The main shrine of the Shakhty diocese is the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Shakhty and Millerovo diocese
of the Don Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church

• Diocesan administration: Russia, 346500, Rostov region, Shakhty, Sobornaya sq., 1 (Sovetskaya st. 74)
• Tel./fax (secretary), 25-36-82 (office)
• Official site:
• Canonical territory: Gukovsky, Donetsk, Zverevsky, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Novoshakhtinsky, Shakhtinsky GO; Bagaevsky, Bokovsky, Verkhnedonsky, Kamensky, Krasnosulinsky, Kasharsky, Millerovsky, Oblivsky, Oktyabrsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky, Sovetsky, Tarasovsky, Chertkovsky, Sholokhovsky districts of the Rostov region.
• Cathedral: Intercession in Shakhty
• On the map: Yandex.Map, Google map

Established on July 27, 2011 by separation from the Rostov-on-Don diocese within the administrative boundaries of Gukovsky, Donetsk, Zverevsky, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Novoshakhtinsky and Shakhtinsky urban districts, as well as Bagaevsky, Bokovsky, Verkhnedonsky, Kamensky, Krasnosulinsky, Kasharsky, Millerovsky, Oblivsky , Oktyabrsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky, Sovetsky, Tarasovsky, Chertkovsky and Sholokhovsky districts in the north of the Rostov region.
On October 6, 2011, the Shakhty diocese became part of the Don Metropolis.

Statistics

• March 2012 - 1 monastery; 95 clergy, including 7 deacons [1]
• April 2013 - 1 monastery; 148 parishes; 118 clergy, including 6 deacons; 16 monastics [1]
• October 2014 - 1 monastery; 164 parishes; 130 clergy, including 6 deacons, 19 monastics [1]

Geography of deaneries

• Aleksandrovsk-Grushevskoye (Shakhtinsky urban district) - Shakhty
• Bagaevskoye (Bagaevsky district)
• Verkhnedonskoye (Verkhnedonsky and Sholokhovsky districts)
• Gukovskoye (Gukovsky urban district and Gukovo village, Krasnosulinsky district)
• Donetskoe (Donetsk urban district)
• Zverevo-Nikolskoye (Zverevo urban district)
• Kamenskoye (Kamenskoye district)
• Kamensk-Shakhtinskoye (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky urban district)
• Kasharskoe (Kasharsky district)
• Millerovskoye (Millerovsky district)
• Novoshakhtinskoye (Novoshakhtinsky urban district) - Novoshakhtinsk
• Nizhnedonskoye (Oktyabrsky district)
• Rodionovo-Nesvetayskoye (Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky district)
• Sulinskoye (Krasnosulinsky district)
• Tarasovskoye (Tarasovsky district)
• Chertkovo-Kalitvenskoye (Chertkovsky district)
• Chernyshevsky (Bokovsky, Sovetsky, Chernyshevsky and Oblivsky districts)

Temples and monasteries

There are 161 churches on the territory of the Shakhty diocese. Their greatest concentration occurs in urban districts.

In the Kasharsky district, in the settlement of Verkhnemakeevka, there is the only monastery in the diocese, consecrated in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. A male monastic community began to form at the ancient Church of the Intercession in 1995.

Divine service at the Intercession Verkhnemakeevsky Monastery

One of the first to take monastic vows was the current abbot of the monastery, Abbot Alim (Nezhivov). The official status of the monastery was assigned with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II in August 2004. Up to 20 inhabitants can live in the monastery. Divine services take place in two monastery churches:

• in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos;
• in honor of the great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

Interesting: the official head of the monastery is the ruling bishop, Bishop Simon, since the monastery is part of the diocesan domain.

Diocesan departments

• Religious education and catechesis
• Missionary
• Youth
• Information and analytical
• On interaction with the Cossacks
• On interaction with the Armed Forces and security agencies
• On interaction with the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service
• For church charity and social service
• On interaction with medical institutions
• On interaction with the Anti-Drug Committee
• Historical and archival
• Economic and construction
• Legal
• Pilgrimage

• Publishing Council
• Commission for the canonization of saints, studying the lives of the new martyrs and confessors of the Shakhty diocese and preserving their memory
• Liturgical Commission
• Protocol Service
• Information Agency
• Center for Family Protection, Maternity and Childhood
• Spiritual and educational

Deanery[edit | edit code]

As of April 2021, the diocese is divided into 18 deaneries[5].

