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The '''Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese''' or '''Diocese of Kors(o)un''', headquartered in Paris, France, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Church of Russia]] in Western Europe. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence Archbishop Innocent Grace Bishop [Nestor (VassilievSirotenko) [http://e.korsoun.free.fr/en/archbishop.htm], [[Bishopof Korsun]] of or Chersonese. (Chersonese is an ancient city in the Crimea, founded by Greek colonists in the fourth century BC. According to the tradition of the Church, in this city, [[Vladimir of Kiev|Prince Vladimir]] decided to become a Christian, opening a new page in the history of Russia.)
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In 1945, about a year before his death, the Metropolitan Euloge returned with all its parishes within the Russian Orthodox Church and again became exarch of the Moscow patriarchate. However, after Euloge's death in 1946, Metropolitan Seraphin (Loukianov) was appointed the new exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate. A large number of parishes, contesting Archbishop Seraphin, again broke from the mother Church. These parishes have spawned the current exarchate of the Russian parishes in [[Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe|Western Europe of the Patriarchate of Constantinople]].
Today's Diocese of Chersonese, strictly speaking, was born in the late 1980's 1980s as the heir of the exarchate of Western Europe.
== Organization ==
The Diocese of Chersonese includes the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Switzerland and Portugal. Until December 2006Its current seat is the Three Holy Hiearchs' Church in Paris, France, but planning for the diocese also included construction of a large cathedral in central Paris in cooperation with the Russian and French governments is underway. In addition to the parishes of Italy, now placed monasteries, and chapels under its care the authority Diocese of the canonical [[titular bishop]] of BogorodskKorsun also operates a theological seminary in Épinay-sous-Sénart, France.
==Sources==
*[http://www.egliserusse.eu/Quelques-mots-sur-le-diocese-de-Chersonese_a15.html Quelques mots sur le diocèse de Chersonèse] - A few words about the Diocese of Chersonese (French)
*[http://www.monasterypress.com/anonftp/pub/Rocatruth.pdf The Truth About the Russian Church Abroad], by M. Rodzianko ISBN 0884650049
==External links==
*[http://www.egliserusse.eu/ Russian Orthodox Diocese Eparchy of Chersonese Korsun] (Official WebsiteSite)*[http://www.seminaria.fr/ St. Genevieve's Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary](Official Site)*[http://www.ortodossia.org/ Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church in Italy]*[http://morkov.org/orthodox.htm Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and Portugal]*[http://mypage.bluewin.ch/russ-orth/ Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church in Switzerland]
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