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.
| Orthodox Old-Rite Church | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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