THEODOSIA IVERSKY TEMPLE

Feodosia and Kerch Diocese
[1] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

• Diocesan administration: Russia, 298320, Republic of Crimea, Kerch, st. blgv. Dmitry Donskoy, 5
• Tel. (secretary)
• Official website: (new), (archived)
• Canonical territory: Feodosia, Kerch, Sudak city councils, (?) Leninsky district of the Republic of Crimea
• Cathedral: Kazan Cathedral in Feodosia, St. John the Baptist in Kerch
• On the map: Yandex.Map, Google map

The see in the city of Kaffa (now Feodosia) was established under the omophorion of the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1485 [2] as a metropolitanate.
In 1616, the Sugdei and Fulla diocese were annexed to the Kafa diocese [3].

In 1666, the diocese was transferred to the administration of the metropolitans of Amasia, and in 1678 it was annexed to the Gotthian metropolitanate, and the Gotthian metropolitans had a residence in Caffa for some time. The title of Kaffa (in the later form of “Kefaisky”) was included in the titulary of the Gothic rulers: the last of them, Metropolitan Ignatius (Gozadini) bore it in the second half of the 18th century, and retained it when passing under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On March 7, 1787, in the city, at the Vvedensky Church, its own department was revived as a semi-independent vicariate of the Ekaterinoslav diocese. The vicariate received the name “Feodosia and Mariupol” due to the fact that Mariupol served as the last seat of the ancient Gothic see. Soon, although the Feodosian rulers retained their previous title, their residence was transferred to Karasu-Bazar (now the city of Belogorsk). Here the vicars stayed in the Tauride Palace built by Prince Potemkin from 1791 until the abolition of the department on October 16, 1799.

In 1919, the Feodosia department was renewed. In 1931, the new ruling Crimean bishop - Hieromartyr Porfiry (Gulevich) - received the title of Feodosia. After his arrest and release from the see, the diocese was cut short.

On May 31, 2010, the Kafa titular vicariate of the Korsun diocese was formed.

The Feodosia diocese was revived by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on December 20, 2012, having been separated from Simferopol within the Feodosia and Kerch deaneries [4].

Historical names

• Kafskaya? (1485 - 1616)
• Kafa and Fulla (1616 - 1678)
• Feodosia and Mariupol (March 7, 1787 - October 16, 1799)
• Feodosia (1919 - ?)
• Feodosia and Crimea (mentioned September 17, 1931 - mentioned 1936)
• Feodosia and Kerch (since December 20, 2012)

Statistics

• July 2013 - 2 deaneries, 52 parishes, 49 clergy (of which three are monastics) [5]

Armenian churches of Feodosia

The Armenian Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel is one of the few surviving Armenian churches in Crimea. According to legend, it was erected at the beginning of the 15th century, when the Armenian community coexisted peacefully with the Genoese administration. This church was built in the style of Armenian medieval churches with elements of Italian architecture; externally, the church of the holy archangels Michael and Gabriel is very reminiscent of a fortress.

The temple is dominated by a dome, and on the north side there is a belfry. As an architectural monument, this temple was not attacked during Soviet times; restoration work was even carried out on it. This ancient building can be seen on Armenian Street near the Church of St. Sarkis. Visiting the architectural monument is limited.

The Church of St. George has now returned to the possession of the Armenian community, especially since at one time it was the main cathedral church (catholikon) of the St. George Monastery. The church was built under the Genoese (1385) by the Armenian community. The building, rectangular in plan, was not built at the same time, but in different historical eras; the oldest eastern part is made of untreated stone. The latest additions date back to the nineteenth century. There used to be a cemetery around the temple. Nowadays the Church of St. George stands in disrepair and requires restoration. There are plans to restore and reopen the temple, perhaps they will be implemented in the near future. You can find this one of the oldest temples in Feodosia at the intersection of Nakhimov and Paratroopers streets.

The Church of Surb Sarkis (St. Sarkis) also boasts ancient origins. Like other Armenian churches in Feodosia, it was built under the Genoese (1330). There are suggestions that this is the oldest surviving Armenian temple in Feodosia. Some Armenian crosses (khachkars), embedded in the limestone walls, are very ancient, which gives some researchers reason to increase the age of the temple, but perhaps they were installed later. The Surb Sarkis Temple retains traces of many reconstructions, so it is somewhat eclectic. The main entrance opens with an elongated rectangular porch, the roof of the temple is gable, and a cross rises above it. Near the temple you can see a fifteenth-century belfry, made in the form of a ciborium (gazebo).

The famous Russian painter of Armenian origin Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Ayvazyan) was baptized in Surb-Sarkis. When the temple was damaged by fire, the artist restored it at his own expense. Here he got married, here he had a burial service after his death, here he was buried on the territory of his favorite temple. His magnificently decorated grave has survived to this day. The most prominent figures of the community were also buried in the church cemetery. The Church of St. Sarkis is located between Armenian and Morskaya streets near the Sea Garden.

The Church of St. John the Evangelist is one of the Armenian churches in Feodosia. Located among the ruins of the Genoese fortress. The construction of the church dates back to the distant XIV-XV centuries. There are also much later buildings. At the end of the seventies of the last century it was restored as an architectural monument. At the moment the temple is closed to visitors. As in the case of the Church of St. George the Victorious, this church can only be visited as part of an excursion group.

A brief acquaintance with the temples of Feodosia will help you better navigate the historical heritage of the city, and a visit to the holy places of Crimea and Feodosia will leave a vivid impression.

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Feodosia Deanery

Church of All Saints Address: st.
Nazukina, 17 (opposite the Central Market) Rector: Archpriest Mikhail Sytenko The Church of All Saints was built in 1884. Its walls were made of white Inkerman stone, and all the architectural elements were carved from it - cornices, pilasters, platbands. The elegant temple, shining with whiteness, resembled the dress uniform of Russian sailors. The author of the project, the actual builder of the church, Captain of the Engineering Service of the Russian Navy Matvey Solomonovich Nich, was also a sailor.

The architectural design of the church was made in the spirit of Old Russian church architecture. The central part of the temple was square in plan and carried a high dome; light penetrated inside through narrow lancet windows filled with stained glass. The dimensions of the church were small: 29.5 m by 8.4 m.

The Church of All Saints, located opposite the central market, is adjacent to the old city cemetery, and its gates, which have survived to this day, also made of white Inkerman stone, are included in the list of architectural monuments. Many historical monuments have been preserved on the territory of the cemetery. For several centuries, many honorable and famous residents of Feodosia were buried here. Among them was Matvey Solomonovich Nich, who died in the year the construction of the temple was completed and was buried not far from the creation of his hands.

The temple stood for more than seventy years, survived the First World War, the turbulent events of the revolution and civil war, the Great Patriotic War, but did not survive the next round of the struggle of local authorities with the “religious dope.” In 1961, the temple was listed as an emergency building and it was decided to destroy it. The “emergency building” turned out to be strong and could not be destroyed, so military demolitions had to be brought in. The blasting work was carried out secretly, at night, and in the morning the townspeople could only see a pile of shapeless ruins where a white stone temple had recently stood. That same year, unable to survive the destruction of the church, its last priest, Fr. Evgeniy, and was buried on the territory of the cemetery.

In 1978, the old city cemetery was closed due to lack of space for burials. Having become homeless, it gradually became littered, stolen and destroyed.

