Armenian Diocese of Southern Russia

The Diocese of Southern Russia (Armenian: Հարավային Ռուսաստանի թեմ; Russian: Епархия Юга России) is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[1] The canonical territory of the diocese includes regions in the south of the European part of Russia: Krasnodar and Stavropol krais, the republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, and, in fact, Abkhazia (officially, the territory of the latter belongs to the Georgian diocese).

Diocese of Southern Russia

Հարավային Ռուսաստանի թեմ
Епархия Юга России
Church of St. John the Evangelist (Krasnodar, Russia)
Location
CountryRussia
TerritoryKrasnodar and Stavropol krais, the republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Abkhazia
Information
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
RiteArmenian Rite
EstablishedJanuary 13, 1997
CathedralChurch of St. John the Evangelist, Krasnodar
Current leadership
PatriarchKarekin II
BishopArchbishop Movses (Movsesyan)

On January 13, 1997, by decree of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin I, the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan (under its jurisdiction were the Armenian churches of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Baltic States[2] and Central Asia) was divided into three dioceses:[3]

On September 23, 2009, the residence of the Head of the Diocese was opened on the territory of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Krasnodar.

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