky, st. Teatralnaya, 12; tel. (241) 5-44-95, 5-93-51; e-mail rector - hieromonk Sergius (Bazhenov)

women's:

Znamensky 601900, Vladimir region, Kovrov, st. Pervomaiskaya, 28; tel.; e-mail abbess - abbess Afanasia (Volovik)
Uspensky Knyaginin 600000, Vladimir, Knyaginin Monastery, 37A, tel. (4922) 32-67-73, 32-59-82 (abbess) abbess - abbess Nina (Sokoluk)
Pokrovsky 601293, Suzdal, st. Pokrovskaya, 76; tel. (49231) 2-06-09; website https://spokrovmon.ru/ abbess - abbess Ekaterina (Kozhevnikova)
Bogolyubsky 601270, Suzdal district, pos. Bogolyubovo; tel. (4922) 30-05-34, 30-01-08; e-mail; website https://sv-bogolubovo.ru/ abbess - abbess Rufina (Solonitskaya)
Rizopolozhensky 601260, Suzdal, st. Lenin; tel. (49231) 2-35-30; e-mail abbess - abbess Ekaterina (Ivanova)
Svyato-Nikolsky Volosovsky 601220, Sobinsky district, village. Volosovo, tel. (49242) 5-65-38 abbess - abbess Euphemia (Romashova)
Kazansky 600910, Raduzhny, block 7/2 Blagodar, 8; tel. (4925) 43-33-54; e-mail abbess - abbess Varvara (Skobelkina)
Preobrazhensky 601366, Sudogodsky district, village. Spas-Kupalische; e-mail abbess - abbess Antonia (Shakhovtseva)
Blagoveshchensky 601280, Suzdal district, village. Snovitsy, st. Central, 84 abbess - abbess Olympiada (Horuzhaya)
Bishop's Compound of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 601337, Kameshkovsky district, village. Pridorozhny, 18 abbess - nun Alexandra (Mamaeva)
Holy Cross Bishop's Compound 601750, Kolchuginsky district, village. Snegirevo, tel. (49245) 3-42-33, e-mail, website https://www.snegirevo-mon.com/ abbess - nun Mitrofaniya (Belikova)
Bishop's St. Nicholas Compound 601312, Suzdal district, village. Sanino; e-mail abbess - nun Nikona (Chakina)

Number of clergy of the diocese

priests - 202;
hieromonks - 21;
deacons - 17;
hierodeacons - 7.

Educational establishments

Vladimir St. Theophan's Theological Seminary (full-time department established in 2001) 600000, Vladimir, st. B. Moskovskaya, 68; tel. (4922) 47-04-27; e-mail, website https://vlpds.ru/ rector - Metropolitan Tikhon of Vladimir and Suzdal
Center for training church specialists (transformed from the Holy Trinity Theological School) 601500, Vladimir region, Gus-Khrustalny, st. Vokzalnaya, 15; tel. (49241) 2-29-84 director - priest Andrey Sidorov
Diocesan Women's School at the Princess Assumption Convent (division of the Vladimir Theological Seminary) 600000, Vladimir, Princess Monastery, 37A; tel. (4922) 42-06-02 head - Archpriest Valery Dubovik

Orthodox gymnasiums and schools:

Private educational institution "Orthodox secondary school" Vladimir region, Gus-Khrustalny, st. International, 52; tel. (49241) 2-68-56, website https://prav-gymnasium.ru/ director - Archpriest Maxim Khizhiy
Private educational institution "Suzdal Orthodox Gymnasium" Vladimir region, Suzdal, st. Vasilyevskaya, 7; tel. (49231) 2-13-6, website www.suzdal-gymnasium.rf director - Anikina Nina Vladimirovna
NOU "Vladimir Orthodox Gymnasium in the name of St. Athanasius of Kovrovsky" 60009, Vladimir, st. Suzdalskaya, 14; tel., website https://vlpg.ru/ acting Director - Toropova Evgenia Sergeevna
Private educational institution "Orthodox gymnasium of the city of Kovrov" Vladimir region, Kovrov, st. Podlesnaya, 10; tel. (49232) 4-01-95, website https://pravgimn-kovrov.ru/ director - Archpriest Mikhail Buntilov
Private educational institution "St. Catherine's Orthodox School of Sudogda" Vladimir region, Sudogda, st. Lenina, 30; tel. (49235) 2-10-29, website https://sudogdaprav.ru/ director - Archpriest Georgy Morokhin
CHOU "Orthodox secondary school named after. St. Arseny of Elasson" Vladimir region, Suzdal, st. Mikhailovskaya, 58B, parish of the Archangel Michael; tel.; website https://mihali-suzdal.ru/; e-mail director - priest Georgy Kravchenko

