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Chelyabinsk and Miass diocese
of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church

• Diocesan administration: Russia, 454087, Chelyabinsk, st. Kyshtymskaya, 34
• Tel. (secretary); (office), (press service)
• Official site:
• Canonical territory: Chelyabinsk, Verkhneufaleysky, Karabashsky, Kopeysky, Kyshtymsky, Miasssky, Ozyorsky and Snezhinsky districts; Argayashsky, Kaslinsky, Korkinsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Kunashaksky, Nyazepetrovsky, Sosnovsky and Chebarkulsky districts of the Chelyabinsk region.
• Cathedral: Simeonovsky in Chelyabinsk, Rozhdestvensky in Chelyabinsk (under construction)
• On the map: Yandex.Map, Google map

Established in 1908 as the Chelyabinsk Vicariate of the Orenburg Diocese.
Initially, the vicar was listed as the rector of the Orenburg Dormition Makaryevsky Monastery, in fact performing the functions of their deputy under the Orenburg bishops. By a synodal decision of October 9, 1913, the vicariate was made territorial - the department was transferred to Chelyabinsk, and the vicar’s jurisdiction included the Trinity and Chelyabinsk districts of the Orenburg province. As a result of the schism, simultaneously with the diocese, there were Renovationist (1923-) and Gregorian (1927-) dioceses subordinate to the Patriarchate.

It existed until 1935, after which from 1935 to 1936 its territory was assigned to the Omsk dioceses, and then, until restoration in 1947, to the Sverdlovsk dioceses.

Soon after the restoration, already in the winter of 1948, state control over the activities of religious organizations was tightened again, arrests of clergy and church closures began again. In 1949, 3 churches were closed in the diocese, and in 1950, 5 were closed.

Since 1959, bishops have ceased to be appointed to the Chelyabinsk See; since 1966, the Bishops of Sverdlovsk have been temporarily in charge of the See. In 1989, a special bishop was again appointed to the department.

On July 26, 2012, the Trinity and Magnitogorsk dioceses were separated from the Chelyabinsk diocese, which, together with the Chelyabinsk diocese, were included in the newly formed Chelyabinsk Metropolis. The Chelyabinsk diocese itself was limited to the northern part of the region.

On December 27, 2021, the independent Zlatoust diocese was separated from the Chelyabinsk diocese, after which the Chelyabinsk, Verkhneufaleysky, Karabash, Kopeysky, Kyshtymsky, Miass, Ozyorsky and Snezhinsky urban districts, as well as Argayashsky, Kaslinsky, Korkinsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Kunashaksky, Nyazepetrovsky, Sosnovsky and Chebarkulsky districts in the north of the Chelyabinsk region [1].

Historical names

• Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust (vicar) (1908 - ?)
• Chelyabinskaya and Troitskaya (1918 - 1926)
• Chelyabinsk and Miass (1926 - 1935)
• Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust (1947 - December 27, 2016)
• Chelyabinsk and Miass (since December 27, 2016)

Statistics

• 1929 - 51 communities in the Chelyabinsk district of the diocese
• 1941, at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War - only 1 Renovationist church operates in the region
• mid-1950s - 29 parishes in the region
• January 1, 1958 [2] - 29 registered churches and houses of worship.
• 1989, by the time the diocese was restored - 17 parishes
• 1997, by the time Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk) arrived in Chelyabinsk - 68 parishes
• September 1, 2000 – 101st parish.
• 2004 - 130 parishes, 172 clergy (157 priests, 15 deacons)
• August 2011 - 191 parishes (of which 36 do not have legal registration); 267 operating churches (132 parish, 44 affiliated, 3 monastery, 13 houses of worship, 23 chapels, 34 house churches, 18 churches under construction); 3 monasteries; 224 clergy (7 monastics, 2 abbess); 19 parish newspapers, 5 Orthodox supplements to city and regional printed publications [3]
• February 2015 - 267 operating churches, including: 132 parish, 44 affiliated, 3 monastery, 13 houses of worship, 23 chapels, 34 house churches, 18 under construction; 191 parishes, including 36 without legal registration; 224 clergy, including 7 monastics, 2 abbess; 19 parish newspapers, 5 Orthodox supplements to city and regional printed publications [3]

