The Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands (russian: Гаагская и Нидерландская епархия, nl, Het bisdom van Den Haag en Nederland) is a diocese of the

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(ROC) which covers the territory of

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. This diocese is part of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe since 28 December 2018.

History

1972-2017

In 1972 Bishop of The Hague, who was a vicar of the of the

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Ru ...

, and led a Dutch Eastern Orthodox

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consisting of three parishes and a monastery, applied for admission of him and his communities into the

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. At the same time, two parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate operated in the Netherlands under the direction of Bishop Dionysius (Lukin) of Rotterdam, vicar of the ROC . On August 18, 1972 Bishop Jacob was received into the

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with his clergy and flock; the Diocese of The Hague was established within the Western European Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Bishop Dionysius was dismissed and appointed rector of the

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parish of the icon of the

mother of God ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

"the quick-listener" in Rotterdam. Services in churches and monasteries of the Diocese of The Hague were celebrated in

Church Slavonic Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

and

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. Bishop Dionysius,

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Adrian (Korporaal), and

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Alexis Voogd worked on translations of Orthodox liturgical texts into

. On June 20, 2004, the first Russian Orthodox church in the history of the Netherlands was consecrated in the name of Prince Alexander Nevsky in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. On 28 December 2017, the

Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ( rus, Священный синод Русской православной церкви, Svyashchennyy sinod Russkoy pravoslavnoy tserkvi) serves by Church statute as the supreme administrative go ...

expressed its gratitude to Archbishop Elisey for his labours in building up church life in the

Diocese of Sourozh The Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh (russian: Суро́жская епа́рхия) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), covering the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Since 28 December 2018, the Diocese of Sourozh is part ...

and gave him a new position of service as primate of the Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Within the PEWE

On December 28, 2018, the Diocese of The Hague and Netherlands became part of then-established Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (PEWE).

Ruling bishops

Jacob (Akkersdijk) Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...

(18 August 1972 - 30 December 1988) *

Vladimir (Sabodan) Metropolitan Vladimir (Volodymyr; secular name Viktor Markianovich Sabodan, russian: Виктор Маркианович Сабодан, uk, Віктор Маркіянович Сабодан, November 23, 1935 – July 5, 2014) was the hea ...

(30 December 1988 - 20 February 1990) locum tenens *

Kirill (Gundyaev) Kirill or Cyril (russian: link=Russian, Кирилл, chu, , secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, russian: link=no, Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became ...

(20 February 1990 - 30 August 1991) locum tenens *

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(30 August 1991 - 28 December 2017) locum tenens * Elisey (Ganaba) (since 28 December 2017)

References

{{Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodoxy in the Netherlands Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church Christian organizations established in 1972