Diocesan media

official website of the Vladimir diocese https://www.eparh33.ru/
website of the diocesan department of religious education and enlightenment https://pravobraz33.ru/
website of the diocesan commission for the canonization of saints https://www.vladkan.ru/
website of the diocesan pilgrimage service https://www.vladpalomnik.ru/
website of the diocesan department for work with youth https://stgeorgy.ru/

Monasteries

Bogolyubsky (female)
Bogolyubsko-Alekseevsky (male)
Vladimir Mother of God-Rozhdestvensky (male)
Vladimirsky Uspensky Princess (female)
Vladimirsky Tsarekonstantinovsky (inactive)
Volosovsky Nikolsky (female)
Kovrovsky Znamensky (female)
Pokrovsky on the Nerl (inactive)
Raduzhnensky Kazansky (female)
Snovitsky Blagoveshchensky (female)
Spas-Kupalischensky Preobrazhensky (female [13])
Suzdal Alexandrovsky (male)
Suzdal Vasilievsky (male)
Suzdal Pokrovsky (female)
Suzdal Rizopolozhensky (female)
Suzdal Spaso-Evfimiev (inactive)

Previously subordinate dioceses

Alexander's Dormition (female, now within the Alexander diocese)
Vyaznikovsky Blagoveshchensky (female, now within the Murom diocese)
Gorokhovetsky Znamensky (female, now within the Murom diocese)
Gorokhovetsky Sretensky (female, now within the Murom diocese)
Gorokhovetsky Trinity-Nikolsky (male, now within the Murom diocese)
Zosimova Smolensk hermitage (male, now within the Alexander diocese)
Kirzhach Blagoveshchensky (female, now within the Alexander diocese)
Kosmo-Yakhromsky (male, now within the Alexander diocese)
Lucian's hermitage (male, now within the Alexander diocese)
Mstyora Epiphany (male, now within the Murom diocese)
Murom Blagoveshchensky (male, now within the Murom diocese)
Murom Resurrection (female, now within the Murom diocese)
Murom Preobrazhensky (male, now within the Murom diocese)
Murom Trinity Novodevichy (female, now within the Murom diocese)
Ostrovskaya Vvedenskaya hermitage (female, now within the Alexander diocese)
Khmelevsky Skorbyashchensky (female, now within the Alexander diocese)
Yuryev-Polsky Vvedensko-Nikonovsky (male, now within the Alexander diocese)
Yuriev-Polsky Mikhail-Arkhangelsk (male, now within the Alexander diocese)
Yuriev-Polsky Nikolsky (female, now within the Alexander diocese)

NEWS

• 3rd Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference “Spiritual Shepherds of the Small Motherland: Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church” (more details →)

• To the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom: visit of the royal family to the Vladimir region in 1913 (more details →)

• To the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom: “Issues of faith and morality in the works of the Hieromartyr Vladimir (Epiphany), Metropolitan of Kyiv and Galicia” (more details →)

• Celebration of the 45th anniversary of the repose of the holy righteous Peter, presbyter of Velikodvorsky, confessor. (more details →)

• The memory of Hieromartyr Konstantin Snyatinovsky was honored in his small homeland. (more details →)

• Memory of the holy new martyrs and confessors of the land of Vladimir. (more details →)

• In the city of Sobinka, Vladimir diocese, they celebrated the Day of Remembrance of the Shchmch. Alexandra Krylova. (more details →)

• The celebration of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Land of Vladimir will be celebrated on October 1. (more details →)

• The publishing house of the Optina Pustyn Monastery will soon publish a book by Abbot Damascene (Orlovsky) “Selected Lives of the Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.” (more details →)

• Eternal memory of the deceased Nadezhda Vasilievna Belitsina. (more details →)