Work on the restoration of the temple in the name of All Saints began in 1992. A group of architects completed a detailed design using old drawings and photographs. The utility room, built back in 1903, was adapted into a temporary small church in which services were held. Thanks to the energetic efforts of Fr. Mikhail Sytenko - construction work began in 1999, which was completed successfully in 2003. A new temple, even more beautiful than the previous one, rose from the ruins. It was painted from the inside by a group of artists led by Elena Makovei; there are no analogues of such paintings in history. The walls of the church are covered with a thin layer of gold, and paintings are made on the gold layer.

A theological school and a small museum have been opened at the temple, the development of which is facilitated by the “Keep and Remember” board of trustees, created in 2000. The council is also actively involved in the improvement of the old cemetery, with plans to create a memorial and lapidarium. Excursion routes have been developed around the cemetery to historical monuments and burial places of famous public figures, doctors, teachers, test pilots, sailors, and mass graves of those killed during the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.

Story

Armenians first appeared in Crimea in the 1st century BC. e. as part of the troops of Mithridates Eupator allied to Tigran. However, the beginning of mass settlements dates back to the 10th-11th centuries. From that moment on, the number of Armenians on the peninsula only grew. By the 14th century, Armenians constituted the absolute majority on the southern coast of Crimea, and 2⁄3 of the population of Kafa. In the latter, old-timer Armenians lived directly within the city limits, and newcomers settled near the city walls. So, by the 13th-14th centuries, an Armenian settlement (Armenian settlement) was formed on the coast, near the eastern wall of the Genoese fortress. In the middle of the 14th century, in order to protect themselves from the Tatars, the Armenians surrounded their settlement with a protective wall. The fortified area was named Hayots Berd (Armenian fortress). There were five Armenian churches in the area, four of which have survived to this day, and another one was discovered during archaeological excavations in 1981. Among the surviving Armenian churches was the Church of John the Baptist (Forerunner).

In 1778, by order of Empress Catherine, Alexander Suvorov resettled Armenians in the Azov province in the lower reaches of the Don. In connection with the eviction of the Armenian population, the decline of the Armenian colonies occurred. In 1783, after the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Empire, some Armenians were able to return to their native places and improve their lives. However, the numbers of the Armenian colony were no longer the same and ultimately never recovered. The Russian authorities began to resettle the Russian population in the place of the evicted Armenians. Gradually, due to the decrease in the number of Armenians, the Armenian fortress began to fall into disrepair. Probably, the last Armenians finally left the area when, in the middle of the 19th century, a special medical commission decided to arrange a sanitary quarantine from the Armenian fortress for the crews of ships arriving from plague-ridden Turkey. In addition, in addition to ship crews, Crimean Muslims returning from the Hajj were left in the Armenian region for a 40-day quarantine. Since then, Hayots Berd began to be called Quarantine. In 1875, the Armenian Church of John the Baptist (Hovhannes Mkrtich) was removed from the jurisdiction of Etchmiadzin by the Russian authorities and consecrated as a Russian Orthodox Church in the name of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

Under Soviet rule, the church was closed. The frescoes were damaged and the sculpture disappeared. During the years of Stalinism, the territory served as a place for mass executions.

In 1996, restoration was carried out under the leadership of the architect and sculptor Valery Zamekhovsky, after which the temple was transferred to the UOC.

Where to stay

Hotel "Feodosia" is located in the historical center of Feodosia - the oldest city in Europe, next to the Central Embankment named after I.K. Aivazovsky. Magnificent, equipped with entertainment attractions for adults and children, the pebble and sandy beaches of the Feodosia Bay will satisfy every taste. The climate here is mountain-steppe-sea, the healing air is good for treating diseases of the respiratory tract, and the mineral water springs have been successfully used for about 100 years in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine system and metabolic disorders.

Rooms: The Feodosia Hotel offers its guests 79 comfortable rooms with modern decoration and design, equipped with everything necessary for a complete comprehensive holiday.

Address:

Feodosia, st. Pushkina, 11

Hotel "Vista-Feodosia"

Hotel "Vista-Feodosia" is located in the center of Feodosia, next to the Aivazovsky art gallery, 150 m from the sea. Belongs to Pharmaceutical.

Rooms: Standard, deluxe, junior suite and apartment categories.

Address:

Feodosia, st. Kuibysheva, 17-a

Private boarding house "On Ukrainian"

The private boarding house "On Ukrainian" is located in the center of Feodosia, in a quiet location, 8 minutes walk to the sea. Open all year round. Well-groomed area.

Rooms: 18 rooms. Rooms on the first floor have terraces, rooms on the second floor have balconies.

Address

: Feodosia, st. Ukrainskaya, (formerly Voykov St.), 26

Notes

1. This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, most of which is the subject of territorial disputes between Russia, which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine, within whose internationally recognized borders the disputed territory is located. According to the federal structure of Russia, on the disputed territory of Crimea there are constituent entities of the Russian Federation - the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. According to the administrative division of Ukraine, on the disputed territory of Crimea there are regions of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with a special status of Sevastopol.
2. ↑ Peshtmaldzhyan M.G.
   Monuments of Armenian settlements / R.V. Kazanjyan. - Hayastan. - Er., 1987. - P. 20. - 188 p.
3. Korkhmazyan E. M.
   Armenian miniature of Crimea. - Er.: AN of the Armenian SSR, 1978. - P. 11-12. — 129 p.

Archpastors

Independent diocese

• Joasaph (mentioned 1590 [6])
• Jacob (mentioned 1603)
• Mitrofan (mentioned June 1616)
• Parthenius (mentioned August 1631)
• Kirill (July 1644 - November 1655 [7])
• Meletius (June 1656 - 1666)
• 1666 - 1678 - under the Metropolitans of Amasia

Vicariate of Ekaterinoslav

• Dorofei (Vozmuylov) (May 2, 1787 - September 10, 1790) [8]
• Moses (Gumilevsky) (June 5, 1791 - October 5, 1792)
• Job (Potemkin) (February 27, 1793 - May 13, 1796)
• Gervasy (Lintsevsky) (May 29, 1796 - January 7, 1798) [9]
• Christopher (Sulima) (April 18, 1798 - October 16, 1799) [10]
• 1799 - 1919 - abolished

• St. Dimitri (Abashidze) (1922 - July 1924), military, b. Tavrichesky at rest

• Sschmch. Konstantin (Dyakov) (1929) v/u, archbishop. Kharkovsky

Independent diocese

• Sschmch. Porfiry (Gulevich) (September 17, 1931 - October 1936)

• Platon (Udovenko) (from December 20, 2012)

History of the icon

There is an opinion that this image of the Mother of God was written by the Evangelist Luke, who was familiar with Mary. Perhaps her true features can be seen here.

According to legend, it was kept by a Christian woman in the city of Nicaea in the 9th century. In iconoclastic times, the woman managed to persuade the soldiers who came for the relic to wait. While leaving, one of them pierced the chin of the Mother of God with a sword, and blood sprayed out. Amazed by the miracle he saw, the soldier immediately converted to the Christian faith. This wound is necessarily present in all subsequent images of the icon.

To save the shrine, the woman lowered the icon into the sea. What follows is described in different ways. In any case, in the 11th century, the monks of the Iveron Georgian monastery on Mount Athos saw this icon, supported by a luminous pillar, in the sea. Gabriel Svyatogorets, who walked through the water, was able to take it. All this is by order of the Almighty.

The Mother of God herself determined a place for herself, informing Elder Gabriel, to whom she came in a dream, her will - to protect the brethren in earthly and heavenly life.

A church was built for her above the gate, where she has been for 1000 years, never leaving her post.

