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Murmansk diocese
M. and Monchegorsk diocese (December 27, 1995-
Orthodoxy began to come to the Kola North in the 14th-15th centuries, together with the first Russian settlers (mostly immigrants from Novgorod) - fishermen and fur traders who settled mainly on the Tersky coast. The first church (St. Nicholas) was built in the village of Varzuga at the beginning of the 14th century, and soon the St. Nicholas Monastery was founded (destroyed in 1419, the restored church was re-consecrated in 1491). The wave of “Moscow” Russian migration began in the 16th century. Also, from the 16th century, Orthodoxy began to spread among the local population - the Lapps (Sami). The first to convert to Orthodoxy in 1526 were the Lapps, who lived in the lower reaches of the Niva River next to the Russian saltworks on the Kanda River; followed by the Lapps in 1532, settling along the Kola, Tuloma, and Pechenga rivers. In 1533 the Trifono-Pechenegsky monastery was founded. In the middle of the 16th century, there were already 3 parish churches in Varzuga, one each in the Pogost tract, the village of Kovda and near the mouth of the Kola River. By the end of the 17th century. There were already 13 churches in the Kola North. Until 1682, the Kola district was part of Novgorod diocese, then Kholmogory (Arkhangelsk) diocese.
In 1917, the territory of the modern Murmansk region was divided into three deaneries, in which there were 56 churches and 28 chapels. With the establishment of Soviet power in 1920, massive closures of churches and monasteries, confiscation of church property and buildings, and repressions against the clergy. By September 1921, the Murmansk deanery included only 10 parishes: 3 urban and 7 rural. Church closings continued until 1924, and intensified again in the 1930s. In 1940, the last existing churches were closed.
After the war, some relaxation of church activities began - In 1945-1947, permission was given to open houses of worship in Murmansk and Kirovsk, as well as two churches in the village of Kovda and the village of Kola (in total there were 11 petitions for the opening of churches). During the time of Khrushchev's persecutions, during 1960 the churches in Kola and Kovda were closed (which caused sharp resistance from some believers, who were on duty at the churches for about a year, not allowing government officials into them; however, the churches were still closed). Thus, in the early 1960s, 2 functioning churches remained in the region - St. Nicholas in Murmansk and Kazanskaya in Kirovsk. Only in April 1985 was permission received for the construction of a new church (in the name of St. Nicholas), which was opened on October 19, 1986. In 1988, 2 Orthodox communities were registered in Kandalaksha and Monchegorsk, after which the opening of new communities intensified. As of January 1, 1995, 21 Orthodox parishes were registered in the Murmansk region.
December 27, 1995 separated from the composition Arkhangelsk diocese within the Murmansk region. Since December 28, 1999, the parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Kirkenes, Norway, also came under the jurisdiction of the Murmansk bishop. Since 2003, the celebration of the Council of the Kola Saints has been established - on the day of memory of St. Tryphon of Pechenga, December 28. As of 2004, there were 67 Orthodox associations. As of December 2011, there were 117 churches and other places of worship (houses of prayer and rooms, etc.), as well as 53 prayer rooms at secular institutions and chapels; 58 communications officers (including 18 monastics) and 11 deacons served. It was divided into seven deaneries. There are two monasteries - the Trifonov Pechenga men's monastery (with a monastery in Murmansk, a total of 10 inhabitants) and the Khibinogorsk women's monastery of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1 nun and several novices).
On October 2, 2013, the North Sea diocese was separated from the Murmansk diocese.
Simon (Getya) (December 27, 1995 -
North Sea Diocese
I. and Umbskaya (October 2, 2013 -
It was separated from the Murmansk diocese on October 2, 2013 within the administrative boundaries of the Pechenga and Tersky districts, as well as ZATO Aleksandrovsk, ZATO Vidyaevo, ZATO Zaozersk, ZATO Ostrovnoy, ZATO Severomorsk of the Murmansk region.
Mitrofan (Badanin) (November 24, 2013 -
Bishop of Murmansk and Monchegorsk Simon and governor of the Murmansk region. Yu. A. Evdokimov. Beginning XXI century
Photo by L. Fedoseev. Archive of S. N. Dashchinsky
MURMANSK DIOCESE, an ecclesiastical administrative unit in the Russian Orthodox Church MP, governed by a bishop. Formed by the Decree of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II on December 27, 1995. Before this, churches on the territory of the Murmansk region were the deanery of the Arkhangelsk diocese (25 parishes, 22 clergy). Bishop Simon of Tikhvin, vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese, was appointed as the first manager. Residence on the street. Green, 11 in Murmansk. St. Nicholas Cathedral is also located here. The second cathedral is the Ascension Cathedral in Monchegorsk. The bishop bears the title “Murmansk and Mochegorsk”, but the diocese is called “Murmansk” (according to the Resolution of the Holy Synod on the formation of the diocese). Giving the diocese independence affected the revival and establishment of Orthodoxy in the Kola land. By mid-2003, 56 Orthodox parishes and one monastery (Trifonov Pechenga), 67 Orthodox churches and chapels, including genuine pearls of the architecture of Orthodox Rus' : Assumption Church in the village. Varzuga, Nikolskaya - in the village. Kovda (on the balance sheet of the regional Committee for Culture, no services are held), Borisoglebskaya Church on the river bordering Norway. Groove. For the spiritual nourishment of soldiers, temples or chapels were built in garrisons, BUT. Orthodox Christians in prison have the opportunity to pray in churches built for this purpose (Murmansk, Revda, Murmashi, Zelenoborsky). An event of great importance for the young diocese was the official visit to the Murmansk region of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' in the summer of 1997. During the visit, the Patriarch consecrated the Ascension Cathedral, served the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral, visited the Annunciation Church in Kola, on the border the Ura-Guba outpost of the Murmansk Red Banner Border Detachment, consecrated the heavy nuclear cruiser of the Northern Fleet Peter the Great. In the spring of 2005, the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kirovsk was transformed into the Khibinogorsk Convent.
Like all dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church MP, it is engaged in educational, publishing activities (the monthly “Orthodox Missionary Newspaper” with a circulation of 7 thousand copies), missionary work among young people, military personnel, prisoners, and the intelligentsia. In 2012, there were 54 parishes, 70 churches, 38 chapels, 2 monasteries, 72 priests, 16 deacons, 34 monks, 13 nuns in Moscow.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church MP dated October 2, 2013, it was transformed into a metropolitanate with the establishment of a new diocese in the Kola North - Severomorsk (Orthodox parishes of the Pechenga and Tersky districts, closed territorial entities of Aleksandrovsk, Vidyaevo, Zaozersk, Ostrovnoy, Severomorsk).
By the end of 2014, the diocese had 6 deaneries, 36 parishes, 52 churches, 22 chapels, there are no monasteries in M. E., formally there is a Khibinogorsk convent in Kirovsk (there are no nuns, only one abbess). In 2014, more than 800 students were enrolled in 135 Sunday schools. Diocese website www.mmeparh.ru
Source: Decree of Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II dated December 27, 1995.
Lit.: Bulletin of the Murmansk diocese. - Murmansk, 1997. No. 2; Kireev A., prtd. Dioceses and bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1943–2002. - M., 2002; Murman is Orthodox. Anniversary edition. - Murmansk, 2004.
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