Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church
Orthodox Old-Rite Church | |
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Biserica Ortodoxă de Rit Vechi | |
Type | Eastern Christianity |
Classification | Old Believers |
Orientation | Russian Orthodoxy |
Scripture | Septuagint, New Testament |
Theology | Eastern Orthodox theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Metropolitan bishop | Leontie Izot |
Language | Church Slavonic |
Liturgy | A variation of the Byzantine Rite |
Headquarters | Fântâna Albă (traditionally), Brăila (now) |
Territory | Romania Bulgaria |
Origin | 18th century |
Separated from | Russian Orthodox Church |
Members | 32,558 (2011) |
Places of worship | 67 |
The Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Orthodox Old-ritualist Church, Orthodox Old-Rite Church, Romanian: Biserica Ortodoxă de Rit Vechi din România) is the Romanian Old Believer jurisdiction of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy.
The head of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Belo-Krinitsa and Metropolitan of All Old Orthodox Christians. His see is officially (not in fact) in Bila Krynytsya (Bukovina), his residence in Brăila, Romania (current titular: Metropolitan Leontius (Izot) since 24 October 1996).
History[edit]
Lipovans are Russian Old Believers who fled Russia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, in order to escape the persecution of their faith.
Eparchies[edit]
There are seven eparchies of the Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church:[1]
- Eparchy of Fântâna Albă, with residence in Brăila, which includes the old rite orthodox parishes from Brăila and Galați counties, Bucharest, Borduşani (Ialomiţa county), Fântâna Albă/Bila Krynytsia (Ukraine);
- Eparchy of Slava, with residence in Slava Rusă (Tulcea county), which includes the parishes from Slava Rusă, Slava Cercheză, Carcaliu, Ghindăreşti, Jurilovca, 2 Mai, Constanţa, Cernavodă and Năvodari in Constanţa county, and parishes from Bulgaria;
- Eparchy of Bukovina and Moldavia, with residence in Târgu Frumos (Iași County), which includes the parishes from Iași, Vaslui, Neamţ, Suceava and Botoșani counties;
- Eparchy of Tulcea, with residence in Tulcea, which includes the parishes from Tulcea, Sulina, Mahmudia, Sarichioi, Periprava, Chilia Veche, Mila 23, Sfiştovca;
- Eparchy of the USA, residing in Oregon, which includes the parishes from the U.S., Canada, and Australia;
- Western Eparchy, based in Turin (Italy), which includes the parishes from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, and Hungary;
- Eparchy of the Baltic States, residing in Jēkabpils, comprising the parishes from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
First Hierarchs[edit]
Name Title |
Portrait | Period | Notes | |
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Ambrose (Papageorgopolos) Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitza |
28 October 1846 | 26 July 1848 | Died on 30 October 1863 | |
Cyril (Timofeyev) Archbishop of Belaja Krinitza and Metropolitan of All Old-Rite Orthodox Christians |
4 January 1849 | 2 December 1873 | ||
Athanasius (Makurov) | 9 May 1874 | 1 October 1905 | ||
Macarius (Lobov) | 10 September 1906 | 2 January 1921 | ||
Nicodemus (Fedotov) | 24 September 1924 | 15 October 1926 | ||
Paphnutius (Fedoseyev) | 8 June 1928 | 8 April 1939 | ||
Silouan (Kravtsov) | 25 June 1939 | 5 January 1941 | ||
Innocent (Usov) | 10 May 1941 | 16 February 1942 | ||
Tikhon (Kachalkin) Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitza |
12 April 1942 | 4 March 1968 | ||
Joasaph (Timofey) | 15 December 1968 | 16 February 1985 | ||
Timon (Gavrilov) | 1 June 1985 | 21 August 1996 | ||
Leontius (Izotov) | 24 October 1996 | Incumbent |
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