Metropolis of Crimea
| Crimean Metropolia | |
|---|---|
Крымская Митрополия | |
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| Location | Simferopol, Russia |
| Country |  Russia |
Metropolis of Crimea is a Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Crimea.
History
[edit]It was founded on June 7, 2022, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church with the territory of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.[1] The Russian Orthodox Church illegally incorporated Dzhankoi into the Crimean Metropolitanate, Simferopol, and Theodosiya dioceses, which are part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mokrushin, Sergey (June 9, 2022). ""Церковна анексія". Як кримські єпархії УПЦ МП перейшли до РПЦ, і чи остання це втрата для церкви" ["Church annexation". How Crimean dioceses of the UOC-MP moved to the Russian Orthodox Church, and is it the last loss for the church?]. Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "ЖУРНАЛЫ Священного Синода от 7 июня 2022 года / Официальные документы" [JOURNALS of the Holy Synod from June 7, 2022 / Official documents]. Патриархия.ru (in Russian). June 7, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ Fautré, Willy (2022-06-10). "UKRAINE: The Russian Orthodox Church annexes Ukrainian dioceses". hrwf.eu. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