Alexandrovsk-Grushevskoe deanery[edit | edit code]

Dean - Archpriest Vladimir (Ivanov)

Temples[6]:

• Mine City:

• Church of St. Nicholas (Shakhty)
• Church of St. Nicholas (Shakhty) (Ayutinsky village)
• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Shakhty)
• Temple of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir (Shakhty) (n. Nezhdannaya)
• Temple of the Ascension of the Lord (Shakhty)
• Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” (Shakhty) (Talovy village)
• Church of the Great Martyr Panteleimon (Shakhty) (Maisky village)
• Church of the Holy Trinity (Shakhty) (Naklonnaya highway)

• City of Novoshakhtinsk:

• Temple of the Don Icon of the Mother of God (Novoshakhtinsk)
• Church of St. Nicholas (Novoshakhtinsk)
• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Novoshakhtinsk)
• Church of John the Baptist (Novoshakhtinsk)
• Temple of the Archangel Michael (Novoshakhtinsk) (Sokolovo-Kundryuchensky village)

• Oktyabrsky district:

• Student Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at DonGAU (Persianovskoe village)
• Temple of Michael the Archangel (Kamenolomni settlement)
• Church of St. Alexy (St. Bessergenevskaya)
• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Krivyanskaya)
• Church of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (St. Krivyanskaya)
• Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” (st. Zaplavskaya)
• Church of the Holy Trinity (Yagodinka village)
• Church of St. George the Victorious (Kireevka village)
• Temple of Demetrius Donskoy (Nizhnedonskoy village)
• Temple of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir (Kadamovka village)
• Church of the Ascension of the Lord (lyrics Krasyukovskaya)
• Holy Vvedensky prayer house (Krasny Kut village), attached to the St. Panteleimon parish of the village. May

• Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky district:

• Church of St. Nicholas (lyrics Rodionovo-Nesvetaevskaya)

Veshensky deanery[edit | edit code]

The dean is Archpriest Vladimir Polyakov.

Temples[7]:

• Temple of the Archangel Michael (Veshenskaya station)
• Temple of John the Baptist (St. Bokovskaya)
• Church of St. Nicholas (St. Oblivskaya)
• Church of St. Nicholas (St. Tubyanskaya)
• Church of the Presentation of the Lord (St. Bazkovskaya)
• Church of St. Nicholas (St. Elanskaya)

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky deanery[edit | edit code]

The dean is priest Alexander Telichkin.

Temples[8]:

• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Kamensk - Shakhtinsky)
• Church of the Holy Trinity (Yuzhny village, Kamensk - Shakhtinsky)
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Likhovskoy microdistrict, Kamensk - Shakhtinsky)
• Church of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God (Kamensk - Shakhtinsky)
• Temple of Anna Kashinskaya (Zavodskoy microdistrict, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)

Sulina Deanery[edit | edit code]

The Sulina deanery unites 15 parishes, of which 7 are currently active. 6 clergy serve (2013). The boundaries of the district coincide with the boundaries of the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region. Dean - Archpriest Vasily Khadykin.[9]:

Temples[10]:

• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Krasny Sulin, st. Oktyabrskaya, 119
• Church of the Great Martyr Catherine - Krasny Sulin, st. Kolkhoznaya, 15.
• Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky - Krasny Sulin, lane. International 9.
• Church of the Venerable Martyr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth - x. Carbon
• Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - x. Cages.
• Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - x. Bozhkovka.
• Church of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon - x. Pavlovka.
• Church of the Great Martyr and Victorious George - x. Dashing.

Miller's deanery[edit | edit code]

The dean is Priest Sergius Soshkin.