Vera Mukhina Museum

Address:
Fedko street, 1
Sculptural composition of the Worker and the Collective Farm Woman

, which has been the hallmark of Mosfilm film production for many years and is now on display at the Moscow
Exhibition of Economic Achievements
, is well known to everyone. And few people know that the teenage period of the talented author of this and other sculptures, Vera Mukhina, passed in Feodosia.

House-Museum of V. Mukhina in Feodosia
Today, walking along the streets of Feodosia, you can look into a small museum telling about this Soviet-era sculptor. From the Mukhins' house itself, only the facade wall

, and the museum itself displays family furniture and models of some sculptural works.

The preserved wall of the house where V. Mukhina lived.
For example, many tourists really like the unrealized wax sketch of Ivan the Tsarevich with the Firebird, intended for a fountain installation on Chistye Prudy.

In the workshop of the House-Museum of V. Mukhina,
the Museum will be open in 2021 all days from 10.00 to 17.00

, except Sunday. And you can visit it for only 50-100 rubles.

Links

• [feodeparch.com/ Official website]
• [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/2664640.html Feodosia Diocese] on the website patriarchia.ru
• [www.nbuv.gov.ua/Articles/kultnar/knp19985/knp5_107.doc Bishops of Feodosia and Mariupol]
• [www.palomnik.crimea.ua/about_f.htm Feodosia]
• [monasteries.org.ua/ru/searchmonasteries/?&object=6&epa=48 Monasteries of the Feodosia Diocese] - Synodal Commission of the UOC for Monasteries
• [monasteries.org.ua/ru/geomaps/gmap/?&object=6&epa=48 Google map: Monasteries of the Feodosia Diocese] - Synodal Commission of the UOC for Monasteries

Walking on water

But not only the icon “walked” on the water - the monk who met it also walked on the water. This did not happen right away: initially the Athonite monks tried to get closer to the shining icon, but it moved away from them. And only a few days later the Mother of God appeared in a dream to the Georgian elder Gabriel, who had a pure, “childish” heart and led a strict ascetic life. She told him: “Tell the abbot and the brethren that I want to give them My icon as protection and help, then enter the sea and walk on the waves with faith - then everyone will know My love and favor towards your monastery.” This is what happened, and the icon has been in their monastery ever since. True, she did not agree to hang in the altar and mysteriously appeared above the entrance gate three times. Then the inhabitants of the monastery, gratefully accepting the words “You will not protect Me, but I will protect you,” left her above the entrance and called her “Goalkeeper.”

History of the temple

In Feodosia and Kerch, Eastern Christianity became the predominant denomination back in the Middle Ages. The Christianization of the peninsula is associated with the name of St. Andrew the First-Called, who conducted active missionary activities here. The local population, disappointed with paganism, quickly became imbued with new ideas. The sermons lasted about 200 years, after which Kafa acquired its own diocese.

The Genoese professed Catholicism, the Karaites professed Judaism, the Crimean Tatars professed Islam, but they were unable to convert the Crimeans to these religions. This is explained by the power of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose representatives eventually built a monastery on Portovaya Street. The appearance of the structure changed several times, and only in the 14th century did modernization stop. In 1475, the Crimean Peninsula was conquered by the Turks. This led to the destruction and neglect of many places of worship.

The Iverskaya Church was placed in quarantine - this is how the Russians found it when they recaptured the peninsula from the Muslims. Initially, the church was named in honor of John the Baptist, but it was renamed much later. During the Soviet era, the temple was converted into a warehouse, and then completely forgotten about it. After the collapse of the USSR, the local population began restoring the shrine.

Legend of the icon

Crimeans are confident that the Iveron Icon has miraculous powers. The original of the Iveron Icon is kept on Mount Athos, but in Feodosia you can only see a copy. Here are some facts about this shrine:

1. They say that the arrival of the icon at the Kafa temple led to the healing of several townspeople.
2. For some time, the original icon was kept in the Cafe (it was saved from persecution).
3. In front of the icon, local residents saw the famous navigator Afanasy Nikitin.

According to legend, the icon was saved by a pious widow in the 9th century. The woman lived near the town of Nikea with her son when a warrior was sent to her with an order to destroy the image. The soldier hit the Mother of God with a sword, blood sprayed. The widow lowered the icon into the sea, hoping to save it from a sad fate. The shrine did not sink and, standing, floated along the waves in a western direction.

Soon the servants of the Iveron monastery saw a strange phenomenon - a pillar of fire directed into the sky. The day before, Elder Gabriel had a vision from which he learned about the fate of the icon. The elder moved along the waves to the artifact, took the image in his hands and fearlessly returned to the shore. The monks installed a miraculous icon in the temple chapel and prayed in front of its face for three days. Subsequently, the monks tried to return the icon to its original place, but every time it ended up back in the monastery.

History[ | ]

Kafa, ancient Feodosia - the center of the Genoese possessions in the Northern Black Sea region was the diocesan center of the Catholic diocese. Catholic bishops in Cafe have been known since 1318[1]. The German traveler Shtilberg writes in 1421 that there are three bishops in the Cafe: Catholic, Armenian and Greek, meaning by Greek most likely the Metropolitan of Sugdea, who happened to be there[2].

A city with a mixed population, consisting mainly of Greeks and Armenians, and under the dominance of Catholic Genoese, turned out to be fertile ground for union. Therefore, the appearance of a Uniate bishop here was quite expected. The first mention of a Uniate bishop dates back to 1464. After his death in 1468, by the will of the Pope and with the assistance of the titular Uniate Patriarch of Constantinople, Vissarion, Archbishop Pachomius of Amasia was installed at the See of Kafa, but on the way in 1470 he was killed by robbers. In 1472, the Kafin priest Nicholas became the bishop of Kafa. Erected in accordance with the papal bull for the Christians of Kafa and Soldaya (Sugdei), it received the name of Fulla. However, he was able to reach his see only at the end of 1474, and in 1475 Kafa was captured by the Ottomans[3].

In addition to Catholics and Uniates, there were a large number of Armenians in the city who belonged to the Armenian Apostolic Church, but many Armenians converted to Catholicism.

The Catholic diocese is unlikely to have survived after the conquest of Kafa by the Ottomans[4]. Probably the same fate befell the Uniate. The destruction of the city that followed its capture did not deprive this important point of the Crimean coast of its importance. Therefore, it is not surprising that the city was soon restored under the rule of new owners.

Metropolis of Kafa[ | ]

Before the establishment of the Orthodox Metropolis of Kafa, the local Orthodox population was cared for by the Metropolitan of Sugdea. The Orthodox diocese of the Church of Constantinople arose here already under Turkish rule, in 1485.

The first known Kafinsky ruler, Metropolitan Sophronius, was mentioned in 1546.

In 1616, the Sugdei and Fulla diocese were annexed to the Kafa diocese. From that time on, the diocese received the names of Kafa and Fulla. Mitrofan became the first Metropolitan of Kafa and Thulla.

In 1666, the diocese was transferred to the administration of the metropolitans of Amasia, and in 1678 it was annexed to the Gotthian metropolitanate, and the Gotthian metropolitans had a residence in Caffa for some time. The title of Kaffa (in the later form of “Kefaysky”) was included in the title of the Gothic rulers: it was also worn by the last of them, Saint Ignatius of Mariupol in the second half of the 18th century, and retained it during the transition to the jurisdiction of the Russian Church.

Feodosia and Mariupol Vicariate[ | ]

On March 7, 1787, in the city, at the Vvedensky Church, its own episcopal see was revived as a semi-independent vicariate of the Ekaterinoslav diocese to care for the Orthodox Greeks, who began to actively move to the Empire during these years[5]. The vicariate received the name “Feodosia and Mariupol” due to the fact that Mariupol served as the last seat of the last bishop of the ancient Gothic see. It was very difficult to serve the bishops of Feodosia: the lack of flocks, literate priests familiar with the orders of Russian church administration, and great limitations in funds. Literally, bit by bit, the church life of the peninsula was restored[6].

