Tatarstan and Kazan Metropolis. Kazan diocese

P.S. The master is essentially right
but the key to the hearts of completely non-church studios
it is picked up incorrectly.

   October 29th, 2016

"The abbot Siluan, the former governor of the Assumption Monastery in Sviyazhsk, will leave the Kazan diocese. Today he officially handed over the affairs to the new governor. This ended the conflict between the authoritative priest and Metropolitan Feofan. Recall, on October 19, Father Siluan received a decision on his temporary suspension, and was appointed in his place Hieromonk Ambrose. The news caused a serious resonance not only among the Orthodox, but also among non-religious people. It got to the point that supporters of the disgraced clergy were going to go to the rally as a sign of lasia with the style of the Metropolitan’s rule, but then it became known that the action was decided to be canceled ...

- What conclusions did you make after this whole story? You saw that a lot of people support you, but at the same time you understand that you are left face to face with the system ...

- I do not want to say that I was left alone with the system, I knew very well what I was going to when I became a priest. What I basically disagree with is the fact that the abbots of temples and monasteries can be so easily swapped. It is very difficult. First of all, it is difficult for parishioners. Perhaps someday the time will really come, and the priests will be chosen by the brethren. At least, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill goes to this, reform of monasticism is being prepared.

And the conclusions? Well, it turns out that people need me a lot more than they suspected. He concluded that trust should only be on God, and not on human help, not on their deeds. And when there is God's providence, it is difficult to resist against it. ()

   October 28th, 2016

“Patriarch Kirill has his own“ golden personnel pool ”, whose representatives not only seek to reproduce the tsar’s life style (including palaces, planes and personal security), but also have a certain immunity. They consider themselves representatives of the new Russian elite and even form special philosophy is hedonism on the basis of ideas of personal God’s election. Today our story is about one of the most prominent representatives of the patriarchal “personnel reserve” - Metropolitan Feofan of Kazan and Tatarstan, against whom own flock - with the consent of the authorities of the republic - collects a large-scale rally on October 30.
I did not take into account the specifics of the region ...

A whole bunch of complaints about the new Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan (Ashurkov) was received at the last meeting of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which took place on October 21 in the Moscow Danilov Monastery. ()

   October 20th, 2016

Saga about Metropolitan Feofan Ashurkov:
didn’t reduce a single word -
almost folk epic:

"Feast during the plague of modern times
From the diary of the new

“No one can serve two masters ...
You cannot serve God and Mammon ”

Matthew (6:24)

Introduction

Archpastor
According to the succession of authority from the holy apostles, the archpastor is the primate of the local church - the diocese, canonically administering it with the catholic assistance of the clergy and laity.

Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church

Think about it, dear reader, what lofty words are about the succession of power from the holy apostles. And how democratically declared - the governor with the catholic assistance of the clergy and laity.

In the times before us, to the Holy servants of God, in view of the feat of life that they incurred - love for the sake of God and neighbor, there was a respect in the minds of the people, respectful appeal in the simplest and most closely related form - father or father.

Nowadays, the Church Protocol requires the following appeal to archpastors of the Russian Orthodox Church: Your Eminence Metropolitan is such and such: His Eminence is such and such ...

Without disputing the form of appeal to the elected and high-ranking masters of the church organization of our time, we ask ourselves about the dignity of modern hierarchs. How do we see them. What are they in matters of faith and what are the fruits of their pastoral ministry.

"For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead."

The Epistle of James (2:26)

In order for us to rely on the discussion of this issue, we quote the words of the ascetic of piety, St. Seraphim of Sarov, explaining the expression of the Apostle Jacob. “Faith without works is dead; and the works of faith are: love, peace, patience, mercy, humility, bearing the cross, and living in spirit. Only such faith is credited with the truth. ” Let us take it as a measure of righteousness.

Part 1

about our lord ... and father

So, get acquainted.

Ivan Andreevich Ashurkov, May 21, 1947, born in the mountains. Dmitriev, Kursk region, RSFSR, USSR. From available official sources: we have not been convicted before, have not been married, officially have no heirs, have not been seen in defamatory ties. Since 1973, she has been a monk with the name Theophanes. Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, currently Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan. ()

   October 20th, 2016

"The atmosphere is heating up in the Orthodox environment of Tatarstan in connection with the activities of Metropolitan Feofan Ashurkov, who was appointed to this position some time ago by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church MP Kirill Gundyaev without consulting the leadership of the republic.