Bishops

• Sschmch. Dionysius (Sosnovsky) (September 14, 1908 - November 13, 1914)
• Sschmch. Sylvester (Olszewski) (November 13, 1914 - June 4, 1915)
• Gabriel (Voevodin) (June 9, 1915 - January 26, 1916)
• Seraphim (Alexandrov) (March 24, 1916 - April 1, 1918)
• Gabriel (Chepur) (1918) [4]
• Pavel (Borisovsky) (April 23 - June 12, 1918), was not in the diocese
• Gabriel (Voevodin) (1918) [5]
• Dionysius (Prozorovsky) (September 30, 1919 - 1923)
• Dionysius (Prozorovsky) (1925 - 1926) v/u, bishop. Trinity

• Nazariy (Blinov) (1927 - 1928) supreme, archbishop. Tobolsky [6]
• Simeon (Mikhailov) (1928 - 1929) high school bishop. Zlatoustovsky

• Simeon (Mikhailov) (1928 - 1929, February 5 - July 3, 1935) high school bishop. Zlatoustovsky
• 1935-1936 - as part of the Omsk diocese
• 1936-1947 - as part of the Sverdlovsk diocese

• Tobiah (Ostroumov) (March 17, 1950 - March 14, 1957) v/u, archbishop. Sverdlovsky

• Mikhail (Voskresensky) (August 15, 1959 - May 31, 1960) v/u, bishop. Chkalovsky (Orenburg)
• Flavian (Dmitriyuk) (1960 - July 7, 1966) v/u, ep. Sverdlovsky
• Leonid (Polyakov) (July 7 - October 8, 1966) supreme, archbishop. Permian
• 1966-1989 - temporarily ruled by the Sverdlovsk rulers

Clergy of the metropolitan area

After the formation of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis, Bishop Feofan became its leader. From 2014 to 2021, the ruling bishop of the new metropolis was Bishop Nikodim. Since 2021, the Chelyabinsk department has been headed by Archbishop Gregory.

Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Miass Gregory

Each diocese within the metropolitanate is led by its own archpastor:

• The ruling bishop of the Magnitogorsk diocese is Bishop Innocent;
• The ruling bishop of the Trinity diocese is Bishop Parmen;
• The ruling bishop of the Zlatoust diocese is Bishop Vikenty.

Mass media

• periodicals:
• Chelyabinsk Diocesan Gazette
• Epiphany
• Light of Christ
• Simeonovskaya Hill
• Chelyabinsk Orthodox
• Verb
• Orthodox life
• Simeonovsky Bulletin

• weekly interview with the bishop in the program “There is an opinion” (State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “South Ural”)
• weekly television program “Transfiguration” (regional TV channel OTV-Zvezda, federal Orthodox TV channel “Soyuz”)
• weekly television program “Symbol of Faith” (regional TV channel “Business Ural”, OTV-Zvezda, Orthodox TV channel “Soyuz”)
• “Save and Preserve” (radio broadcast twice a month on the regional wire radio “South Ural”)

Monasteries and churches of the metropolitan area

One of the operating monasteries in the Chelyabinsk region is the Odigitrievskaya Convent. It was opened in the middle of the 19th century and operated for more than 50 years. The decline in the activities of the Orthodox monastery is associated with the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church, which began with the Bolsheviks coming to power.

Odigitrievsky Convent in Chelyabinsk

Previously, more than three hundred nuns lived in the monastery. They ran an extensive household, were engaged in handicrafts and icon painting. The sisters of the monastery were active in social and charitable activities: on the territory of the monastery there was a hospital, a shelter for girls, and a parish school.

After the arrest of the sisters of the monastery, the monastery was closed for many years. Its premises were used for various economic needs. In 2015, the monastery resumed its activities, but it cannot yet be called numerous.

Nevertheless, all necessary services are performed daily in the monastery churches. An icon-painting workshop was opened in the monastery, a monastery bakery began operating, and a handicraft circle appeared. There is every reason to believe that the monastery will soon begin to operate fully.

In the small village of Bulzi there is a women's monastic community. It was formed in 2013. Its residents settled in the place where the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery was located before the revolution. The community consists of an abbess, a nun and a novice. Together, women are working to restore the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and work with children and pilgrims.

In 2015, the Epiphany Monastery began its work. Currently, active construction of a cell building is underway on the territory of the monastery, and the brothers of the monastery are working with the homeless.