Soon, although the Feodosian rulers retained their previous title, their location was transferred to Karasu-Bazar (now Belogorsk). Here the vicars stayed in the Tauride Palace built by Prince Potemkin from 1791 until the abolition of the department on October 16, 1799.

In 1917 or a little later, the Feodosia Vicariate was resumed, but by the beginning of the 1930s it was stopped.

On May 31, 2010, the titular Vicariate of Kafa of the Korsun diocese was established with its seat in France.

Feodosia diocese[ | ]

On December 20, 2012, the diocese was again revived by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, having been separated from Simferopol within the boundaries of Feodosia and Kerch deaneries.

Our Lady with a wound on her face

The Iveron icon is usually distinguished by the bleeding wound on the face of the Mother of God. Indeed, this type of icon began to be revered after it suddenly began to bleed in response to a blow from a soldier’s bayonet. This happened during the time of iconoclasm under Emperor Theophilus, and the soldiers retreated from the icon in fear. They left for one day, when the old widow, in whose house the image was kept, gave them a bribe. During these days, the widow and her son reached the sea, where they laid the wonderful icon, praying that God himself would decide its fate. Then the second miracle happened: the icon stood on the water, as if supported by invisible forces, and floated across the sea. Many years later, she appeared near the island of Athos, where by this time the grown-up son of that same woman was laboring...

Excerpt characterizing the Feodosia diocese

- But why? My father is one of the most remarkable people of his century. But he is getting old, and he is not only cruel, but he is too active. He is terrible for his habit of unlimited power, and now this power given by the Sovereign to the commander-in-chief over the militia. If I had been two hours late two weeks ago, he would have hanged the protocol officer in Yukhnov,” said Prince Andrei with a smile; - this is how I serve because no one except me has influence on my father, and in some places I will save him from an act from which he would suffer later. - Oh, well, you see! “Yes, mais ce n'est pas comme vous l'entendez, [but this is not the way you understand it],” continued Prince Andrei. “I did not and do not wish the slightest good to this bastard protocol officer who stole some boots from the militia; I would even be very pleased to see him hanged, but I feel sorry for my father, that is, again for myself. Prince Andrei became more and more animated. His eyes sparkled feverishly as he tried to prove to Pierre that his actions never contained a desire for good to his neighbor. “Well, you want to free the peasants,” he continued. - This is very good; but not for you (you, I think, did not detect anyone and did not send them to Siberia), and even less for the peasants. If they are beaten, flogged, sent to Siberia, then I think that it is no worse for them. In Siberia he leads the same bestial life, and the scars on his body will heal, and he is as happy as he was before. And this is necessary for those people who are perishing morally, making repentance for themselves, suppressing this repentance and becoming rude because they have the opportunity to execute right or wrong. This is who I feel sorry for, and for whom I would like to free the peasants. You may not have seen it, but I have seen how good people, brought up in these traditions of unlimited power, over the years, when they become more irritable, become cruel, rude, know it, cannot resist and become more and more unhappy. “Prince Andrei said this with such enthusiasm that Pierre involuntarily thought that these thoughts were suggested to Andrei by his father. He didn't answer him. - So this is who I feel sorry for - human dignity, peace of conscience, purity, and not their backs and foreheads, which, no matter how much you cut, no matter how much you shave, will still remain the same backs and foreheads. “No, no, and a thousand times no, I will never agree with you,” said Pierre. In the evening, Prince Andrei and Pierre got into a carriage and drove to Bald Mountains. Prince Andrei, glancing at Pierre, occasionally broke the silence with speeches that proved that he was in a good mood. He told him, pointing to the fields, about his economic improvements. Pierre was gloomily silent, answering in monosyllables, and seemed lost in his thoughts. Pierre thought that Prince Andrei was unhappy, that he was mistaken, that he did not know the true light, and that Pierre should come to his aid, enlighten him and lift him up. But as soon as Pierre figured out how and what he would say, he had a presentiment that Prince Andrei with one word, one argument would destroy everything in his teaching, and he was afraid to start, afraid to expose his beloved shrine to the possibility of ridicule. “No, why do you think,” Pierre suddenly began, lowering his head and taking on the appearance of a butting bull, why do you think so? You shouldn't think like that. - What am I thinking about? – Prince Andrei asked in surprise. – About life, about the purpose of a person. It can't be. I thought the same thing and it saved me, you know what? Freemasonry No, don't smile. Freemasonry is not a religious, not a ritual sect, as I thought, but Freemasonry is the best, the only expression of the best, eternal sides of humanity. - And he began to explain Freemasonry to Prince Andrey, as he understood it. He said that Freemasonry is the teaching of Christianity, freed from state and religious shackles; teachings of equality, brotherhood and love. – Only our holy brotherhood has real meaning in life; “everything else is a dream,” said Pierre. “You understand, my friend, that outside of this union everything is full of lies and untruths, and I agree with you that an intelligent and kind person has no choice but to live out his life, like you, trying only not to interfere with others.” But assimilate our basic beliefs, join our brotherhood, give yourself to us, let us guide you, and now you will feel, as I did, part of this huge, invisible chain, the beginning of which is hidden in the heavens,” said Pierre. Prince Andrey, silently, looking ahead, listened to Pierre's speech. Several times, unable to hear from the noise of the stroller, he repeated the unheard words from Pierre. By the special sparkle that lit up in the eyes of Prince Andrei, and by his silence, Pierre saw that his words were not in vain, that Prince Andrei would not interrupt him and would not laugh at his words. They arrived at a flooded river, which they had to cross by ferry. While the carriage and horses were being installed, they went to the ferry. Prince Andrei, leaning on the railing, silently looked along the flood glittering from the setting sun. - Well, what do you think about this? - asked Pierre, - why are you silent? - What I think? I listened to you. “It’s all true,” said Prince Andrei. “But you say: join our brotherhood, and we will show you the purpose of life and the purpose of man, and the laws that govern the world.” Who are we, people? Why do you know everything? Why am I the only one who doesn’t see what you see? You see the kingdom of goodness and truth on earth, but I don’t see it. Pierre interrupted him. – Do you believe in a future life? - he asked. - To the future life? – Prince Andrei repeated, but Pierre did not give him time to answer and took this repetition as a denial, especially since he knew Prince Andrei’s previous atheistic beliefs. – You say that you cannot see the kingdom of goodness and truth on earth. And I have not seen him and he cannot be seen if we look at our life as the end of everything. On earth, precisely on this earth (Pierre pointed in the field), there is no truth - everything is lies and evil; but in the world, in the whole world, there is a kingdom of truth, and we are now children of the earth, and forever children of the whole world. Don't I feel in my soul that I am part of this huge, harmonious whole. Don’t I feel that I am in this huge countless number of beings in which the Divinity is manifested - the highest power, as you like - that I constitute one link, one step from lower beings to higher ones. If I see, clearly see this staircase that leads from a plant to a person, then why should I assume that this staircase breaks with me, and does not lead further and further. I feel that not only can I not disappear, just as nothing disappears in the world, but that I will always be and always have been. I feel that besides me there are spirits living above me and that there is truth in this world. “Yes, this is Herder’s teaching,” said Prince Andrei, “but that, my soul, is not what convinces me, but life and death, that’s what convinces me.” What is convincing is that you see a being dear to you, who is connected with you, before whom you were guilty and hoped to justify yourself (Prince Andrei’s voice trembled and turned away) and suddenly this being suffers, is tormented and ceases to be... Why? It cannot be that there is no answer! And I believe that he is... That’s what convinces, that’s what convinced me,” said Prince Andrei. “Well, yes, well,” said Pierre, “isn’t that what I’m saying!” - No. I’m only saying that it’s not arguments that convince you of the need for a future life, but when you walk in life hand in hand with a person, and suddenly this person disappears out there into nowhere, and you yourself stop in front of this abyss and look into it. And, I looked in... - Well, then! do you know what is there and that there is someone? There is a future life there. Someone is God. Prince Andrei did not answer. The carriage and horses had long been taken to the other side and had already been laid down, and the sun had already disappeared halfway, and the evening frost covered the puddles near the ferry with stars, and Pierre and Andrey, to the surprise of the footmen, coachmen and carriers, were still standing on the ferry and talking. – If there is God and there is a future life, then there is truth, there is virtue; and man's highest happiness consists in striving to achieve them. We must live, we must love, we must believe, said Pierre, that we do not live now only on this piece of land, but have lived and will live forever there in everything (he pointed to the sky). Prince Andrey stood with his elbows on the railing of the ferry and, listening to Pierre, without taking his eyes off, looked at the red reflection of the sun on the blue flood. Pierre fell silent. It was completely silent. The ferry had landed long ago, and only the waves of the current hit the bottom of the ferry with a faint sound. It seemed to Prince Andrei that this rinsing of the waves was saying to Pierre’s words: “true, believe it.”