• “I would like to call everyone by name...”. Interview with the Chairman of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, Bishop Pankratius of Trinity. (more details →)

• The Church celebrates the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church. (more details →)

• “New Martyrs and Confessors. Faces and destinies." (more details →)

• The collection of materials for the canonization of the outstanding missionary and educator of the Kryashens Nikolai Ilminsky has begun. (more details →)

• The Arkhangelsk diocese organized a virtual museum in memory of new martyrs and confessors. (more details →)

• XXIII International Christmas educational readings. Conference "Glorification and Veneration of the Saints." (more details →)

• Neofit Vladimirovich Malitsky. Exhibition of documents from the State Archive of the Vladimir Region for the 140th anniversary of his birth. (more details →)

• Unique synod of St. Afanasy (Sakharov) Kovrovsky was restored on Valaam. (more details →)

• FEAST ADDRESS by Metropolitan EVLOGIY of Vladimir and Suzdal to the entire Orthodox flock of the Vladimir-Suzdal land on the occasion of the celebration of the day of memory of St. Athanasius of Kovrov. (more details →)

• Sermon by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after the Liturgy at the Butovo training ground. (more details →)

• In loving memory of Nikolai Alexandrovich Krylov (1930-2014). (more details →)

• Hieromonk John (Guaita): “It is not canonization itself that makes a person a saint.” (more details →)

• On January 31, 2014, a memorial evening dedicated to the Hieromartyr Peter and a meeting with the descendants of the Hieromartyr were held at the SUVOROVETS film club. (more details →)

• On February 21, 2013, the IV Tikhomirov Readings were held in Melenki (more details →)

• Word of the Patriarch: “The new martyrs show a marvelous example of perseverance and holiness.” (more details →)

• On the day of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Archbishop Evlogii celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir. (more details →)

• In Vladimir, they honored the memory of clergy and laity who suffered during the years of persecution. (more details →)

• Sermon of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin on the day of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. (more details →)

• Vladimir residents at the XXI International Christmas Readings in Moscow. (more details →)

• Archpriest Sergius Pravdolyubov: Difficulties of venerating the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the present time. (more details →)

• On February 1, the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of the holy martyr Peter Skipetrov. (more details →)

• Metropolitan Clement: It is necessary to actively narrate the feat of the new martyrs and confessors. (more details →)

• Hegumen Damascene (Orlovsky): The closure of archives in our country did not occur without the providence of God. (more details →)

• “The canonization commission has no secrets.” V conference "Glorification and veneration of saints." (more details →)

• A memorial complex in memory of the priest Afanasy (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrov, was opened in Petushki. (more details →)

• Young people were told about the victims of political repression of the 20th century. (more details →)

• The memory of the new martyrs was immortalized in an icon. (more details →)

• In the village. Galitsa, Gorokhovets district, consecrated a temple in honor of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Vladimir. (more details →)

• Third spiritual and educational conference “Tikhomir Readings” in Melenki. (more details →)

• Assembly day of Vladimir theological schools: “Pastoration and memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.” (more details →)

• Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogy visited the city of Raduzhny. (more details →)

• Interview with the secretary of the Commission for Canonization, Abbot Damaskin (Orlovsky): “The truth is in the details. About the work of the canonization commission in detail." (more details →)

• The new project of the Vladimir Orthodox Gymnasium opened with a museum exhibition dedicated to St. Athanasius of Kovrov. (more details →)

• Recommendations for the activities of diocesan commissions for the canonization of saints in the dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church. (more details →)

• Seven years have passed since the death of Nina Violetova, the spiritual daughter of Bishop Afanasy (Sakharov). (more details →)

• Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan: “The holy martyrs for Christ are the glory and adornment of our Church.” (more details →)

• Russian Battlefield: Vladimir high school students are preparing to create a museum of St. Athanasius (Sakharov). (more details →)

• Relics of St. Athanasius in space orbit. (more details →)

• The Melenkovsky Museum of Local Lore has an exhibition complex dedicated to Father Ioann Tikhomirov. (more details →)

• The next meeting of the commission for the canonization of saints. (more details →)

• “Vladyka Athanasius and the stars.” (more details →)

• A new edition of the biography of Sergei Fudel is supplemented with materials from the FSB archives. (more details →)