Temples[11]:

• Church of the Great Martyr Panteleimon (Millerovo)

Bagaevsky deanery[edit | edit code]

Dean - Archpriest Alexander Mashtanov.[12]

Social institutions

• ANO “Comprehensive Center for Social Initiatives in the Name of St. right John of Kronstadt", Shakhty
• Anti-abortion counseling by a psychologist at the antenatal clinic of the City Emergency Hospital (GBSMP), Shakhty
• Women's Council of the diocese, Shakhty
• Consultation center for providing assistance to people suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling and other addictions, as well as members of their families, Shakhty
• Diocesan shelter “St. Paraskeva”, st. Manychskaya
• Rehabilitation (mentioned 2012)
• 8 sisterhoods in Shakhty, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Millerovo, Donetsk, village. Quarries, words. Rodionovo-Nesvetaiskaya

Russian Orthodox Church

Part of the Don Metropolitanate

Formed by the decision of the Holy Synod of July 27, 2011 (magazine No. 70) by separation from the Rostov diocese. The Synod decided to have the title “Shakhtinsky and Millerovsky” for the ruling bishop.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 5-6, 2011 (magazine No. 132) it was included in the Don Metropolis.

Unites parishes within the administrative boundaries of Gukovsky, Donetsk, Zverevsky, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Novoshakhtinsky and Shakhty urban districts, as well as Bagaevsky, Bokovsky, Verkhnedonsky, Kamensky, Krasnosulinsky, Kasharsky, Millerovsky, Oblivsky, Oktyabrsky, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky, Sovetsky, Tarasovsky, Chertkovsky and Sholokhovsky districts of the Rostov region.

Cathedral city - Shakhty. Cathedral - Pokrovsky.

Diocese today (as of September 2020)

Diocesan administration

• Priest Alexander Telichkin - secretary of the diocese, press secretary of the diocese

Deaneries and deaneries

• Aleksandrovsk-Grushevskoye (Shakhtinsky urban district) - Archpriest Sergiy Yatsenko
• Bagaevskoye (Bagaevsky district) - Archpriest Alexander Mashtanov
• Verkhnedonskoye (Verkhnedonskoy and Sholokhovsky districts) - Priest Roman Mityashin
• Gukovskoye (Gukovsky urban district and the village of Gukovo, Krasnosulinsky district) - Archpriest Viktor Olkhovatov
• Zverevo-Nikolskoye (Zverevsky urban district) - Priest Dimitry Dyaur
• Kamenskoye (Kamenskoye district) - priest Vladislav Kasyanov
• Kamensk-Shakhtinskoye (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky urban district) - priest Vladislav Kasyanov
• Donetskoe (Donetsk urban district) - priest Vladimir Tatarkin
• Kasharskoye (Kasharsky district) - Archpriest Igor Zheverdan
• Millerovskoye (Millerovsky district) - priest Roman Kalinin
• Novoshakhtinskoye (Novoshakhtinsky urban district) - Archpriest Roman Ampleev
• Nizhnedonskoe (Oktyabrsky district) - Archpriest Sergiy Yatsenko
• Rodionovo-Nesvetayskoye (Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky district) - Archpriest Konstantin Krakhmalev
• Sulinskoye (Krasnosulinsky district) - priest Vladislav Kasyanov
• Tarasovskoye (Tarasovsky district) - priest Vladimir Tatarkin
• Chertkovo-Kalitvenskoye (Chertkovsky district) - Archpriest Anthony Kolistratov
• Chernyshevsky (Bokovsky, Sovetsky, Chernyshevsky and Oblivsky districts) - priest Alexander Levchik
• deanery of the bishop's metochions - Archpriest Alexander Malikov

Pokrovsky Monastery 346211, Rostov region, Kasharsky district, Verkhnemakeevka settlement, Lomonosova street, 10; e-mail; tel. +7928 135-67-75 rector (hieroarchimandrite) - Bishop of Shakhtinsky and Millerovsky Simon; and about. Viceroy - Hieromonk Alim (Nezhivov)

There are 184 parishes .

The number of clergy is 120, including 6 deacons. There are 19 monastics.

