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Showing posts with label Bishop Nicholas of Zvenigorod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bishop Nicholas of Zvenigorod. Show all posts

Monday, April 25, 2011

New Bishop of Zvenigorod Consecrated in Moscow

This past Palm Sunday Patriarch Kirill (Gundyayev) of All Rus' and twelve other hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church consecrated Archimandrite Nikolai (Chashin) as Bishop of Zvenigorod at the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Bishop Nikolai will be serving as an auxiliary of the patriarchal Eparchy of Moscow. More here and here in Russian.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Holy Synod Elects New Hierarchs for Siberian, Russian Eparchies

At its ongoing session the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has decided to elect Archbishop Mark of Khabarovsk and the Amur to the vacant Eparchy of Vyatka, Archbishop Ignatiy of Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka to the Eparchy of Khabarovsk, auxiliary Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo to the Eparchy of Smolensk, and Archimandrite Artemiy (Snigur) as Bishop of Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka. More here.

Update: At the same session the Holy Synod also elected Archimandrite Serafim (Glushakov) as auxiliary Bishop of Voskresensk and Igumen Nikolai (Chashin) as auxiliary Bishop of Zvenigorod. Both will serve as auxiliaries to Patriarch Kirill (Gundyayev) of Moscow and All Rus'. More here.