• Archpriest Kirill Kaleda: “Veneration is being postponed?” Reflections on the veneration of the new martyrs. (more details →)

• “Common Menaion to the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia” was published. (more details →)

• Interview with Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin: “The whole truth about the new martyrs is a matter of time.” (more details →)

• On February 2, 2011, the Consecrated Council of Bishops, having made amendments, adopted the document “On measures to preserve the memory of the new martyrs, confessors and all those who suffered innocently from the atheists during the years of persecution.” (more details →)

• On January 25, 2011, within the framework of the XIX International Christmas educational readings, the III conference “Glorification and Veneration of the Saints” was held in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. (more details →)

• On December 16, 2010, the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to accept in the first reading the draft document “Proposals to the Church, State and Society regarding the perpetuation of the memory of the new martyrs and those who suffered during the years of persecution”, send it for review in the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and publish it for the purpose of carrying out public discussion, following which the document will be submitted for second reading to the plenum of the Inter-Council Presence. (more details →)

• On November 17, 2010, the rector of the church, Archpriest Georgy Gorbachuk, co-served by Archpriest Nikolai Gorbachuk, priest Vladimir Kondrashin, and Deacon Maxim Dubovik, led a funeral litany in the church for the murdered Archpriest Alexei Vladychin, who was shot in 1937. (more details →)

• On October 27, 2010 at 14.30, on the eve of the day of remembrance of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogii led small vespers with the reading of the akathist in the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God of the Nativity Monastery in the city of Vladimir. (more details →)

• On June 12, 2010, a special event took place in the city of Petushki. On Sovetskaya Street, in the house where Saint and confessor Athanasius (Sakharov), the ruling bishop of the Vladimir diocese, spent his last years, His Eminence Archbishop Eulogius performed the ceremony of founding a new part of the house-museum of Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Kovrov. (more details →)

• EASTER ADDRESS by Archbishop EULOGIY of Vladimir and Suzdal to the entire Orthodox flock of the Vladimir land.

• On February 18, 2010, the regional scientific library of the city of Vladimir hosted a presentation of the book “Paul and Claudia” about the repressed Vladimir priest Pavel Ustinov. The project took place with the personal participation of Sergei Lvovich Shcheglov, a member of the Tula Memorial Foundation, the compiler of the book, the granddaughter of the priest Olga Mikhailovna Strongina and library staff. (more details →)

• CHRISTMAS ADDRESS from Archbishop EULOGIY of Vladimir and Suzdal to the entire Orthodox flock of the Vladimir diocese.

• On November 9-10, 2009, with the blessing of His Eminence Eulogius, Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, the third Intercession readings took place in Vladimir with the designated theme: “And the word became flesh...” (more details →)

• On October 30, 2009, within the walls of the Mother of God Nativity Monastery in the city of Vladimir, a memorial service was held for the repressed residents of Vladimir, who innocently suffered during the difficult years of persecution based on political and religious views. At the end of the memorial service, a memorial dinner was held in the monastery refectory, which was attended by relatives of the victims, parishioners and clergy.

• On September 25, in the Regional Library of the city of Vladimir, Associate Professor of the Department of Philology of VSU Martyanova S.A. held a seminar dedicated to the Hieromartyr Hilarion of the Trinity. Topic: “The main life stages of the Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereisky.”

• On August 11-12, “Afanasyev Readings” were held in the city of Kovrov on the topic: “The religious and educational environment of the Russian province.”

• With the blessing of Archbishop Evlogii of Vladimir and Suzdal, the icon of the Hieromartyr Alexander Krylov was painted. The icon was made by Vladimir icon painters Natalia and Alexander Dmitriev and will be transferred to the Mother of God Nativity Monastery in the city of Vladimir.

• On June 11-12, 2009, the defense of final qualifying (diploma) theses took place at the Vladimir St. Theophan's Theological Seminary. Student M.V. Sidorov successfully defended his work on the topic “The Image of St. Ilya of Muromets in Epic and Hagiography.” The work stated that the full texts of the lives of the saint, canonized in the 17th century, appeared relatively recently (in 1988 and later). They rely to a very large extent on epic material, from which facts are taken that correspond to Christian ideas about a holy man. The Canonization Commission invites everyone who cares about the history of Russian holiness to further discuss this issue.