Social institutions

sisterhood:

• in the name of St. prpmts. led book Elisaveta 346513, Rostov region, Shakhty, st. Victories of the Revolution, 22; tel.,
• Holy Ascension parish 346510, Rostov region, Shakhty (Artem village), st. Levitan, 39; tel.
• in the name of St. Myrrh-Bearing Women Martha and Mary 346480, Rostov region, Oktyabrsky district, village. Quarries, 5th Lane, 23; tel.
• Pokrovsky parish of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky 347800, Rostov region, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, st. Bashkevich, 85; tel.: (86365) 7-55-53,
• St. Panteleimon parish 346537, Rostov region, Shakhty, Alleyny Boulevard, 12B; tel.
• in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” 346132, Rostov region, Millerovo, st. III International, 66;
• in the name of the Royal Passion-Bearer Empress Alexandra of the parish of the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God 346332, Rostov region, Donetsk, st. Mira, 97; tel. +7928 114-16-27
• in the name of St. prpmts. led book Elisaveta Feodorovna 346580, Rostov region, sl. Rodionovo-Nesvetayskaya, st. Moskovskaya, 43; tel.
• in honor of the blessed Matrona of Moscow Rostov region, Donetsk, st. Sovetskaya, 46; tel. +7908 504-98-42

• Diocesan children's shelter "St. Paraskeva" Rostov region, Bagaevsky district, art. Manychskaya, st. Sovetskaya, 8; tel.; e-mail; website Blago-region.ru
• autonomous non-profit organization “Comprehensive Center for Social Initiatives in the Name of St. right John of Kronstadt" 346500, Rostov region, Shakhty, Cathedral Square, building 2; e-mail
• Anti-abortion counseling by a psychologist on the basis of the antenatal clinic of the City Emergency Hospital (GBSMP), Rostov region, Shakhty, st. Shevchenko, 153, office. 12; tel. +7929 818-80-45; e-mail
• Women's Council of the Diocese 346500, Shakhty, Sobornaya Square, building 2, ANO “Center in the Name of St. right John of Kronstadt"; tel., e-mail secretary - Natalya Aleksandrovna Kasyanova (tel. +7928 214-70-04)
• Consultation center for providing assistance to people suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction and other addictions, as well as members of their families 346500, Shakhty, Sobornaya Square, building 2, ANO “Center in the Name of St. right John of Kronstadt"

Mass media

• official website of the Shakhty diocese
• diocesan channel on YouTube video hosting
• Information agency "Pokrov"
• "Bulletin of the Don Metropolitanate" (quarterly magazine)
• “Orthodox Herald” (monthly supplement to the newspaper “Shakhtinskie Izvestia”)
• “Orthodox Word” (monthly supplement to the newspaper “Novost”, Donetsk)
• “Don Orthodox News”, newspaper

Educational establishments

• NOU Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk parochial secondary school at the Church of the Archangel Michael 346270, Rostov region, Sholokhovsky district, Veshenskaya village, st. Podtelkova, 61A; tel. (director); e-mail director - Archpriest Vladimir Polyakov
• Spiritual and educational Rostov region, Shakhty, Sobornaya sq., 3

Notes[edit | edit code]

1. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of July 27, 2011 (Journal No. 70). Patriarchia.Ru.
2. New dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church were formed in the Sverdlovsk and Rostov regions. Patriarchia.Ru.
3. Six new dioceses will appear in the Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy and peace.
4. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod from October 5-6, 2011, Journal No. 132
5. Shakhty diocese | Don Metropolis | Russian Orthodox Church.
6. Shakhty deanery Archived copy of March 4, 2021 on the Wayback Machine. Official website of the Shakhty diocese.
7. Veshensky deanery (inaccessible link). Official website of the Shakhty diocese.
8. Kamensk-Shakhtinsky deanery Archived copy of January 8, 2017 on the Wayback Machine. Kamensk-Shakhtinsky deanery.
9. The Krasnosulinsky deanery was renamed Sulinsky and a new dean was appointed (inaccessible link).
10. Krasnosulinsky deanery Archived copy of August 8, 2013 on the Wayback Machine. Official website of the Krasnosulinsky deanery.
11. Miller Deanery (inaccessible link). Official website of the Shakhty diocese.
12. Bagaevsky deanery (inaccessible link). Official website of the Shakhty diocese.