Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Netherlands |
| Ecclesiastical province | Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate) |
| Metropolitan | Anthony (Sevryuk) |
| Headquarters | The Hague |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Established | 18 August 1972 |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Bishop of The Hague and the Netherlands | Elisey (Ganaba) |
| Website | |
| http://www.russian-diocese.nl/ | |
TheDiocese of The Hague and the Netherlands[1] (Russian:Гаагская и Нидерландская епархия,Dutch:Het bisdom van Den Haag en Nederland[2]) is a diocese of theRussian Orthodox Church (ROC) which covers the territory ofNetherlands.[3] This diocese is part of thePatriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe since 28 December 2018.[4][5]
In 1972 BishopJacob (Akkersdijk) [nl] of The Hague, who was a vicar of theDiocese of Western Europe [ru] of theRussian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and led a Dutch Eastern Orthodoxmission consisting of three parishes and a monastery, applied for admission of him and his communities into theMoscow Patriarchate. At the same time, two parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate operated in the Netherlands under the direction of BishopDionysius (Lukin) of Rotterdam, vicar of the ROCDiocese of Brussels and Belgium [ru].[6]
On August 18, 1972 Bishop Jacob was received into theMoscow Patriarchate with his clergy and flock; the Diocese of The Hague was established within theWestern European Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Bishop Dionysius was dismissed and appointed rector of thestauropegic parish of the icon of themother of God "the quick-listener" in Rotterdam.[6]
Services in churches and monasteries of the Diocese of The Hague were celebrated inChurch Slavonic andDutch. Bishop Dionysius,ArchimandriteAdrian (Korporaal), andArchpriest Alexis Voogd worked on translations of Orthodox liturgical texts intoDutch.[6]
On June 20, 2004, the first Russian Orthodox church in the history of the Netherlands was consecrated in the name ofPrince Alexander Nevsky inRotterdam.[6]
On 28 December 2017, theHoly Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed its gratitude toArchbishop Elisey for his labours in building up church life in theDiocese of Sourozh and gave him a new position of service as primate of the Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands of the Russian Orthodox Church.[1]
On December 28, 2018, the Diocese of The Hague and Netherlands became part of then-establishedPatriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (PEWE).[7][4]
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