Literature

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, Vladimir, 1893-1898, 5 issues.
Monasteries, cathedrals and parish churches of the Vladimir diocese, built before the beginning of the 19th century: Brief historical information with annexed inventories of ancient objects preserved in them: part 1: Monasteries
, Vladimir, 1906.
Preobrazhensky A., History of the Vladimir Diocesan Women's School for the first period of its existence (1865-1879)
, Vladimir, 1902.
Malitsky N.V., From the past of the Vladimir diocese: Vol.
1-3 , Vladimir, 1905-1911.

VLADIMIR AND SUZDAL DIOCESE

"The Golden Gate in Vladimir on Klyazma." Engraving by S. Galaktionov. XIX century (RGBI)

"The Golden Gate in Vladimir on Klyazma." Engraving by S. Galaktionov. XIX century (RGBI) The first mention of the city of Vladimir in chronicles is in 1108 (PSRL. T. 20. Part 1. Stb. 6616). Founding of the city according to chronicles of the 15th century. associated with St. equal to book Vladimir, who, in memory of his stay on Suzdal land, named it after himself and built a wooden church. in honor of the Dormition of the Most Rev. Theotokos in 990-992. According to modern opinion. scientists, the city was founded by Prince. Vladimir Monomakh, who built a fortress with defensive fortifications, connected ravines, turning them into protective ditches, and erected a stone church in the “city”. in the name of the Savior in 1108. The city, built before 1155, was small, bordered on the river from the north. Lybid, from the south - with Klyazma. Fragments of the shafts of the beginning have been preserved. XII century - east Ivanovsky (by the name of the gate), which passed behind the current Nativity of the Virgin Mary Monastery (in the area of Stoletov Street), and west. Troitsky (SPAMIR. p. 150).

By the will of the son of Monomakh, Prince. Yuri Dolgoruky, new fortified cities and temples arose in the Zalessk land; in Vladimir, to the west of Monomakh’s court, a new grand-ducal court with a palace center was built. Vmch. George (completed in 1157).

Assumption Cathedral and chapel in the name of Equal Apostles. book Vladimir. Photo. 1913 (RSL)

The eldest son of the prince. Yuri, book. Andrei Bogolyubsky, in 1155, left the inheritance of Vyshgorod given to him by his father and settled in Vladimir. He moved and placed in the Assumption Cathedral, which he built, an icon of the Mother of God, which later became known as the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. During his reign, Vladimir became one of the largest cities in the North-East. Rus'. Book Andrei renovated the Monomakh shafts and erected new walls (“he founded a larger city”). Now Vladimir consisted of 3 parts: Pecherny (Middle) city, in which the Assumption Cathedral was located; New (since the 17th century Zemlyanoy), where there was the princely court and the Church of the Transfiguration (1164; burned down in 1778; rebuilt in the last quarter of the 18th century) and the Great Martyr. George (1152 or 1156-1157), posad, or Vetchany city, also surrounded by ramparts (the remains of the Zachatievsky shaft in the area of B. Nizhegorodskaya street - see: SPAMIR. P. 153). Book Andrei strove to turn a small fortified city into a magnificent capital, which in its very location, names of localities and temples was similar to Kyiv: the princely “mountain” dominates the low-lying “hem” in the east. parts, to the west of the settlement, like Kyiv Pechersk, on the highest hill the white stone walls and golden domes of the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy One sparkle. Theotokos - "tithe" church, bud. bishop's chair. With the grandeur and beauty of the architecture and interior decoration, they tried to liken the cathedral to the main Kyiv churches - the Cathedrals of St. Sophia and the Assumption of the Most Holy. Mother of God in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Just like in Kyiv and K-pol (with the memory of the holy city of Jerusalem), gates were placed in the outer walls: Golden, Silver, Copper and Irinin. Until now time Golden Gate (XII century) with gateway c. The arrangements of the robe were preserved after the restructuring of the building. XVIII century certain features of ancient architecture. Book Andrei also built a country residence in Bogolyubovo with a stone church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy. Theotokos and the palace (see Bogolyubsky in honor of the Bogolyubsky Icon of the Mother of God (Nativity of the Virgin Mary) monastery).