Epiphany Monastery of Chelyabinsk

In addition, the following monasteries operate on the territory of the metropolis:

• Simeon-Anninsky Convent;
• St. Nicholas Monastery;
• Women's Convent of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God;
• Resurrection Monastery.

In total, there are more than 300 churches in the metropolis.

Social institutions

• Council of Orthodox Youth Associations of the Chelyabinsk Region ( )
• Chelyabinsk branch of the Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders of the youth association "Rossich"
• Orthodox youth society “Hold on” in honor of the holy righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye at the St. Simeon Cathedral, Chelyabinsk ()
• Youth society "Pokrov" at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kopeisk
• Military-patriotic youth association “Warrior” at the Holy Trinity Church, Chelyabinsk ()
• Chelyabinsk regional branch of the All-Russian Society of Orthodox Doctors
• Center for social and moral adaptation of dependent people “Resurrection” at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Inexhaustible Chalice, Chelyabinsk
• Courses for liberation from addictions (gambling addiction, alcoholism, smoking) at the Church of St. Basil the Great, Chelyabinsk

Sisterhood

• in honor of the Venerable Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Unexpected Joy, Chelyabinsk
• at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Quench my sorrows, Chelyabinsk
• at the church in honor of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Zlatoust
• in honor of the Venerable Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth at the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Karabash

Charity canteens

• at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Verkhny Ufaley
• at the Holy Kazan Church, Kartaly

History of the metropolis and dioceses

The Chelyabinsk diocese was created 100 years ago. Before this, the lands of the Chelyabinsk region were subordinate to the Orenburg diocese, and the diocese itself was considered a vicariate. The diocese was established as an independent administrative and ecclesiastical unit in 1918 and for a long time was part of the Omsk Metropolis.

St. Simeon's Cathedral in Chelyabinsk

During the Civil War, the clergy and parishioners of Chelyabinsk churches felt the horror of the first repressions. At this time, churches and religious institutions were closed, arrests were made among the clergy and active believers.

The closure of the Odigitrievsky Monastery, whose sisters were arrested and exiled to one of the correctional camps, caused a particular resonance in society. By the 30s of the last century, there was only one functioning temple in the Chelyabinsk region.

Important! The state revised its policy towards the Church only in connection with the Great Patriotic War. The Orthodox Church helped unite the people and was able to give people the necessary spiritual support, thanks to which the authorities reduced pressure on the clergy.

During the Khrushchev years, pressure on the Russian Orthodox Church increased, Orthodox churches were closed and many dioceses were abolished. The Chelyabinsk diocese resumed its activities in 1989.

In 2012, the Chelyabinsk Metropolis was established, which at that time consisted of three dioceses - Chelyabinsk, Trinity and Magnitogorsk. Four years later, the Zlatoust diocese also became part of the metropolitanate. Magnitogorsk and Trinity dioceses were separated from Chelyabinsk in 2012.

MEDIA MONITORING: Big scandal in the Chelyabinsk diocese. Investigation by a correspondent of "UralPolit.Ru"

The large Ascension Cathedral, which opened this year in Magnitogorsk, is shaken by a conflict that threatens to turn into a crisis of confidence among Magnitogorsk residents not only in the local clergy, but also in the Russian Orthodox Church in general. The rector of the church, accused of adultery and insulting church hierarchs, was removed from his post by Metropolitan Job of Chelyabinsk. But the flock has risen to the defense of Father Yaroslav, who claim that he was slandered for trying to unravel a tangle of financial irregularities. To achieve their truth, believers are ready to go to the patriarch.

It is visible from almost anywhere in the city. The Holy Ascension Cathedral was built on a natural hill on the right bank of the Urals. Together with the cross on the dome, the temple rises 52 meters - higher than a 15-story building. This is a whole temple complex with eight domes and outbuildings, a belfry, a house of mercy with its own house church, a refectory, a first-aid post and an almshouse for the needy. The cathedral itself was designed by a member of the Russian Union of Artists, Sergei Solomatin, in full accordance with the strict canons of the Russian Orthodox Church. The entire interior decoration is striking in its splendor, which fully reflects the financial capabilities and ambitious aspirations of the management of the city-forming metallurgical plant. According to data as of July 1, 2004 - this is fifteen days before the opening of the temple - MMK allocated more than 250 million rubles for its construction. But even at the construction stage, troubles began to plague the temple. Last December, a fire broke out in the cathedral under construction, which seriously damaged the temple interiors and almost derailed plans to open a grandiose religious building for the 75th anniversary of the city of metallurgists.

