Diomid does not want to repent

The rebellious bishop of Anadyr and the Chukchi diomid, which on June 27,, by decision of the Bishop Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), was deprived of the dignity for disobedience to the Holy Principles, filed a complaint against this decision in the church court. Diomid said this to his parishioners during the liturgy in the Preobrazhensky temple of Anadyr, although the bishop's cathedral forbade him to conduct services.

“Vladyka Diomid has nothing to repent of. In addition, at the trial, he personally intends to oppose Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) with the accusations of the betrayal of Orthodoxy, ”the complaint said.

Recall that at the final meeting on June 27, the participants of the Bishop Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church as an absolute majority (178 for, 2 abstained, 3 against) voted for the “eruption from the dignity” of Bishop Diomid. The commission, which analyzed the Diomide case, came to the conclusion that his letters and appeals “provoke a split, filled with the spirit of isolationism and extremism”, pushing the church into conflict with state power and representatives of other faiths, and are also a temptation for people standing “on the threshold” of the Orthodox Church. ” True, if diomid repents and ceases to criticize the policy of the highest hierarchs of the church, the decision to erupt from the dignity will not enter into force. The deadline was determined during which the bishop must bring repentance-until the next meeting of the Holy Synod, which will be held in mid-July in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

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The rebellious bishop Diomid was deprived of the dignity

Along with the decision on the deprivation of the dignity of Bishop Diomid, the bishop's cathedral deprived the dignity of the former associate of Bishop Diomid Igumen Elijah (Empulev), the author of the recent open letter of the clergy group who refused to remember the name of Patriarch Alexy II during the Liturgy. Three other letters signed this letter - Archpriest Vladimir Mordovov, Priest John Balitsky, Hieromonk Anthony (Shlyakhov) - the Council decided to prohibit participating in the sacred service until repentance.

Bishop Diomid has been criticizing the Russian Orthodox Church since 2007. The letters and appeals of diomid are actively distributed via the Internet. In them, he called on the Russian Orthodox Church to refuse dialogue with other commands and “anti -people” power, to the return of the monarchy, the rejection of the TIN and passports of a new model, as well as to the ban on mobile communications.

Bishop Diomid did not come to the Bishop Cathedral, referring to the malaise (he got a sciatic nerve). According to canonical rules, it is impossible to judge and subjected to church punishments of the hierarch in absentia, in his absence. However, participants in the cathedral believe that diomid is a simulator. “The reason that Vladyka Diomid explained his nonsense does not seem to be respectful,” said Metropolitan Kirill, chairman of the department of external church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Now the supporters of Diomide say that the decision to deprive Bishop San will provoke a church split. However, the Russian Orthodox Church does not think so. It believes that the rebellious bishop has not many followers, but those that have - a few marginals.