The fact that Muslims and simply Tatar patriots are dissatisfied with Ashurkov’s activities has been written by the Voice of Islam more than once. In particular, he was rejected by his words that “Kazan is a Russian land”, and the inhabitants of Tatarstan (regardless of their religion) are “under the cover of the Holy Virgin”, and the publication of the Bible in Tatar with Muslim terminology, designed for the conversion of Muslims in Orthodoxy, and attempts to bring schools of Kryashen out of submission to the Republic and subordinate them to the Russian Orthodox Church, and much more.

In general, it must be understood that Ashurkov is the special forces of the "Parallel State of Cyril", thrown into Tatarstan to capture it and turn it into the Kazan province, as the Russian propaganda propagandists spoke plainly. ()

   October 19th, 2016

"Sent: Patriarch Cyril and the Holy Synod

Call Metropolitan Theophanes to order and stop lawlessness in the Kazan diocese!

"Your Holiness !!!

Dear members of the Holy Synod !!!

The lawless rule of Metropolitan Theophanes in the Kazan Diocese made you turn to you.

During the time that Metropolitan Feofan heads the Kazan Diocese, many unpleasant events happened, with his immediate “leadership”. Thus, Metropolitan Theophanes indiscriminately, guided only by personal sympathies and antipathies, began to expel employees of churches, monasteries, farmsteads, despite the fact that these people worked for the good of the Church. Many of the employees expelled by Metropolitan Theophanes worked in these places for many years, often starting their work for the good of the Church from the very ruins of a church or monastery. And many of them had no other place to go and where to lay their heads.

It is no secret to anyone in our Diocese that the Orthodox Faith and dignity have become a kind of "business" for the Metropolitan. Unofficial gatherings were collected from almost all parishes and monasteries, as was said at the bishop's house. Now in the village. Petrovsky, Kazan, stands a luxurious mansion that does not fit in with the image of a modest archpastor and an empty man Metropolitan Feofan. This mansion was framed for the wife of the secretary of Metropolitan Tatyana Samoilenko. But after the previous letter addressed to you, the aforementioned mansion was reissued to the Kazan Diocese. At least the benefit of the Church came of it.

As for the services of Metropolitan Theophanes, not one of them has yet passed without shouting, cursing, and dismantling by the Metropolitan. Swearing and screaming are heard from him even during the Divine Liturgy. (  October 14th, 2016

Another scandal in the Kazan Metropolis.

A few quotes from the article "The Battle of Sviyazhsk ...":

“Together with the signatures (except for the parishioners, the clergy also signed under the document - only about 20 people) a public appeal will be sent to the Holy Synod and to the reception of Patriarch Kirill.

The correspondent of "BUSINESS Online" was able to get acquainted with the document, which includes two parts. The second is more substantive and contains specific requests both to the synod and to the Most Holy Patriarch himself. The authors of the letter, who also gave “BUSINESS Online” additional explanations, assure that under Feofan the diocesan tax increased at times, that the sale of church candles and other utensils was centralized, and their prices were increased. They require financial audits of the activities of the entire metropolitanate, as well as of Tatyana Samoilenko (diocesan treasurer), Archpriest Vladimir Samoilenko (secretary of the metropolitan) and the head of the Tatarstan Metropolitan Theophanes.

In total, as of May of this year, according to our interlocutors, 28 Tatarstan’s influential and not so clergymen have lost their posts.

However, the authors of the appeal to the synod and to the patriarch are not limited to separate claims to the decisions of Metropolitan Theophanes - they seek to show that almost all of his activity is "vicious" and leads to the "pernicious path". The first part of the open letter is devoted to this.

Thus, the ill-wishers of the metropolitan argue that his acquaintance with most of the employees of the parish churches and monastery courtyards almost always turned out to be unpleasant, and that Theophanes allegedly drove out many “servants” at the first meeting. The authors of the appeal also talk about the parking lot closed for the ministers and parishioners of one of the monasteries, which was personally closed by the ruling bishop. “He drove out not soulless cars, but people in these cars,” the letter says. What monastery in question, unfortunately, is not specified.