Back in 2001, a parish of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord was created in Magnitogorsk. According to the church charter, the parish must be led by a Parish Council headed by a chairman, who is elected at a general meeting of parishioners. He became an individual entrepreneur, Alexander Revin, who, by order of Metropolitan Job of Chelyabinsk and Chrysostom, was given the right to manage all financial and economic affairs of the parish. In addition to Revin, the Parish Council included highly respected people in Magnitogorsk: Chairman of the city meeting of deputies Mikhail Safronov, Deputy General Director of OJSC MMK for construction Valentin Antonyuk, Manager of OJSC KreditUralBank Alexander Grabovsky and others. On the eve of the opening of the temple, the bishop appointed him rector, Father Yaroslav (Marchyszak), who was specially invited from Sweden.

Arriving from prosperous Scandinavia, Father Yaroslav quickly encountered the harsh Russian reality. Having begun to delve into the financial affairs of his parish from the first days, the priest found them to be by no means in the best condition. The rector's assumptions about the misuse of money and outright theft were confirmed by the auditors of Aversaudit LLC, who checked the financial and economic activities for the nine months of 2004. It turned out, for example, that the temple was not registered with the district tax office. Accordingly, income tax reporting was not submitted there. There was no accounting of fixed assets on the balance sheet or off the balance sheet at all. And money was often spent without supporting documents or on the basis of documents whose authenticity the auditors could not help but doubt. The cash register audit revealed that many cash orders lack the signatures of financially responsible persons. Cash receipts orders do not contain passport details of the recipients of funds or their signatures are missing, which are replaced by the signature of accountant Olga Bazanova.

The most interesting information was provided by reconciling data on cash receipts using primary documents, cashier reports and the balance sheet. Based on the results of the first quarter of 2004, auditors identified a shortage of issued cash receipt orders of 3,859 rubles. A comparison of the balance sheet and primary documents based on the results of the third quarter showed a discrepancy of 9 thousand rubles. And when comparing the balance sheet and the cashier’s reports, the amount increased to 364,697 rubles. No less interesting is the data on cash expenditures. The auditors revealed the fact that 100,000 and 33,304 rubles were issued to the parish accountant without proper paperwork. In addition, Olga Bazanova’s signature is on many receipts for cash receipt orders of other organizations, which casts doubt on the authenticity of the supporting documents presented.

Finally, in September, the financial management of the church created two versions of cash reports, and this, as auditors believe, may indicate that the full amount of donations collected by the parish was hidden from the diocesan authorities. When reconciling the data from the working balance for the third quarter and the data from cash reports, an underestimation of the amount of donations was revealed by as much as 34,697 rubles. Significant sums, as shown by an audit of the collection and targeted use of donations, are spent on the purchase of expensive furniture for church servants, payment for cellular communications for them, and even on the purchase of alcoholic beverages, which is unacceptable according to the charter of a religious organization. At the same time, as follows from the auditors’ report, only a small fraction of the funds collected by the temple were spent on charity and helping needy parishioners.

Having received such test results, Father Yaroslav immediately convened a parish meeting. It took place on November 21 with the participation, according to various sources, from 2.5 to 3 thousand Magnitogorsk residents. The parishioners expressed their support for Father Yaroslav and elected a new Parish Council. The rector of the temple became its chairman of the council, and MMK general director Viktor Rashnikov was elected an honorary member. After this, the scandal began to develop into an open conflict. Despite the fact that the head of the administration of the Pravoberezhny district of Magnitogorsk, Nikolai Shulyak, was included in the new Parish Council, Mayor Viktor Anikushin had a negative attitude towards the results of the parish meeting. It is not surprising that when a statement was received from the city police department regarding the violations identified by the auditors, they refused to initiate a case - with a very interesting wording: “due to the distance between the church and the state.” Much more attention was paid to the statement of Alexander Revin, which was simultaneously received by the Internal Affairs Directorate. The chairman of the council, removed by the parish meeting, complained of the beating immediately after the parishioners gathered.

