Orthodox Diocese of Harbin and Manchuria

The Orthodox Diocese of Harbin and Manchuria (Chinese: 哈尔滨教区, Russian: Харбинская и Маньчжурская епархия) is a canonical, structural and territorial-administrative subdivision of the Chinese Orthodox Church.

Diocese of Orthodox Diocese of Harbin and Manchuria

哈尔滨教区
Харбинская и Маньчжурская епархия
Sophia Cathedral, Harbin
Location
CountryChina
TerritoryHarbin
Information
Established1922
CathedralSt. Nicholas Cathedral

From 1922 to 1945 it was under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The cathedral church is St. Nicholas Cathedral in Harbin. The second cathedral church is St. Sophia Cathedral.

History

Since 1898, parishes in Manchuria were subordinated to the Russian Spiritual Mission in Beijing. However in 1907 the parishes of the CER alienation strip were administratively subordinated to Vladivostok diocese.[1]

A diocese with a cathedra was established in Harbin, for the Orthodox diaspora which had appeared in the territory of Manchuria after the Russian Revolution. The ruling bishop was assigned a title: bishop of Harbin and Tsitsikarsky.[2] The Harbin diocese was independent of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Beijing and was directly subordinate to the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.[3]

References
  1. Баконина С. Н. (2008). "Харбинская епархия в период распространения советского влияния в Китае (1923-1924 гг. )" (in Russian) (29) (Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Серия 2: История. История Русской Православной Церкви ed.): 84–105. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. "Епископ Селенгинский Софроний (Старков): архипастырь эпохи великих перемени потрясений" (PDF) (in Russian). pp. 173–202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "История православия в Китае в XX веке" (PDF) (in Russian). pp. 78–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-07.
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