“During his stay at the Kazan department, Metropolitan Theophanes, in word and deed, overthrew the ideal of pastoral service to extremes. We hope that he made the choice of such behavior on his own and his activity as a Russian Orthodox church, and moreover, does not have a systemic character within the organization, ”the authors of the letter write.

Finally, one of the most interesting details of this part of the epistle, devoted to the life of the Metropolitan, is information about a house with an area of \u200b\u200b2.5 thousand square meters. m in the village of Petrovsky. Allegedly, this house is de facto owned by Metropolitan Feofan, although according to documents from October 2015 he already owns the aforementioned Samoilenko, the wife of the secretary of the head of the Tatarstan metropolis. The cost of the mansion, according to the interlocutor of "BUSINESS Online", is about 150 million rubles.

However, on this occasion, as the interlocutors of our publication assure, the administration of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan can give all comprehensive explanations if necessary. And Patriarch Kirill is unlikely to be shocked by the story of Petrovsky, in which he personally stayed during a recent visit to Kazan last summer.

“SEVERAL PERSONNEL DECISIONS DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

During the visit, they handed the patriarch an appeal to withdraw the metropolitan from managing the Kazan department, that is, the entire metropolis, and his methods of work were called "reinforcing anxiety and tension in society." They called the head of the Tatarstan Metropolis "emotionally and mentally unstable."

“A rare service with his participation takes place without screaming and scandal. She finds fault with everything with or without reason, ”the appeal to Patriarch Kirill says. At the same time, the authors of the appeal note general public indignation at Feofan’s offer to transfer the Tatarstan Metropolitanate to one of the buildings of the presidential residence in the Kremlin: “By the manner of communication, the form of communication, the metropolitan causes direct and ambiguous associations with the Chekist of Stalin’s times.”

Reactions to this appeal (by the way, signed not personally, but "from the Orthodox believers of the Republic of Tatarstan") have not yet officially followed ... "

Initially, it included the lands of the Kazan Khanate conquered in 1552 in the surrounding areas and the Vyatka land. In 1556, after the capture of Astrakhan, the diocese included the lands of the Middle and Lower Volga, in the second half of the XVI - beginning of the XVII centuries. - the joined territories of the Urals and Siberia.

In 1602, Astrakhan was allocated from the diocese, in Tobolsk in 1620, and the Vyatka diocese in 1657. In the first half of the XVIII century. The diocese mainly included the territories created by Peter I of Kazan and Ufa provinces. By the mid 1790s the diocese included the Kazan and Simbirsk provinces; parishes in the latter were later allocated to the Simbirsk diocese.

In the early 1920s the boundaries of the diocese were brought into line with the new administrative-territorial division of the Volga region. The diocese of Kazan included the Tatar, Chuvash (until 1946), Mari ASSR (until 1993).

By the decision of the Holy Synod of June 6, 2012 (), dioceses were also allocated from the diocese. The Kazan diocese is included in the Tatarstan metropolis.

Diocese today
(as of July 2016)

Deaneries and Deans

• I Kazan (within the boundaries of the Vakhitovsky and Volga regions of the city of Kazan) - archpriest Alexy Chubakov, rector of the temple of Yaroslavl wonderworkers of Kazan
• II Kazan (within the boundaries of the Kirov and Moscow districts of the city of Kazan) - Abbot Pimen (Iventiev)
• III Kazan (within the boundaries of the Aircraft and Novo-Savinovsky districts of the city of Kazan) - Abbot Ignatius (Grigoryev)
• IV Kazan (within the boundaries of the Soviet district of the city of Kazan) - Archpriest Vladimir Ponomarev
• Buinskoye - Archpriest John Tkachuk, rector of the Trinity Church in Buinsk
• Verkhne-Uslonskoye - Priest Vladimir Chibirev, Rector of the St. Nicholas Ilyinsky Church Upper Uslon
• Vysokogorskoye - Priest Vitaliy Ulyanov, rector of the church in honor of the Holy Trinity Usad
• Elabuga - Archpriest Sergiy Lepikhin, Rector of the Intercession Cathedral of the city of Elabuga
• Zakamskoye - archpriest Andrei Dubrovin, rector of the Holy Ascension Bishops' Compound of Naberezhnye Chelny
• Zelenodolsk - Archpriest Svyatoslav Mirganiev, rector of the Peter and Paul Church in Zelenodolsk, pos. Gary
• Kaybitsky - Priest Nikolai Ermolaev, rector of the Trinity Church p. Turminskoye
• Kukmorskoye - archpriest Sergiy Eliseev, rector of the church of Peter and Paul Cookmore
• Laishevskoye - Priest Fedor Saparov, rector of the Church of Kazan Saints p. Graveyard
• Mamadyshsky - Archpriest Dimitry Morozov, rector of the church of St. Xenia of Rome, Mamadysh
• Pestrechinsky - Priest Pavel Kirillov, Rector of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker p. Panovka
• Rybno-Slobodskoye - Priest Alexander Maslov, rector of the Epiphany Church p. Anatysh
• Tetyushskoy - Archpriest Valentin Kostrin, rector of the Trinity Church of Tetyushi
  