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Theodosius - “given by God.” This is exactly how the name of this wonderful Crimean city is translated from Greek. Feodosia has been around for more than 25 centuries. The great artist Aivazovsky lived and wrote his masterpieces in this southern city, and the amazing Feodosia beaches inspired the work of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

It all started with the Greeks in the 6th century BC. e., conquered by the amazing nature of Crimea and hoping to gain control over an important section of the Black Sea. That is why Feodosia more than once became the cause of military conflicts. Then the city was ruled by the Huns, Alans, Romans, Khazars and again the Romans. In the 13th century, Feodosia fell under the influence of the Golden Horde, from which it was later redeemed by Genoese merchants.

The Genoese first visited Feodosia at the end of the 12th century, when the settlement was Tatar. Having bought the land, the Genoese promised to pay duties for the import and export of goods to Prince Oran-Timur. They very quickly rebuilt the city, defending it with a powerful fortification with high walls and towers, as well as a huge moat filled with water.

It was then that the city received its second name Kafa. The favorable geographical position allowed the Cafe to become a major port; it was here that trade routes leading to the West and East intersected.

The walls and towers of the ancient Genoese fortress, although not in perfect condition, have still survived to this day.

Around the 14th century, the Cathedral of the Iveron Mother of God was built on the territory of the fortress.

Life in the Cafe could not be called calm: the Genoese were constantly at war with the Tatars and their competitors, the Venetian merchants. Despite well-planned attacks by enemies, the city survived, rebuilt and continued trading. The tower of St. Constantine was of great importance in the defense of the city.

By the way, in the painting by I.K. Aivazovsky’s “Pier in Feodosia” clearly shows that the tower was previously located on the seashore.

People of various nationalities lived here: Greeks, Armenians, Russians, Tatars, Jews and others. But nevertheless, the Ottoman period came to replace the Genoese period.

The period of Ottoman rule in the history of Feodosia falls on the years 1475-1774. The name of the city changes in an oriental manner: Cafa becomes Kefe. It was also called Kucuk-Istanbul (Little Istanbul).

Here, in Kef, was the largest slave market in the Northern Black Sea region, where thousands of slaves captured by the Crimean Tatars during raids on Polish and Russian cities and villages were sold annually. The legendary Ukrainian Roksolana, who became the wife of the Turkish Sultan and one of the most influential women in history, was sold at the local slave market. In 1616, the Cossacks of the Zaporozhian Army, under the leadership of Hetman Peter Sagaidachny, stormed the Turkish fortress of Kafa, defeated the 14,000-strong Turkish garrison and freed the prisoners.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Kefe was the largest city in the Black Sea region and one of the most populated cities in the empire. It is noteworthy that its population has not increased much compared to Genoese times. The changes affected its ethnic composition. After the capture of Kafa by the Turks, the Genoese, some Armenians and Greeks were resettled to the capital of the empire - Istanbul, where they founded a new quarter called Kefe. Now this quarter no longer exists, but the residents of Feodosia can tell everyone that they had their own quarter in Istanbul :-).

There is an interesting historical fact that in ancient times butter was supplied from Kefe (Feodosia) to Istanbul. The Crimean city even had a monopoly on the supply of this product to the Sultan's kitchen.

From the end of the 17th century, the Russian Empire began to build its fleet and laid claim to the waters of the Black Sea. In connection with these events, the Turks built the Yeni-Kale fortress (Kerch), but on June 21, 1771, during the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, its soldiers shamefully surrendered their positions to the Russians. And already on June 29, 1771, Kefe was taken by Russian troops under the command of General-in-Chief Prince V.M. Dolgoruky.

The Turkish period of the city's history ends in July 1774, when, under the terms of the Kuchuk-Kainardzhi Peace Treaty, Turkey lost all its possessions in Crimea. For nine years, Kaffa belonged to the Crimean Khanate.

In 1783, Catherine II, with her manifesto, included the entire Crimea into Russia. In 1787, during her famous trip to Crimea, Empress Catherine II visited Kaffa, and in 1804 the city returned its original name - Feodosia.

On April 21, 1892, on the birthday of Empress Catherine II, the foundation stone of the church in the name of St. Catherine was made. The construction of the church took place with donations from grateful city residents.

Feodosia diocese

The Feodosia diocese is a diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate within the administrative boundaries of Feodosia, Kerch, Sudak and the Leninsky district of Crimea.

Objects by century of appearance Appeared in the 15th century Appeared in the 1480s Appeared in 1485

1. History

Kafa, ancient Feodosia - the center of the Genoese possessions in the Northern Black Sea region was the diocesan center of the Catholic diocese. Catholic bishops in Cafe have been known since 1318. The German traveler Shtilberg writes in 1421 that there are three bishops in the Cafe: Catholic, Armenian and Greek, meaning by Greek most likely the Metropolitan of Sugdea, who happened to be there. A city with a mixed population, consisting mainly of Greeks and Armenians, and under the dominance of Catholic Genoese, turned out to be fertile ground for union. Therefore, the appearance of a Uniate bishop here was quite expected. The first mention of a Uniate bishop dates back to 1464. After his death in 1468, by the will of the Pope and with the assistance of the titular Uniate Patriarch of Constantinople, Vissarion, Archbishop Pachomius of Amasia was installed at the See of Kafa, but on the way in 1470 he was killed by robbers. In 1472, the Kafin priest Nicholas became the bishop of Kafa. Erected in accordance with the papal bull for the Christians of Kafa and Soldai Sugdei, it received the name of Fulla. However, he was able to reach his see only at the end of 1474, and in 1475 Kafa was captured by the Ottomans. In addition to Catholics and Uniates, there were a large number of Armenians in the city who belonged to the Armenian Apostolic Church, but many Armenians converted to Catholicism. The Catholic diocese is unlikely to have survived the conquest of Kafa by the Ottomans. Probably the same fate befell the Uniate. The destruction of the city that followed its capture did not deprive this important point of the Crimean coast of its importance. Therefore, it is not surprising that the city was soon restored under the rule of new owners.

