The priest of the diocese took part in the round table “The Russian Orthodox Church in the Far East of Russia in the Soviet period”translated

On July 2, 2026, the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by the head of the Publishing Council, Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk, held a round table “The Russian Orthodox Church in the Far East of Russia in the Soviet period (1917–1965): feat, service, testimony of faith” in an online-remote format. The co-chair of the event was the first deputy chairman of the Publishing Council, Bishop Seraphim of Istra.

The meeting was attended by leaders and employees of diocesan departments of dioceses and metropolises of the Far East, and university teachers.

The Kamchatka diocese was represented by the head of the department for work with youth, Priest Roman Nikitin. O. Roman prepared a report on the implementation of the decree “On the separation of church from state and school from church” in Kamchatka in the 20s - 30s. XX century.

“The anti-religious campaign in the 20s and 30s completely destroyed the Kamchatka diocese, practically destroying even the very memory of Kamchatka ascetics and missionaries,” said Priest Roman Nikitin at the end of his report. — In January 1932, after the closure of the last church, the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Kamchatka authorities reported to Moscow that with Orthodoxy...