But the main front line lay not in Magnitogorsk, but in Chelyabinsk, where the leadership of the diocese is located. Reports on Father Yaroslav poured in there. Here are excerpts from them. “Due to the fact that the Rector of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord Yaroslav Marchishak is not involved in the spiritual life of the temple, parishioners have left and continue to leave our parish, as a result the income of the parish is falling... I (Alexander Revin, who continues to call himself the Chairman of the Parish Council - approx. A.P. .) issued a decree to reduce Yaroslav’s father’s salary from 30 to 8 thousand rubles.” “Father Yaroslav harassed the women of the temple employees, forced them to enter into an adulterous relationship.... He was negligent in the performance of the divine service.... During the divine service, Father Yaroslav blasphemously placed a microphone on the Holy Antimins, thereby showing his attitude towards this greatest shrine. During the service, he lowered the holy particle into the chalice after the exclamation “Holy to the Saints!”, soaked the fingers of his right hand in the Blood of the Lord and, wincing with disgust, wiped them on his vestments, thereby showing his attitude towards the Body and Blood of the Lord.” “Father Yaroslav also pours verbal mud on you (the report is addressed to Metropolitan Job - approx. A.P.) in the presence of people, saying: “If necessary, we will remove the Metropolitan too,” that “the Metropolitan is sawing the branch on which he sits,” that “ the bishop is corrupting discipline in the diocese,” distorted your fatherly instructions to him about correction.” All letters end with a request to urgently release Father Yaroslav from the post of rector of the church and dean of the Magnitogorsk and Verkhneuralsk district of the diocese and “to count him among the staff of the diocese, as discrediting the honor and rank of a clergyman, so that he can no longer cause harm to the diocese.”

At first, the Metropolitan’s reaction was limited to advice to sort it out themselves at the Parish Council. “For this purpose, in accordance with the Charter, they occupy their positions in the parish,” Job noted in one of his response letters. However, then Job refused to sign the minutes of the parish meeting and, with the wording “such deans, and especially administrators, cannot bring any benefit to the diocese and the ruling bishop,” he issued a decree to remove Father Yaroslav from the post of dean. When signing this order, the Metropolitan probably could not even imagine what the reaction of the Magnitogorsk parishioners would be. The temple was suddenly empty, and in Magnitogorsk the collection of signatures began for an appeal to Patriarch Alexy II, who is called upon to “save the temple from Judas.” As stated in the appeal, parishioners not only believe, but are confident that the chairman of the Parish Council, Revin, “very organized” the leakage of funds made in the form of donations and payments for church services. In the coming days, supporters of Father Yaroslav will go to Moscow to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the meantime, parishioners took patronage over the disgraced rector. After threats were received against him, Magnitogorsk believers began to protect the clergyman and his daughter. During the confrontation, Marchisak suffered a heart attack. Now there is a question about the eviction of the former dean from the apartment that the city-forming enterprise rented for him. True, this issue can be resolved positively only with the consent of MMK General Director Viktor Rashnikov, and for now he prefers not to interfere with parish sentiments.

Alexander Patan

Published: 12/21/2004 at 6:32 pm

Headings: News feed, Media monitoring

Russian Orthodox Church

Part of the Chelyabinsk Metropolis

In 1908, the Chelyabinsk Vicariate was formed as part of the Orenburg Diocese. The independent Chelyabinsk diocese was established in 1918. In 1935-1936. was part of Omsk, in 1936-1947. - Sverdlovsk dioceses. In 1960, the diocese was abolished, its parishes again became part of the Sverdlovsk diocese. Restored as an independent entity in 1989.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 26, 2012 (magazine No. 63), the Magnitogorsk and Trinity dioceses were separated from the diocese. The Chelyabinsk diocese is included in the Chelyabinsk Metropolis.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27, 2021 (journal No. 114), the Zlatoust diocese was separated from the diocese. The Synod decided to have the title “Chelyabinsk and Miass” for the ruling bishop.

