January 11, 2013 during an expanded meeting The Diocesan Council of the Arkhangelsk Diocese decided to transfer Rector of the Sretensky Church in the village of Zaostrovye, Primorsky District, Priest John Privalov under the "special pastoral care" of the confessor of the diocese, rector St. Elias Cathedral in Arkhangelsk. Fr. John Appointed Cleric this cathedral.

The reason was "disorders, which for many years brings into the spiritual life with his church innovations a follower teachings of Father Georgy Kochetkov, Priest John Privalov .

At the end of December 2012, a group of believers from the diocese turned to through the "Russian People's Line" to Patriarch Kirill with a complaint that the priest had created a parish closed to outsiders an organization of a "sectarian nature" whose members profess "openly heretical views" : require mandatory disclosure, practice communion on each liturgy, prayers are served twice a year and akathists are not read at all. From members of the community, as follows from the letter, are required to pay a "tithe" monthly.

Sources

The Council of the Arkhangelsk Diocese considered the situation in the Sretensky Church in the village of Zaostrovye // Site of the Arkhangelsk diocese. 2013. January 11.
Zaostrovsky split // Russian folk line. 2012. December 26.

In the Arkhangelsk diocese, a priest who was a follower of Fr. Georgy Kochetkov