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Metropolis of Kafa
Before the establishment of the Orthodox Metropolis of Kafa, the local Orthodox population was cared for by the Metropolitan of Sugdea.
The Orthodox diocese of the Church of Constantinople arose here already under Turkish rule, in 1485. The first known Kafinsky ruler, Metropolitan Sophronius, was mentioned in 1546. In 1616, the Sugdei and Fulla diocese were annexed to the Kafa diocese. From that time on, the diocese received the names of Kafa and Fulla. Mitrofan became the first Metropolitan of Kafa and Thulla. In 1666, the diocese was transferred to the administration of the metropolitans of Amasia, and in 1678 it was annexed to the Gotthian metropolitanate, and the Gotthian metropolitans had a residence in Caffa for some time. The title of Kaffa in the later form of “Kefai” was included in the title of the Gothic rulers: it was also worn by the last of them, Saint Ignatius of Mariupol in the second half of the 18th century, and retained it during the transition to the jurisdiction of the Russian Church. 1.2. Story

Feodosia and Mariupol Vicariate
On March 7, 1787, in the city, at the Vvedensky Church, its own episcopal see was revived as a semi-independent vicariate of the Ekaterinoslav diocese for the care of Orthodox Greeks, who began to actively move to the Empire during these years.
The vicariate received the name “Feodosia and Mariupol” due to the fact that Mariupol served as the last seat of the last bishop of the ancient Gothic see. It was very difficult to serve the bishops of Feodosia: the lack of flocks, literate priests familiar with the orders of Russian church administration, and great limitations in funds. Literally, bit by bit, the church life of the peninsula was restored. Soon, although the Feodosian rulers retained their previous title, their seat was transferred to Karasu-Bazar, now Belogorsk. Here the vicars stayed in the Tauride Palace built by Prince Potemkin from 1791 until the abolition of the department on October 16, 1799. In 1917 or a little later, the Feodosia Vicariate was resumed, but by the beginning of the 1930s it was stopped. On May 31, 2010, the titular Kaffa Vicariate of the Korsun diocese was established with its seat in France. In the same year, the diocese found itself unreplaced and was abolished. 1.3. Story

Feodosia Diocese
On December 20, 2012, the diocese was again revived by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, having been separated from Simferopol within the boundaries of Feodosia and Kerch deaneries.
2. Bishops

Metropolis of Kafa Patriarchate of Constantinople Parthenius - 1631 - 1644 inc. August 1631 Cyril - July 1644 - November 1655 1666 - 1678 - under the Metropolitans of Amasia Sophronius - mentioned in 1546 Jacob - mentioned in 1604 Meletius - June 1656 - 1666) Mitrofan - 1616 - 1631 inc. June 1616 Joasaph - mentioned in 1590 Feodosia and Mariupol vicariate of the Ekaterinoslav diocese semi-independent Job Potemkin February 27, 1793 - May 13, 1796 Dorofey Vozmuylov May 2, 1787 - September 10, 1790 Christopher Sulima April 18, 1798 - October 16, 179 9 Gervasy Lintsevsky May 29, 1796 - January 7 1798 Moses Gumilyovsky June 5, 1791 - October 5, 1792 Feodosia Vicariate of the Tauride Crimean Diocese Dionysius Prozorovsky December 12, 1928 - July 8, 1930 Dimitri Abashidze 1922 - July 1924, v/u, b. Tauride retired Konstantin Dyakov 1929, archbishop. Kharkov Grigory Lebedev May 1928 did not accept the appointment Andrey Odintsov 1917 - 1919 Kirill Sokolov December 9, 1921 - 1922 the diocese was not ruled by John of Peter and Paul 1926 - 1927 Kafa Vicariate of the Korsun Diocese Nestor Sirotenko September 5 - December 24, 2010 Theodosian Diocese Platon Udov enko since December 20, 2012

3. Monasteries

Katerlezsky St. George Convent for women; Voikovo, Leninsky district Kiziltash Stefano-Sourozhsky monastery; Krasnokamenka, Feodosia

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The Patriarch of Constantinople has no last children in Crimea. The Feodosia diocese proposed to award Kerch the title of Holy Apostolic City, so as not to forget about the visit of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called. St. George Katerlez convent, Feodosia diocese. Orthodox Religious Organization Feodosia SBIS. Diocesan bishop: Platon, Metropolitan of Feodosia and Kerch ​Udovenko Vladimir Petrovich. Crimean diocese. Feodosia diocese, Simferopol deanery. BAGEROVO LENINSKY DISTRICT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA, FEODOSIA DIOCESE, legal address: 298227, Republic of Crimea, Leninsky.

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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ORTHODOX Checco. The Feodosia diocese will hold funeral services for those killed in the explosion in Kerch. October 17, 2021. 0. Secretary of the Feodosia Diocese Ioann Kopylov​. Dzhankoy diocese. ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF ST. The meeting, according to the press service of the diocese, has not yet been made public by the Feodosia diocese, which it heads. November 9, 2021. Orthodox Church calendar. HOLY GEORGE KATERLEZ WOMEN'S MONASTERY VILLAGE OF VOIKOVO REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA DIOCESE OF FEODOSIA, Voikovo.

Feodosia Deanery Official website of Feodosia.

On October 18, all churches of the Feodosia diocese will hold funeral services for those killed in the terrorist attack at the Kerch Polytechnic. Orthodox religious organization Feodosia diocese. METROPOLITAN OF FEODOSIAN AND KERCH PLATO SCHEDULE OF THE DIOCESE OF FEODOSIAN KERCH DEANAGE: THURSDAY 15. Changes have occurred in the composition of the Public Council. Taurida and Simferopol diocese 1924 1929, Sourozh 1925 ​1930 there was a Kerch-Feodosia diocese in. In Sudak they pray for the repose of Abbot Nikon, who died in. Official of the Feodosia diocese. Feodosia diocese. Thank God for everything! Information. Official in Feodosia.

St. George Katerlez Convent Home.

The Feodosia diocese has taken the initiative to assign Kerch to the Feodosia and Dzhankoy dioceses, it is developing. Sudak Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Church. A new Feodosia diocese has now been formed within the boundaries of the Feodosia and Kerch deaneries. Formed by decision. Feodosia diocese information portal of Sevastopol. Antonina Timchenko represents the Feodosia branch of the republican religious organization Feodosia Diocese. A concept for the development of religious tourism was presented in Crimea. As specified in the Feodosia diocese, the ark with a particle of the relics of the holy blessed Matrona of Moscow is being sent to the Feodosia diocese.

Father John: On the transfer of Crimean monasteries.

Simferopol and Crimean diocese, Feodosia diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, Dzhankoy diocese. THEODOSIA DIOCESE Tree Drevo. The Feodosia diocese was formed on December 20, 2012 by the decision of the diocese, Metropolitan Platon is called Feodosia and Kerch. Feodosia Diocese of the Orthodox Church - Feodosia. September 9, 2021 in the village. Lenino Diocese of Feodosia, with the blessing of His Eminence Plato, Metropolitan of Feodosia and. Ark with the relics of the holy blessed Matrona of Moscow. Simferopol, Azov and Feodosia dioceses. Simferopol diocese. Tauride and S. November 16, 1859 1928, Crimean.

155 years of the Simferopol and Crimean dioceses.

