In the Leningrad region, the former Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka Diomedes died in an accident 
Former Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka Diomid died in an accident on the federal highway “Vologda – Novaya Ladoga” in the Leningrad region. This is reported by the 47news portal.
It is noted that the former bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) was in the front passenger seat of a Kia Sorento car during a collision with a MAN truck.
She was driving a crossover A 48-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, her 72-year-old namesake was in the back seat. As a result of the accident, both women also died. An Estonian citizen who was driving a truck was hospitalized with a bruise and a broken leg.
In February 2008, Bishop Diomedes publicly accused the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church of heresy and cooperation with the “godless government.” In June, the Council of Bishops demanded that the priest repent before the Holy Synod for schismaticism and removed him from the administration of the diocese. Diomedes refused to obey the council and anathematized the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, headed by Patriarch Alexy II, as a result of which he was defrocked in October of the same year.