Jump to content

Justinian Ovchinnikov

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by KasparBot (talk | contribs) at 05:15, 29 February 2016 (migrating Persondata to Wikidata, please help, see challenges for this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Justinian Ovchinnikov (Russian: Юстиниан Овчинников; born Victor Ivanovich Ovchinnikov, 28 January 1961 in Kosteryovo, Vladimir Oblast) is a high-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church. As of March 2010, he holds the title of archbishop of the patriarchal parishes in the United States.[1]

Prior to this appointment, he was head of the Diocese of Tiraspol, in Transnistria (Moldova) and its mother church, the Christmas Church from 1998 to 2010.[2]

References

  1. ^ ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 5 марта 2010 года, журнал №5. Template:Ru icon
  2. ^ Council of Europe (3 July 1998). Complicity of the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia with the illegal and secessionist regime installed in the east of the Moldovan Republic, Written Declaration No. 279, Doc. 8156. p. 1. Retrieved 7 March 2011.