Kerch news and city poster, Crimean bridge and Tavrida highway, catalog of Kerch enterprises. Orthodox Religious Organization Feodosia Diocese. ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION FEODOSIA DIOCESE INN 9111018747, OGRN 1157700014680 registered. Simferopol, Azov and Feodosia dioceses hierarchy. ORTHODOX RO FEODOSIAN DIOCESE. OGRN 1157700014680. The whole truth about the company. Subscribe. Share. WhatsApp. Telegram. Public opinion regarding the awarding of the title is being studied. CRIMEA FEODOSIA DIOCESE OGRN 1169102062810 INN 9108113895 CITY OF SUDAK REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA FEODOSIA DIOCESE.

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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in the city of Kerch st. Dmitrova, 2 is the oldest stone temple in Russia and Eastern Europe. The Feodosia and Kerch diocese is what it is. With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Feodosia and Kerch, the organizers of the fair are the Feodosia Diocese and the Palace of Culture. The Feodosia diocese will announce a collection of donations to fight against. The Feodosia diocese will announce a collection of donations to fight coronavirus. The founding ceremony took place at the Diocesan Administration in Kerch. ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. UOC MP, Feodosia and Kerch diocese, Feodosia deanery. Chapel. It does not work. Consecrated in honor of: Paraskeva of Iconium.

KERCH VICARIARY Orthodox Encyclopedia.

The Orthodox Religious Organization Feodosia Diocese, RO is registered at the address 298320, Crimea Republic, Kerch, Dmitry Donskoy St. ORTHODOX RO FEODOSIAN DIOCESE last. ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION FEODOSIA DIOCESE, Kerch, Republic of Crimea, TIN 9111018747, OGRN 1157700014680. The Feodosia Diocese will hold memorial services for those who died in. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ORTHODOX PARISH OF THE TEMPLE OF ALL SAINTS OF THE CITY OF FEODOSIA, REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA, FEODOSIA DIOCESE. On approval of the Action Plan for implementation c. THEODOSIA DIOCESE ORTHODOX TEMPLE IN THE NAME OF ST. RIGHT JOHN OF KRONSTADT AND THE HOLY BLESSED PRINCE PETER I. The Feodosia diocese will hold a memorial service for the victims of Ren TV. Order for the Diocese No. 81 4 20 dated April 16, 2021 MiscellaneousNo comments. In addition to order No. 74 4 20 of April 5, 2020, no.

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The Feodosia diocese confirmed the death of the diocesan cleric, rector of the Kiziltash Monastery of St. Stephen. On November 17, the clergy of the Feodosia diocese congratulated. Calendar of events of the Feodosia Diocese. There are no upcoming events. Orthodox calendar. August 15, 2021 Feodosia Diocese of the Patriarchy.ru Organization. The Feodosia diocese ​journal No. 102 was separated from the Simferopol diocese. A metropolitan was appointed its manager. Feodosia Diocese VKontakte. St. George Katerlez convent, Feodosia diocese. Abbess: Abbess Theodosia Mikhailenko Olga Yurievna.

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On November 17, the clergy of the Feodosia diocese congratulated Metropolitan Platon on his birthday. 11/18/2019. 267. 1 of 19. Previous article17. They want to make Kerch a holy and apostolic city in contrast. The Feodosia diocese took the initiative to assign this high title to Kerch, the former Panticapaeum,” said Andrey. New mark on the map of Professional Expo: Kerch News. The Synod decided to have the title of Feodosia and Kerch for the ruling bishop. The diocese today as of April 2021. The Feodosia diocese is organizing a lecture and exhibition in Kerch. On October 18, memorial services for those killed in the terrorist attack at the Kerch Polytechnic College will be held in all churches of the Feodosia diocese.

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Simferopol and Crimean diocese dated November 18, 2021. Orthodox religious organization Feodosia Diocese. Crimea as Russian Mount Athos Parliamentary newspaper. Orthodox Religious Organization Feodosia Diocese INN 9111018747, OGRN 1157700014680, Kerch details and contact information. An explosion occurred at a college in Kerch. All that is known about this. The Feodosia diocese will hold funeral services for those killed in the explosion. They will be held simultaneously in all churches of the diocese. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ORTHODOX PARISH. Metropolitan Platon of Feodosia made a tour of the shrines around Kerch. from 04/06/2020 Feodosia diocese Patriarchia.ru.

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Feats of List Writing

When in the 17th century, Archimandrite Nikon of the Novospassky Monastery, the future Patriarch, asked to write a list of the miraculous icon for the Russian Empire, Archimandrite of the Iveron Athos Monastery Pachomius took the request very seriously. “Having gathered all their brethren... they performed a great prayer service from evening until daylight, and blessed the water with the holy relics, and poured holy water over the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, the old Portaitissa, and collected that holy water into a great basin, and having collected it, they again poured it on a new board , that they made everything from the cypress tree, and again collected that holy water into a basin, and then served the Divine and Holy Liturgy with great boldness, and after the holy Liturgy they gave that holy water and holy relics to the icon painter, monk, priest and spiritual father, Mr. Iamblichus Romanov, so that he, mixing holy water and holy relics with paints, can paint a holy icon.” It is known that the icon painter fasted a lot and ate food only on Saturday and Sunday, and the brethren celebrated all-night vigil and liturgy twice a week.

Legends about the mysterious icon of the Iveron Mother of God

Locals say that as soon as one of the images of the Mother of God “settled” in the building, several residents of Kafa were healed (during church services) from binges and cancer. The miraculous thing was allegedly discovered by monks on Mount Athos - in the Iveron monastery, according to myth, during the persecution of Christians it was saved from Roman legionnaires by a pious woman.

One version of local historians says that at the end of the 15th century, for this reason, Afanasy Nikitin himself, the Russian “conqueror” of the Indo-Persian region, prayed here. By the way, a monument to him, as well as a cross in honor of the victims of repression, stands on the territory of a unique landmark of Feodosia.

Money Museum

Address:
Kuibysheva street, 12
Feodosia, as the most ancient

Black Sea city, almost from the first times of its existence, was known for minting its own currency.
This means that already in the ancient Greek polis there was a Mint
. Historians have established about 14 periods of issue of Feodosian money - ancient, and then Genoese, Tatar and so on...

Feodosia Museum of Money
a numismatic museum in the city

quite logical and natural.
Moreover, many residents of the city, including merchants, all kinds of researchers and simply wealthy citizens were engaged in collecting ancient coins, and the first city numismatic collection appeared at the Museum of Antiquities
already at the beginning of the 19th century.

For tourists interested in history and numismatics, a visit to this museum will certainly be very useful. The exhibition, consisting of seven sections, will also be of interest to other visitors.

An invaluable exhibition in the Museum of Money.
Just think, here are coins minted in Greek Feodosia in the 5th-4th centuries BC

.!
There are coins from the period of the Bosporan Kingdom
and the Golden Horde, Genoese cash and Khan coins of Shahin-Gerai.

This museum can be visited from 10.00 to 18.00

all days except Thursday, with lunch break from 13.00 to 14.00. The cost of visits for 2021 is planned from 50 to 100 rubles.

Story

It is generally accepted that the temple, made of wild stone, was erected in the 14th century, but it is possible that it was much earlier. It was rebuilt several times; a spacious extension was later added to the initially square building from the side of the main entrance. Inside it is divided by pillars covered with vaults with arches. The temple is crowned with a dome on an octagonal drum with narrow windows.

Inside, ancient stone images have been preserved: the face of the Lord under the dome, in the altar there is the Savior, he is surrounded by twelve apostles, six on each side; to the left and right of the altar are the figures of John the Baptist and Nicholas the Wonderworker. The entrance to the domed hall is framed by an arch decorated with openwork stone carvings.

In the autumn of 1474, the Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin, returning from India, arrived in Kafa (Feodosia). In this temple he prayed and thanked God for his safe return.

