The jurisdiction of His Excellency Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI in Russia
Catholic Church Mission in Sevastopol
Sevastopol, previously an ancient Greek city called Chersonesus, a place of exile and martyrdom of two Popes - St. Clement I and St. Martin I.
Nowadays, it is the main port of the Russian Navy on the Black Sea Shore.
The Catholic church building of St. Clement I in Sevastopol was closed by the Communists in 1936, the whole clergy were shot and the church was rebuilt into a movie theater.
Modernists lays from the Vatican-II-Church claim this building nowadays. However, in 2019 traditional Catholics of Sevastopol created their own parish of St. Clement I (the Holy Masses take place in a private chapel in the historical center of Sevastopol).
