Ruling bishops have changed in several dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Churchtranslated

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, at a meeting on October 22, 2026, adopted a number of personnel decisions regarding the management of dioceses.

Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media Vladimir Legoida spoke in more detail about this following the Synod meeting, reports the press service of the Synodal Department.

In particular, the representative of the Church reported that the members of the Synod had a judgment about the state of affairs in the Shakhty diocese of the Don Metropolis.

– As a result of the discussion, the Holy Synod released Bishop Simon of Shakhtinsky and Millerovsky from the administration of the Shakhtinsky diocese and decided that he should be vicar of the Saratov diocese with the title “Atkarsky”. The members of the Synod entrusted the temporary management of the Shakhty diocese to Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk, the head of the Don Metropolis, said Vladimir Legoida.

Members of the Holy Synod also discussed the state of affairs in the Vyksa diocese of the Nizhny Novgorod Metropolis.

– The Synod released Bishop Gideon of Vyksa and Pavlovsk from the administration of the Vyksa diocese and decided that he should be vicar of the Astana diocese (Metropolitan district in the Republic of Kazakhstan) with the title “Malotimofeevsky”. Temporary management...