Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese

Creation of the diocese

During the First Hierarchal visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' to the dioceses of Siberia and the Far East, Archbishop Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk and Governor of the Irkutsk Region Dmitry Mezentsev appealed to the Patriarch with a request to establish another diocese in the territory of the Irkutsk region - Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk. The head of the church supported this initiative. This issue was considered at one of the upcoming meetings of the Holy Synod. On October 5, 2011, the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese was created. The Synod decided to have the title of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk for the ruling bishop. On November 4, during the Divine Liturgy in the Kazan Church in the village of Telma, in pursuance of the resolution of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk elevated Hegumen Maximilian (Klyuev), elected Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk, to the rank of Archimandrite.

In the summer of 2014, Russian Railways transferred ownership of one of the buildings located in Osinovka to the Brotherhood Diocese. In the future, a rehabilitation center for alcohol and drug addicts will be equipped in a room with an area of ​​​​about 700 sq. m.1

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No. 39 (744) / October 14 '13

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Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Maximilian

Date of birth: July 16, 1971 Date of ordination: December 18, 2011 Date of tonsure: December 18, 2004 Angel Day: August 17

• Born on July 16, 1971 in Irkutsk. Baptized in 1972 in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Irkutsk.
• In 1986 he graduated from 8 classes of secondary school No. 12 in Irkutsk, in 1990 – Irkutsk Aviation College.
• In 1995, he graduated from the Cybernetic Faculty of Irkutsk State Technical University with a degree in Automated Information Processing and Control Systems with additional training at the Department of Military Training. Since 1991, he worked as a software engineer at the Computer and Information Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Irkutsk airport.
• In 1989-1994. was married. Has a daughter.
• In March 1992, he became a parishioner of the Archangel Michael Church in Irkutsk, where he served in the choir for 6 years.
• On June 6, 1998, in the Znamensky Cathedral in Irkutsk, Archbishop Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk ordained him a deacon and appointed him a clergyman of this church.
• In 1998-2002 studied at the correspondence department of the Tobolsk Theological Seminary.
• In 2000 he was awarded the right to wear a double orarion.
• On December 18, 2004, in the Znamensky Cathedral of Irkutsk, Archbishop Vadim of Irkutsk tonsured a monk with the name Maximilian in honor of St. Youth of Ephesus Maximilian. On December 19, Archbishop Vadim ordained him as a hieromonk.
• In 2007, he was appointed dean of the 2nd Irkutsk district. On the occasion of Holy Easter 2008 he was elevated to the rank of abbot. In 2009 he was awarded the right to carry a club.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 5-6, 2011 (magazine No. 138), he was elected Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk.
• On November 4, 2011, Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.
• On December 3, 2011, in the Patriarchal chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Archimandrite Maximilian was named Bishop of Bratsky.
• On December 18, 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presided over the episcopal consecration of Archimandrite Maximilian.

Brief information

• Date created: October 5, 2011

It is part of the Irkutsk Metropolis.

Formed by the decision of the Holy Synod of October 5-6, 2011 (magazine No. 106) by separating from the Irkutsk diocese. The Synod decided to have the title of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk for the ruling bishop. The Synod also decided to include (magazine No. 132) the Fraternal Diocese into the Irkutsk Metropolis.

Unites parishes within the administrative boundaries of Bodaibinsky, Bratsky, Kazachinsko-Lensky, Katanginsky, Kirensky, Mamsko-Chuysky, Nizhneilimsky, Ust-Ilimsky and Ust-Kutsky districts of the Irkutsk region.

There are 74 parishes in the diocese.

newspaper "Bratsk Orthodox" (published once every two months)

Educational institutions: Non-state educational institution “Orthodox gymnasium in the name of St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow." 665724, Irkutsk region, Bratsk, st. Krupskaya, 30; tel.: (3953) 42-84-44, 42-45-81; Fax; email [email protected]

Address: legal: 665712, Irkutsk region, Bratsk, pos. Padun, st. Polevaya, 3; actual: 665727, Irkutsk region, Bratsk-27, Forest, Church of All Saints who shone in the Russian land.

• Telephone: (diocesan administration); (office)
• Fax machine:
• Website: https://bratsk-pravoslavny.ru/
• Email:
• Ruling Bishop: Maximilian, Bishop of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk

Temples of Bratsk

In the 80s of the last century, a small group of believers led by Fr. Anatoly Zaishlym obtained permission from the city administration to build an Orthodox church in the Central District of Bratsk.

According to the architects' plan, three churches were to grow on the territory of the temple complex in the name of St. Andrei Rublev.

The first to be built and consecrated in 1991 was the Church of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land. To this day, it remains the only functioning church in the central part of the city (except for the small church-bell tower in the name of St. Ambrose of Optina, which was consecrated in 2007, and where services are held several days a year).

Since for the construction of the most important and largest temple of the complex - the temple of St. There is no hope for Andrei Rublev in the foreseeable future, the arrival of St. Andrei Rublev became the parish of All Russian Saints.

Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ

In 2000, an initiative group of Orthodox priests and laity in Bratsk had the idea of ​​creating a church in honor of the Nativity of Christ in the city center on the site of a pile field that had been empty for about 10 years. The city administration cooperated. In 2001, the parish of the Nativity of Christ was created and the site for the construction of the cathedral was consecrated. Construction work began in 2005 and continues to this day. On November 20, 2011, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the church. In connection with the formation of the Fraternal Diocese, the temple received the status of a cathedral.

