ОМСКАЯ И ТЮМЕНСКАЯ ЕПАРХИЯ ПРИ АРХИЕПИСКОПЕ МАКСИМЕ (КРОХЕ)

Abstract

The article reconstructs the diocesan history in the Omsk and Tyumen dioceses under Archbishop Maxim (Krokha) (1975–1986),. there was a significant increase in the education of the clergy of the diocese, the number of Orthodox parishes increased, and cathedrals and churches were reconstructed. The bishop's house was opened in Tyumen, overhauled, and received the status of an architectural monument of the Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral in Omsk, extensions to the St. Nicholas Church were made, St. Sophia Cathedral in Tobolsk was restored, under the guise of repair new churches were built in Isilkul and Tyukalinsk Omsk region. During the episcopacy of Archbishop Maxim (Krokha), the holy relics of St. John of Tobolsk were examined in 1975, Archbishop Maxim compiled a patericon of Siberian saints, with the blessing of the patriarch established the celebration of the Cathedral of Siberian Saints (June 10/23) and compiled services for the Moscow Metropolitan. St. Innocent (Veniaminov) and the Cathedral of Siberian Saints. The number of parishioners, the number of baptisms, funerals and the income of the Russian Orthodox Church has almost tripled in comparison with the beginning of the 1970s. As of June 1, 1985, 13 churches were operating in the Omsk diocese (of which 3 cathedrals), 21 priests, 3 deacons, 5 psalmists, 2 regents were registered. The material for the study was the primary materials of the Archives of the Omsk Diocesan Administration, as well as statistical reports of the representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs in the Omsk and Tyumen regions. Based on archival documents, the lists of the Orthodox clergy, monastics and parishes of the diocese have been reconstructed. The article examines the issues of anti-religious and atheistic propaganda, as well as tendencies that indicate the beginning of a change in church-state relations.