Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory

Diocese of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory (Russian: Архангельская и Холмогорская епархия) is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

History

Kholmogory and Vazhsky Diocese Council established by decree in 1682, was composed of the north-eastern part of the territory of the Novgorod metropolis, the city of Arkhangelsk and Holmogory with counties, Kevrol, Mezen, Kola, Pustozersk, Vaga, a quarter Vazhsky to award a Ustyanovskimi parishes, the Solovetsky monastery.

Originally chair was in Kholmogory (1682–1762 gg.), The first head of the Diocese – St. Athanasius (Lyubimov) (March 1682 – September 1702).

In 1732 the diocese was renamed "Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory".

In 1762 the bishop's diocesan administration and authorities were finally transferred to Arkhangelsk (1702 – voivodship, from 1708 – the provincial capital).

By state in 1764 the diocese awarded 8th place among the 15 dioceses of class III.

According to the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of the October 6, 1995 from the Diocese highlighted Syktyvkar diocese, and December 27 – Diocese of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and then was called and Kholmogory.

December 27, 2011 from the diocese have been allocated Kotlas and Naryan-Mar diocese, with whom Arkhangelsk diocese became part of the newly formed Metropolis of Arkhangelsk.

Dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church

Patriarch of Moscow

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Directly subordinated dioceses outside Russia	Argentina and South America Baku and Azerbaijan Berlin and Germany Brussels and Belgium Budapest and Hungary Chersonesos Sourozh The Hague and the Netherlands Vilnius and Lithuania

Japanese Orthodox Church	Kyoto and Western Japan Sendai and Eastern Japan Tokyo

Chinese Orthodox Church	Beijing Harbin and Manchuria Shanghai Tianjin Xinjiang

Ukrainian Orthodox Church	Berdyansk and Prymorsk Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav Cherkasy and Kaniv Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi Chernivtsi and Bukovina Dniprodzerzhynsk and Tsarychanka Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad Donetsk and Mariupol Dzhankoy and Rozdolne Horlivka and Sloviansk Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia Kamianets-Podilskyi and Horodok Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv Kherson and Taurica Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv Khust and Vynohradiv Kiev Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod Konotop and Hlukhiv Kremenchuk and Lubny Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol Luhansk and Alchevsk Lutsk and Volyn Lviv and Galicia Mukachevo and Uzhhorod Mykolaiv and Voznesensk Nizhyn and Pryluky Nova Kakhovka and Henichesk Odessa and Izmail Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk Ovruch and Korosten Poltava and Myrhorod Rivne and Ostroh Sarny and Polissia Severodonetsk and Starobilsk Shepetivka and Slavuta Simferopol and Crimea Sumy and Okhtyrka Ternopil and Kremenets Tulchyn and Bratslav Uman and Zvenyhorodka Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilskyi Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Kovel Zaporizhia and Melitopol Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi

Moldovan Orthodox Church	Bălți and Fălești Cahul and Comrat Chișinău Edineț and Briceni Tiraspol and Dubăsari Ungheni and Nisporeni

Latvian Orthodox Church	Riga

Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate	Narva and Peipus Tallinn

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Belarusian Orthodox Church	Babruysk and Bykhaw Brest and Kobryn Gomel and Zhlobin Grodno and Vawkavysk Minsk and Slutsk Mogilev and Mstsislaw Novogrudok and Lida Pinsk and Luninets Polotsk and Hlybokaye Turaw and Mazyr Vitebsk and Orsha

Kazakhstani Metropolitan District	Astana and Almaty Karaganda and Shakhtinsk Kostanay and Petropavl Pavlodar and Oskemen Oral and Atyrau Shymkent and Akmola

Middle Asian Metropolitan District	Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan Dushanbe and Tajikistan Tashkent and Uzbekistan Patriarch's Parishes in Turkmenistan

Patriarchial Parishes	Canada Finland Italy United States