The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church made a number of personnel changes and appointed two new vicars to the patriarch

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church made a number of personnel changes and appointed two new vicars of the Patriarch. One of them, after being appointed bishop, will be Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov).

October 22, 2015 meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Synod, in particular, sent Metropolitan Valentine (Mishchuk) to rest. Instead of him, Veniamin (Zaritsky) was appointed to the Orenburg department, former Metropolitan of Ryazan. Mark (Golovkov) was appointed to the Ryazan department, former archbishop of Yegoryevsky, vicar of the patriarch. Elected to the vacant position of vicar Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) . Hegumen elected to replace Vicar Bronnitsky Paramon (Dove).

In addition, the bishop Skopinsky and Shatsky elected Archpriest Gennady Andreev, cleric of Surozhskaya diocese, Bishop of Valuysky and Alekseevsky - hegumen Savva (Nikiforov), Cleric of the Voronezh Diocese, Bishop of Semiluk, Vicar of Voronezh diocese, - Archimandrite Sergius (Kopylov), Bishop of Tarusa, vicar Kaluga diocese, - Archimandrite Seraphim (Savostyanov), Bishop of Zhiguli, vicar of the Samara diocese, - hegumen Thomas (Mosolov).

Sources

• Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 22, 2015 // Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. 2015. October 22.