Diocese today (as of March 2017)

Deaneries and deaneries

• Chelyabinsk - Archpriest Boris Krivonogov
• Verkhneufaleyskoye - Archpriest Alexander Gorodinsky
• Kaslinsko-Snezhinskoye - priest Valery Borisenko
• Kopeisko-Korkinskoe - Archpriest Viktor Vavilov
• Miasskoe - Archpriest Georgiy Kretsu
• Miass-Selskoe - Priest Evgeniy Novokreschinov
• Ozersko-Kyshtymskoye - Archpriest Dimitry Shorin
• Sosnovskoe - Archpriest Georgy Artaryan
• Chebarkulskoe - Archpriest Dimitry Egorov
• prison - priest Evgeny Kulakov

Monasteries

• Odigitrievsky female 454135, Chelyabinsk, st. Energetikov, 21A; tel. (351) 251-79-84; e-mail, website https://monastery74.ru abbess - abbess Eusevia (Lobanova)

There are 149 churches and 19 chapels in the diocese.
There are 123 parishes with legal registration. Number of clergy :

• priests - 145;
• deacons - 21.

Social institutions

• Diocesan Department for Social Ministry 454031, Chelyabinsk, st. Zhukova, 30 (at the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious); tel. (head of department), 225-47-80 (assistant head of department); e-mail [email protected] leader - Archpriest Vladimir Voskresensky
• Center for the Protection of Family, Motherhood and Childhood “Bereg” 454006, Chelyabinsk, st. Rossiyskaya, 59; tel.; website https://bereg74.org/head - priest Vladimir Panarin
• addiction recovery courses (gambling addiction, alcoholism, smoking) at the Church of St. Vasily the Great 454007, Chelyabinsk, Lenin Ave., 6; tel. (351) 775-18-18
• Center for adaptation of dependent people “Resurrection” at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice” 454046, Chelyabinsk, st. 5th Elektrovoznaya, 5; website https://chasha74.ru/
• sisterhood in honor of the Prmc. led book Elizabeth at the Church “Unexpected Joy” 454092, Chelyabinsk, st. Vorovskogo 16A; tel. (351) 232-68-36
• Sisterhood at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quench My Sorrows” 454046, Chelyabinsk, st. 5-ya Elektrovoznaya, 5A; tel.: (351) 734-27-00, 734-27-01 (temple) elder sister - Lukmanova Elena Alekseevna (tel.)
• Chelyabinsk regional branch of the All-Russian Society of Orthodox Doctors 454092, Chelyabinsk, st. Vorovskogo, 64; tel.: (351) 232-00-14, 262-69-13 confessor - Archpriest Alexander Byankin (tel., e-mail); secretary - Lyudmila Ivanovna Kheruvimova (tel., e-mail)
• Coordination Center for Combating Drug Addiction and Alcoholism of the Chelyabinsk Diocese, Chelyabinsk, st. Kyshtymskaya, 32/2, Administrative building (at the St. Simeon Cathedral); tel. +7912 475-05-05; e-mail; website https://vk.com/stopnarko_kc chairman - deacon Vyacheslav Dyakov
• Consultation center of the Chelyabinsk diocese (consultations for drug and alcohol addicts and their relatives) Chelyabinsk, st. Kyshtymskaya, 32/2, Administrative building (at the St. Simeon Cathedral); hotline number +; e-mail head - deacon Vyacheslav Dyakov

