On November 12, 2024, Kuban State University hosted the All-Russian scientific and practical conference «Russian Orthodox Church in the history of the South and North Caucasus», timed to the 140th anniversary of the repose of Bishop Jeremiah (Solovyov) of the Caucasus and Black Sea.
The forum was organized by the nunnery founded by Bishop Jeremiah (Solovyov) of the Caucasus and Black Sea.
The forum was organized by the nunnery of Mary Magdalene, founded by Bishop Jeremiah, with the support of Yeysk Diocese and Kuban State University.
The forum was organized by Bishop Jeremiah and supported by Yeysk Diocese and Kuban State University.
The Most Reverend Jeremiah became the first bishop of the Caucasian Diocese, established in 1843 on the territory of the Black Sea Cossack Troops and Stavropol Province. On his initiative, more than a dozen churches were built, the largest in the South women's monasteries were established; Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene in the Black Sea and St. John and Mary in Stavropol, the Caucasian Theological Seminary was opened, church charitable institutions appeared.
«For the entire Kuban and Stavropol the memory of the first bishop of the Caucasus Jeremiah (Solovyov) is very important. In less than seven years the efforts of the bishop laid the foundation of religious life on the southern borders of the country: parishes were organized, churches were built, charitable activities were started and personnel training was organized. It was thanks to his personal participation that the decision to found our monastery was made. It was thanks to his personal participation that the decision was made to found our monastery, about which he, even after moving to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, continued to worry and care» — noted Abbess Abbess Tavifa (Zoro) of the Mary Magdalene Monastery.
The plenary session was attended by Metropolitan Vasily of Ekaterinodar and Kuban, Rector of Kuban State University M.B. Astapov, First Vice-Rector of Kuban State University T.A. Khagurov, Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Social Affairs N.V. Redkin.
Metropolitan Vasily and M.B. Astapov addressed the audience with welcoming words. The head of the Kuban Metropolitanate noted that the life of Vladyka Jeremiah, who, although he went into recluse, but did not stop communicating with his contemporaries, is needed now as a reference point for the search for peace.
In a video link, participants were greeted by Metropolitan Rostislav of Tomsk and Asinov. Vladyka spoke about the spiritual ties between Siberia and the Caucasus, existing, among other things, due to the fact that the spiritual son of Bishop Jeremiah was the rector of the Tomsk Theological Seminary Archimandrite Moses (Rybalsky).
Rector of the Tomsk Theological Seminary.
The reports were made by the head of the department Priest Evgeny Shishkin, priest of the Church History Department of Stavropol Theological Seminary, Hegumen Tavifa (Zoro), priest Andrey Kretov, acting rector of Yekaterinodar Theological Seminary, Sofia Getmanskaya, PhD in history, research associate of the Research Center for Traditional Culture of the Kuban Cossack Choir, and Julia Biryukova, PhD in history, associate professor of the Don State Technical University.
The conference program continued with the work of sections «Bishop Jeremiah (Solovyov): life and literary heritage», «Russian Orthodox Church in the social and political life of the South and North Caucasus in the XIX-XX centuries» «Russian Orthodox Church in the politics of the Soviet state»
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Also on the margins of the scientific forum was held a meeting of representatives of the commissions on the canonization of saints of the dioceses of the Southern and North Caucasus Federal Districts. The meeting was welcomed by the chairman of the commission for the canonization of saints of the Ekaterinodar diocese, Priest Andrei Nebavsky. The participants discussed the issues of finding sources on the confessional exploits of clergy and laity during the Civil War, historical and archival expertise and expert support for the finding of relics of saints, the problems of documenting the ministry of clergy in the Civil War, and the problems of the canonization of saints. 1920-1930s.
At the end of the conference, the participants visited the exhibition of the Krasnodar State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve named after E. D. Felitsyn. Felitsyn.
In the framework of celebrating the 140th anniversary of the repose of Bishop Jeremiah Mary Magdalene Monastery conducted a lot of research work to find letters of the lord in the archives, it is planned to publish a collection of correspondence for the years 1860-1884.
From the sites of Kuban Metropolis, Eyskaya and Armavir dioceses
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