Orthodox gymnasium in the name of St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow

The gymnasium was founded by the parish of the Church of All Saints, who shone in the Russian Land, with the blessing of Archbishop Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk in 1996. Then it was one first class in the premises of the temple.

Today the gymnasium is a school of complete secondary education (11 years). Complete secondary education is combined with Orthodox education and the study of additional disciplines under the general name “The Law of God.” This is the Church Slavonic language, Orthodox worship, the Sacred history of the Old and New Testaments, the history of the Church, religious studies, basic theology, the foundations of Orthodox culture.

The first graduation took place in 2004, and since then graduates have always received state-issued certificates and entered any educational institution throughout the country with them.

Students are transported to their place of study and home by school bus, and at school they have two nutritious meals a day (breakfast and lunch).

According to the charter of the gymnasium, the students are the children of parishioners of one of the city’s Orthodox churches; training is free.

On the basis of the gymnasium there are sports sections (football, wrestling) and clubs (art, wood carving, folklore studio), the All-Russian children's organization ORYUR, summer children's camps.

Weekly Sunday School classes for adults are held in the gymnasium throughout the school year.

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List of operating parishes and chapels on the territory of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese

Bratsky district

1. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Chesnokov Andrey Nikolaevich;
2. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, Bratsk, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov;
3. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bratsk, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Andrey Nikolaevich Chesnokov;
4. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity. Tanguy, Bratsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Fr. Seraphim (Bikinev Rushan Raisovich);
5. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of the Prophet Elijah in the village of Pribrezhny, Bratsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - Archpriest Petr Bornovalov;
6. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Pavel Nikolaevich Glazunov;
7. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. Pokosnoye, Bratsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Petr Vasilievich Bornovalov;
8. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Vikhorevka, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Sumin Evgeniy Veniaminovich;
9. Temple of St. Ambrose of Optinsky - rector Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov;
10. St. Nicholas Church - rector Sumin Evgeniy Veniaminovich;
11. Parish in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves” - Archpriest Evgeniy Veniaminovich Sumin;
12. Parish of the Archangel Michael - Archpriest Petr Vasilievich Bornovalov;
13. Peter and Paul Parish - Archpriest Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov;
14. Chapel in the name of St. Innocent, Metropolitan Moskovsky - Archpriest Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov;
15. Chapel of the Resurrection - Archpriest Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov;
16. Chapel in the name of the Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas - Archpriest Andrey Vladimirovich Ogorodnikov.

Ust-Ilimsky district

1. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of “All Saints Who Shine in the Land of Russia” in Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Alexander Vilenovich Bely-Kruglyakov;
2. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of St. Sophronius, Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Talalaev Sergey Nikolaevich;
3. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish Pokrovsky village. Educator of the Ust-Ilimsk district of the Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Alexander Vilenovich Bely-Kruglyakov;
4. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of the Holy Trinity, Nevon village, Ust-Ilimsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Igor Kokonev;
5. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Tubinsky, Ust-Ilimsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Kiryan Dmitry Petrovich;
6. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Martyr Justinia in the village of Zheleznodorozhny, Ust-Ilimsk district, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Kiryan Dmitry Petrovich;
7. Chapel in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost” - Archpriest Bely Alexander;
8. St. Innocent Church - rector Igor Kokonev;
9. Parish of the Intercession of the Mother of God - rector Igor Kokonev.

Bodaibo district

1. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of the Nativity of Christ in the city of Bodaibo, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Ruslan Anatolyevich Kosolapov.

Kazachinsko-Lensky district

1. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of St. Nicholas in the city of Zima, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Anatoly Gennadievich Polyakov;
2. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of St. Nicholas. Kimiltei of the Ziminsky district of the Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Antonov Vladimir Vladimirovich;
3. Holy Trinity Church - Archpriest Anatoly Gennadievich Polyakov;
4. Temple in the name of the Great Martyr. Anastasia the Pattern Maker - Archpriest Igor Bartenev.

Katangsky district

1. St. Nicholas parish - Archpriest Sergius of the Annunciation.

Kirensky district

1. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Spassky in the city of Kirensk, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Fr. Joseph (Khasnutdinov Ramil Shamilevich);
2. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of St. Nicholas in the village of Alekseevsk, Kirensky district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Fr. Joseph (Khasnutdinov Ramil Shamilevich).

Mamsko-Chuysky district

1. The local Orthodox religious organization is the parish of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Mama of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - priest Georgy Belov.

Nizhneilimsky district

1. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of St. John of Tobolsk in the village of Bereznyaki, Nizhneilimsk district, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - headman Mikhail Georgievich Barakhtenko;
2. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Rudnogorsk, Nizhneilimsk district, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Aleksey Vasilievich Barnovalov;
3. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, Wonderworker, Semigorsk village, Nizhneilimsk district, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - priest Osipov Alexander Afrikantovich;
4. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Novaya Igirma, Nizhneilimsk district, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Osipov Alexander Afrikantovich;
5. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the city of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Nizhneilimsky district, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Mikhail Alexandrovich Cheremnykh;
6. Local Orthodox religious organization Parish of the Holy Trinity Church of the Nizhneilimsky district of the Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Yanavichyus Igor Pranasovich;
7. Chapel in the name of St. George the Victorious - Priest Osipov Alexander Afrikantovich.

Ust-Kutsky district

1. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of the Holy Dormition in the city of Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Pavel Alexandrovich Girev;
2. Local religious organization Orthodox Parish of the Church of St. Nicholas in the city of Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church MP - rector Sergey Gennadievich Rubtsov;
3. Temple in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Support of Sinners” - Archpriest Girev Pavel Alexandrovich.