Orthodox Youth Associations

• Diocesan Department for Youth Affairs 454008, Chelyabinsk, Pobedy Ave., 398, building 1 (at the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh); e-mail leader - Archpriest Yaroslav Ivanov (tel.); Priest Evgeny Luchinin, assistant to the dean of the Chelyabinsk district for work with youth (tel., e-mail); Zhuravleva Tamara Aleksandrovna, coordinator of the Orthodox youth movement of the Chelyabinsk diocese (e-mail)
• Orthodox youth association “Hold on!” at the temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Chelyabinsk; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/derjis confessor - Archpriest Yaroslav Ivanov; coordinator of the association - Zhuravleva Tamara Aleksandrovna
• Orthodox youth association “Hold on!” at the St. Simeon Cathedral in Chelyabinsk; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/derjis confessor - priest Dionisy Kadomtsev (tel. +7905 838-16-30)
• Orthodox youth association “Delta”, Chelyabinsk; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/consensusofgenesis confessor - priest John Karabidovich; coordinators - Artem Dmitrievich Romanchikov (e-mail, tel. +7952 515-56-25), Yulia Igorevna Eliseeva (tel. +7963 467-78-09)
• Squad "Rossich" - Chelyabinsk regional branch of the Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders website www.bps174.ru; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/bps74 leader - priest Alexander Nevzorov (tel.; e-mail); Secretary of the squad - Victoria Vladimirovna Pedchenko (tel. +7952 529-72-99, e-mail)
• A detachment of the Brotherhood of Orthodox Pathfinders at the temple in honor of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious "Georgievichi" Chelyabinsk; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/otryd_georgievichi confessor - priest Andrey Kovshevny; coordinator - Valentina Yuryevna Kotova (tel.)
• Orthodox youth theater "White Bird" at St. Simeon's Cathedral 454048, Chelyabinsk, st. Kyshtymskaya, 32 artistic director - Elena Evgenievna Sadovnikova (tel.); director - Marina Yurievna Gleikh (tel. +7951 814-72-87)
• Orthodox youth association “Rassvet”, Kopeysk; website https://pokrovkop.cerkov.ru; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/pmorassvet confessor - priest Alexey Spitsin (tel., e-mail [email protected] ); coordinator - Daria Aleksandrovna Yugova (tel. +7908 067-16-32, e-mail)
• Youth Commonwealth “Areopagos”, Miass; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/areopacus confessor - Archpriest George Cretu; coordinator - priest Georgy Goloskokov (tel.)
• Christian youth association “Forum”, Miass; website dostoino-est.ru; VKontakte group https://vk.com/forummiass confessor - Priest Alexey Chernyshev (e-mail)
• Orthodox youth association “Truba”, Karabash; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/pravkarabash confessor - priest Alexander Sabitov (tel.); coordinator - Roman Nikolaevich Sedin (tel., e-mail)
• Orthodox youth association “Transfiguration”, Chebarkul; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/pravoslaviechebarkul confessor - Archpriest Dmitry Egorov (e-mail); coordinator - Yulia Aleksandrovna Belyaeva (tel. +7922 ​​717-70-75, e-mail from [email protected] )
• Orthodox youth association at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ozyorsk coordinator - Polina Vladimirovna Lekanova (tel., e-mail)
• Orthodox youth association “Kovcheg”, Kasli; group "VKontakte" https://vk.com/publicvh confessor - Archpriest Georgy Golovkin (tel.); coordinators: Marina Aleksandrovna Golovkina (tel.) and Vadim Andreevich Vagaitsev (tel.)
• Military-patriotic youth association “Warrior” (carries out conscription training of youth for military service) 454084, Chelyabinsk, st. Kirova, 60A; tel., 790-97-65, 790-97-64; e-mail; website alfa-voin.ru

Diocesan media

electronic media:

• official website of the Chelyabinsk diocese https://mitropolia74.ru/
• diocesan channel on YouTube video hosting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ6CC8adJst79JH7p-ttfA
• diocesan Twitter page https://twitter.com/Eparhia74/
• diocesan page “VKontakte” https://vk.com/eparhia74
• diocesan page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/eparhia74
• community of the missionary department of the Chelyabinsk diocese VKontakte https://vk.com/missotdel74
• website of the Orthodox youth movement of the Chelyabinsk diocese https://pmd74.ru/

print mass-media:

• newspaper "Chelyabinsk Diocesan Gazette" https://mitropolia74.ru/periodika/438/
• children's Orthodox magazine "Bell" https://mitropolia74.ru/periodika/723/

The diocese also publishes 8 parish newspapers.

television and radio:

• weekly interview with the ruling bishop in the program “Opinion” (State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “South Ural”) https://mitropolia74.ru/video/148/
• weekly TV show “Transfiguration” (regional TV channel OTV, federal Orthodox TV channel “Soyuz”) https://mitropolia74.ru/video/150/
• weekly TV show “Symbol of Faith” (regional TV channel “Business Ural”, OTV-Zvezda, Orthodox TV channel “Soyuz”) https://mitropolia74.ru/video/149/
• radio program “Save and Preserve” (broadcast twice a month on the regional wire radio “South Ural”) https://mitropolia74.ru/radio/

Educational establishments

• Chelyabinsk Spiritual Center for Training Church Specialists 454084, Chelyabinsk, st. Kyshtymskaya, 32 director - priest Evgeniy Martenets (tel. +7932 308-21-74)
• Orthodox gymnasium in the name of rights. Simeon Verkhotursky 454018, Chelyabinsk, st. Communal, 48; tel.: (351) 796-28-62, 796-29-15