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The '''Diocese of Sourozh''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1962 by [[Metropolitan]] [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]] and takes its name from an ancient diocese in the Crimea which no longer has a bishop. Its patron saint is [[Stephen of Sourozh]]. Its current bishop is His [[Elisey (Ganaba) of Sourozh]]. The assistant hierarch is Archbishop [[Anatoly (Kuznetsov) of Kerch|Anatoly of Kerch]]. The diocese does not include the stavropegic Moscow Patriarchate churches of Dublin or Manchester.
Archbishop [[Innokenty (Vasilyev) of Korsun]] (head of Russia's [[Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese|diocese in Western Europe]]) served as its temporary ruling bishop following the forced retirement of Bishop [[Basil (Osborne) of Amphipolis|Basil (Osborne) of Sergievo]]. Before Bishop Basil, Administrator of the Diocese of Sourozh from 2003 to 2006, was forced into retirement, the diocese had about thirty [[parish]]es in the United Kingdom. On [[May 31]], 2010, the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Russia]] announced the addition of eighteen new parishes to the Diocese of Sourozh. [[http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7328]] Also before Basil's retirement, the diocese published a journal, founded by Metr. Anthony in 1980, entitled ''Sourozh''. The activities of the journal are currently suspended.
==Recent history==
