Archbishop of Tomsk and Asinovsky Rostislav became metropolitan
On March 24, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill elevated the head of the Tomsk Orthodox Church, Rostislav, to the rank of metropolitan. This was reported on the official website of the Tomsk diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate. “The rank was conferred in connection with his appointment as head of the newly formed Tomsk Metropolis,” the message says. On March 12, 2013, a second diocese appeared in the Tomsk region - Kolpashevskaya.