The authorities of Tatarstan still do not provide students with the opportunity to study the "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" as part of the course "Fundamentals of Religious Culture and Secular Ethics" (ORKSE). The news of this aroused bewilderment of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill:

“There is a“ unique ”, one can say, region - Tatarstan, where the regional authorities consider it possible for people to decide what they can study in the framework of the ORKSE and what cannot. DIC - not. At the same time, civil rights and federal laws are grossly violated, decisions of the President, the Government, the Ministry of Education and Science are ignored, ”said His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in an interview published in the 11th issue of the journal Orthodox Education.

Alexander Terentyev, head of the Tatarstan’s Presidential Department for Domestic Politics, called the words about the oppression of Orthodoxy in the Republic of Tatarstan “lamentations” and demonstrated at the meeting on issues of interethnic and interfaith relations a number of data, which, in his opinion, testify to the development of Orthodoxy in the region. So, in 1998 in Tatarstan there were only 15 Orthodox objects, and now there are 467 (324 churches, 46 houses of worship, 86 chapels and 11 prayer rooms); At present, there are 334 Orthodox religious organizations in the republic, and in 1998 there were only 15. In addition, 26 Orthodox churches are under reconstruction in the region, and another 35 are under construction.

“The numbers are a stubborn thing. You can’t argue with them. Could it be stated in case of harassment? It is time for everyone to give an honest answer to this question, ”A.Terentyev quotes Interfax-Volga.

“Indeed, numbers are a stubborn thing. And they do not testify in favor of Tatarstan.

There are no more regions in Russia where terrorists would massively attack Orthodox churches. There are no regions in Russia where over the past 2014 the growth of terrorist crimes would be 320% with a general tendency to reduce their number, as stated in January by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic Artem Khokhorin.

With an equal ratio of Orthodox and Muslims in Tatarstan, the number of mosques exceeds the number of temples by more than three times. The republic’s authorities are building mosques outside its borders, but for some reason they are not building Orthodox churches. We are happy for the Muslims of Tatarstan and consider them our friends, but I would like to see the same attitude towards the Orthodox from the authorities of the republic.

In Tatarstan, it is still impossible to choose the “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture”, and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, speaking of this, does not “lament”, but directly points to the arbitrariness of local officials who put someone’s position above Russian law. And we will repeatedly raise this topic at all levels until we achieve respect for the rights of children from Orthodox families. ”

“Since the end of 2013, when the ARNS Human Rights Center held a round table on violation of the rights of the Russian and Orthodox people in Tatarstan, the situation has definitely improved, but it has not become completely normal. And we need to work on improving it, and not snarl at criticism, ”Roman Silantyev also said.

We add that we all remember the shaft and the Kryashensky churches, which swept through Tatarstan in 2013. All this was so serious that the Kryashens — the Turkic people who profess Orthodoxy — were forced to seek help from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill:

“Terrorists burn our churches. Thank God, the arsonists were found, but we are not sure that this will not happen again. We are not sure about tomorrow. There have already been cases when Wahhabis came to Orthodox priests to campaign for Islam. Whom to complain, they do not know. They’re afraid that they’ll be immediately accused of Islamophobia, ”Maria Semyonova, head of a public organization in Kazan, announced in an open letter.

And in December 2014 in Kazan there is a memorial church in honor of the Miraculous Image of the Savior, built on the site of the mass grave of soldiers who fell during the capture of Kazan in October 1552. On the columns of the temple, the vandals made three inscriptions in red paint: “Why did you baptize our children”, “Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten” and “1552”.