Church in honor of the Dormition of St. Mother of God. 1644–1649 Photo. Con. XX century

The flourishing of the city of Vladimir continued under the leadership. book Vsevolod, brother of Andrei Bogolyubsky. The prince, as well as bishops Luke and John, completely renovated it after the fires of 1185 and 1192. Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Virgin Mary (the external appearance of the building from the late 12th century was changed by extensions and especially by the restoration of the late 19th century). Between the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Monastery and the renovated, expanded building of the Assumption Cathedral, on the edge of the Middle Town visible from afar, Vsevolod erected a princely court: a palace (1194-1197; not preserved), connected to the court church, a white-stone temple in the name of the Great Martyr. Demetrius of Thessalonica (1194-1197). They surrounded the detinets with the courtyards of the bishop and the prince with ramparts and walls. Of the entire ensemble of the princely residence, only the white stone, decorated with carvings of the Dmitrovsky Cathedral and the Assumption Cathedral, which were already built in the 12th century, have survived. became the burial place of bishops and led. princes, later canonized.

With the book Vsevolod, the residences of princes Yuri and Andrey in Vladimir became monastic monasteries (see articles Vladimirsky in the name of the Great Martyr George the Victorious male monastery, Vladimir Zolotovorotsky male monastery in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord). In the north-west parts of the New City, the Assumption Cathedral of the Vladimir Princess Monastery, the tomb of the Vladimir princesses, has undergone a number of reconstructions since its foundation and has survived to this day. time already in the forms of the 2nd quarter. XVI century

The prosperity of the city of Vladimir, which began in mid. XII century, the Mongol-Tatars were stopped for a long time. invasion. Without losing the status of a political center, it retained great importance in ecclesiastical terms even after 1325, when St. Peter, Metropolitan Moskovsky, moved his residence to Moscow. From then until 1744, the city did not have its own bishop, being under the direct authority of first the metropolitans, then the Patriarch and then the Holy Synod.

Church in the name of St. Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavl. 1765 Photograph. Con. XX century

Vladimir several almost completely destroyed once: in 1238 Khan Batu, in 1382 he was burned by the army of Tokhtamysh, in 1411 by the army of the Tatars of Tsarevich Talych and the Nizhny Novgorod governor Daniel (the Assumption Cathedral was plundered), in 1521 he was captured by the Kazan and Crimean by the Tatars under the leadership of Khan Makhmet-Girey, in 1614 it was devastated by the Polish-Litovs. raids. In the XIV-XV centuries. Moscow metropolitans and princes showed concern for ancient buildings. In 1362 Metropolitan. Alexy resumed the Konstantino-Eleninsky monastery in the east. suburb of Vladimir. People turned to the Vladimir shrine, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. XIV century in connection with the fight against the Tatars (1380), with the invasions of Rus' (1395). In 1408, by the will of the leader. book Vasily Dimitrievich, the Assumption Cathedral was painted anew (see article Andrei Rublev), in 1469 V.D. Ermolin, sent from Moscow, supervised the repair of the Golden Gate and the Church. Exaltations at the Market; Assumption Cathedral in the last Thursday XV century served as a model for the construction of a new cathedral building in the Moscow Kremlin. The significance of Vladimir was not forgotten even in the 16th century: in the charter he led. book Basil III, the clergy of the Demetrius Cathedral is called the sovereign’s own, as standing “in my yard” (AAE. T. 1. No. 159); in 1518, icons of the Savior and the Mother of God were sent from the Assumption Cathedral of the monastery to Moscow for renovation (PSRL. St. Petersburg, 1853. M., 2000 rub. T. 6. P. 264; T. 30. P. 144); On July 8, 1552, Tsar Ivan the Terrible prayed at the tombs of the princes-ancestors during a visit to Vladimir before the campaign against Kazan (PSRL. St. Petersburg, 1906. M., 1965, 2000r. T. 13. P. 192); The wooden city fortifications were regularly updated.