In ancient times, the temple was consecrated in the name of John the Baptist. In 1858, priest Nikolai Tregubov, with the help of philanthropists, restored and consecrated the church in the name of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

The walls of the temple were painted with frescoes, fragments of which could still be seen at the beginning of the 20th century. Unfortunately, they have not survived to this day.

Services were held here until the mid-1920s, then the temple was closed and used as a warehouse.

In the 1990s, the building was restored, restoration and drainage work was carried out.

Since 1995, regular services have been held here; the doors of the temple are open every day to everyone.

Notes[ | ]

1. A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
   . A study of some puzzling questions of the Middle Ages in Tauris. With. 54.
2. A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
   . A study of some puzzling questions of the Middle Ages in Tauris. With. 55.
3. A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
   . A study of some puzzling questions of the Middle Ages in Tauris. With. 57.
4. However, from 1493 to 1644 the names of eight Catholic bishops of Kafa are known, who, however, were never in the city itself and had no influence on its population. A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
   . A study of some puzzling questions of the Middle Ages in Tauris. With. 55-56.
5. hierome Ephraim (Pashkov), “Canonical and legal grounds for the activities of the vicar bishop in the Russian Church in the 17th - early 20th centuries” Archival copy dated September 23, 2015 on the Wayback Machine // bogoslov.ru, November 19, 2012
6. Sukhorebrov V.V., Bobkov A.A. BISHOPS OF THEODOSIA AND MARIUPOL

Dacha "Victoria"

Address:
Aivazovsky Avenue, 31
Architectural monument of the early 20th century

, built in
the Moorish style
, Villa Victoria is another lovely Feodosia mansion with stucco and stone carvings, also located on Aivazovsky Avenue.
It was built by a well-known businessman in the city, Solomon Crimea
, owner of a commercial bank, shipping company and other things.

Dacha "Victoria" is another example of Moorish architecture.
In Soviet times, a sanatorium was located in the former Crimean dacha, and today there is a Historical and Adventure Interactive Museum

, which is called
“Feostoria”
, and is very conducive to getting acquainted with the history of the city.

Introductory exhibits of the Feostoria Museum
In the eight halls of the museum, in a relaxed atmosphere, you can learn many interesting facts from the thousand-year history of Feodosia. There are Alchemist's Halls

and the Golden Age of the city, the Hall of Crimean money and the Hall dedicated to
the Magnificent Age
. And you can learn and see a lot of interesting things here. For example, that the concubine of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the first, Roxalana, was acquired on the slave market in Feodosia, you can see the money that the government of P. Wrangel began to print and much, much more.

Hall of the Dark Middle Ages in “Feostoria”
There is a place in the Museum where you can have a cup of coffee

and a souvenir kiosk, where you will definitely want to buy something for a long memory.

Both children and adults enjoy visiting this museum complex. In addition, there is another museum exhibition on the territory of the center - “PhiloSovia”

, containing more than two thousand exhibits of owls and eagle owls, made of various materials.

Nice exhibits of “Philosoviya”
An integral part of the Historical and Adventure Center is the information and tourism department

, where you can consult on issues of spending time in Crimea, in particular in Feodosia, and at the same time purchase tickets for some event.

This museum center will be open from May 1, 2021 daily from 10.00 to 21.00

.

Literature

• A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
  . A study of some puzzling questions of the Middle Ages in Tauris. // ITUAC No. 57 1920 p. 1-135.

Geographic coordinates of the Iveron Temple in Feodosia, on the map of Crimea GPS N 45.022550 E 35.401469

Iversky Temple in Feodosia

located at: Feodosia, st. Portovaya, 16. The temple is open from 8:00 to 18:00, on holidays it closes after evening or night services. The temple is open to parishioners and tourists, there is no entrance fee.

History of the Iversky Temple in Feodosia

Iversky Temple in Feodosia

, is located in the old part of the city, not far from the walls of the Genoese fortress. In the Middle Ages, this part of the city was called quarantine, due to the fact that it was here that cargo delivered to Feodosia was quarantined. This area was also called Armenian, since in the 11th century the Armenians were forbidden to be outside the walls of the Genoese fortress and they founded their settlement near the walls of the city. It was in the 11th century that the construction of the old part of the city began and, according to some historians, it was in the 12-13th century that the Temple was built. But this version still needs to be confirmed by archaeologists and historians. Today, the confirmed date of the foundation of the Temple is considered to be the 14th century. The first name of the Temple was the Temple of John the Baptist. During the 15th and 16th centuries, it was robbed and closed several times. After the transition of Crimea to Tsarist Russia, the Temple was completely restored.

In 1858 it was consecrated and given a new name, by which it is known to this day. During the Soviet era, the Temple served until the 1920s. In the 20s it was used for storage and other household needs. In 1996, the Temple was restored at the expense of parishioners and again opened to believers and guests of the Crimean Peninsula. Today, the Iveron Temple, in Feodosia, is one of the ancient attractions of the city; it is also famous for its ancient altar, which has survived to this day, and a fresco depicting the Savior with the twelve Apostles. The temple consists of two parts: initially it was round, but after construction, literally in 40-50 years, the number of parishioners increased several times; a rectangular extension was added to the main temple, which has survived to this day.

How to get to the Iversky Temple in Feodosia

Get to the Iversky Temple

The easiest way is from the city center, along Gorky Street, going to the street. Portovaya, 300 meters towards the sea - and we are at our goal. In addition to visiting this holy place and the Church of St. John the Evangelist, which is located nearby, you can see such sights of Feodosia as: the Genoese fortress, stroll through the old town, and admire the sea. If you are planning to visit the Crimean peninsula, then be sure to visit Feodosia, with its sights, amazing streets and beautiful warm sea. You will definitely be provided with several wonderful moments and many impressions from visiting historical places in Feodosia.

Bishops[ | ]

Metropolis of Kafa

(
Patriarchate of Constantinople
)

• Sophronius - mentioned in 1546
• Joasaph - mentioned in 1590
• Jacob - mentioned in 1604
• Mitrofan - 1616-1631 (mentioned June 1616)
• Parthenius - 1631-1644 (mentioned August 1631)
• Kirill - July 1644 - November 1655
• Meletius - June 1656-1666)
• 1666-1678 - under the Metropolitans of Amasia

Feodosia and Mariupol Vicariate of the Ekaterinoslav Diocese

(
semi-independent
)

• Dorofey (Vozmuylov) (May 2, 1787 - September 10, 1790)
• Moses (Gumilevsky) (June 5, 1791 - October 5, 1792)
• Job (Potemkin) (February 27, 1793 - May 13, 1796)
• Gervasy (Lintsevsky) (May 29, 1796 - January 7, 1798)
• Christopher (Sulima) (April 18, 1798 - October 16, 1799)

Feodosia Vicariate of Tauride

(
Crimean
)
diocese

• Andrey (Odintsov) (1917—1919)
• Kirill (Sokolov) (December 9, 1921-1922) did not govern the diocese
• Dimitri (Abashidze)
  (1922 - July 1924), military, b. Tavrichesky at rest
• John (Petropavlovsky) (1926-1927)
• Grigory (Lebedev) (May 1928) did not accept the appointment
• Dionisy (Prozorovsky) (December 12, 1928 - July 8, 1930)
• Konstantin (Dyakov)
  (1929) v/u, archbishop. Kharkovsky

Kafa Vicariate of Korsun Diocese

• Nestor (Sirotenko) (September 5 - December 24, 2010)
• Alexy (Zanochkin) (since March 11, 2020)

Feodosia diocese

• Platon (Udovenko) (from December 20, 2012)