The revival of Vladimir's architecture began in the middle. XVII century In 1641, Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich visited the city; in 1645, in the Assumption Cathedral, with the blessing of Patriarch Joseph, the relics of St. blgv. led book Georgy Vsevolodovich. Since that time, stone buildings have risen on the site of old monasteries, wooden and dilapidated temples. On the territory of the ancient east. Posada was built by local residents. in honor of the Dormition of the Most Rev. Mother of God (1644-1649), later belonged to the DS, currently. The time is used for worship by the Old Believers. A fresco painting of the Cathedral of the Princess Monastery was completed. In general, construction, including parish churches, remained wooden; stone buildings of that time are known in the Nativity of the Virgin Monastery.

Church in honor of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women. 1776 (not preserved). Photo. Con. 70s XIX century (GIM)

To the beginning XVIII century In Vladimir, a tradition was formed of venerating the princes buried in its churches and monasteries. In 1702, the relics of St. were discovered in the Assumption Cathedral. noble princes Andrei Yuryevich Bogolyubsky and his son Gleb. In 1723 the relics of the Blgv. book Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky were moved to St. Petersburg. When imp. A bishop's house was built for Elisaveta Petrovna (1748-1749). Outside the ancient city limits, on the site of a pier and a wooden church. St. Nicholas (according to legend, 12th century), a new stone church was erected. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Galei with the chapel of the Three Saints (Nicholas the Mokry, 1732-1735) and a hipped bell tower. Nearby, on the site of the Ascension Monastery. XII century, the Ascension Church was built. (1724). Among the buildings is the 2nd floor. XVIII century In the Baroque style, the 3-story Nikitskaya Church stands out. with chapels in honor of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist and St. unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, built on the site of the ancient Kosmodamian Monastery (1762-1765; now the Vladimir Restoration building).

A new stage of stone development in Vladimir was associated with the decree of Catherine II “On making special plans for all cities, their structures and streets for each province separately” (1763) and the establishment of the Vladimir and Kostroma governorates (1778; from 1796 - Vladimir province). The regular plan of the city was carried out with great attention to the early stone buildings: the streets, planned and preserved to this day, open up the ancient cathedrals for viewing from the main thoroughfare. In the 1st quarter XIX century to many bell towers were added to the churches in the style of classicism, which became an important element in the appearance of the city; since the 30s in connection with the growing interest in history, repairs are being carried out in its cathedral and monastery complexes, attempts are being made to restore ancient buildings (see Art. Vladimir in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, male monastery).

Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church 1761–1764 Photography. 2004

In 1913 in Vladimir there were 2 monasteries, 2 cathedrals, 17 parish churches and 8 churches without a parish, a church, and a church. Currently During the time of worship, 11 churches are open, including the Assumption Cathedral with 5 altars and a warm church adjacent to the cathedral (1862) with altars in the name of St. blgv. book Georgy Vsevolodovich and architect. Mikhail. Dmitrovsky Cathedral belongs to the museum.

Among the architectural ensembles of Vladimir, the Assumption Princess's wife should be noted. monastery with a cathedral in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy. Mother of God and Kazan Church. (reconsecrated in 1789), parts of the walls and foundations of the refectory chamber with a c. St. John Chrysostom (XVI century).

In Zemlyanoy Town, not far from the Golden Gate, on the site of the ancient stone Church of the Savior of the Savior of the Savior-Zolotovorotsky husband. monastery of the 12th century located c. Transfiguration Church (1778), next to it is the warm Nikolskaya Zolotovorotskaya Church. (1676), created in the architectural traditions of the 17th century. (see art. Vladimir Zolotovorotsky monastery in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord). Georgievskaya Church is located nearby. (1784-1796; currently used as a concert hall), built on the foundation of the white stone church of the same name from the era of Yuri Dolgoruky.

Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church (1761-1764; currently a planetarium) was built near the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Monastery near the west. walls, known under the name of Nikola the Old. There is a c. on Studenoy Gora. in the name of the arch. Mikhail (1893), single-domed, centric in plan and in Russian-Byzantine style. style building; near the ancient Golden Gate there is a red brick building of the Trinity Old Believer Church in neo-Russian style. style (1913-1916; currently the building houses the GVSMZ exposition).

There are still several in the city. parish churches where services are performed: cemetery church. Prince Vladimirskaya (1785), c. Voskresenskaya (1789), c. Konstantino-Eleninskaya (until the 90s of the 20th century, Nikolskaya C.S. of the Good) on the site of the monastery (abolished in 1775), now there is a monastery in the name of St. Alexia.

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