Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur

Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur
Биробиджанская и Кульдурская епархия

Annunciation Cathedral
Location
Country Russia
Territory Jewish Autonomous Region
Subdivisions 3 deaneries
Statistics
Area 36,266 km2 (14,002 sq mi)
Population
- Total
(as of 2010)
172,671
Parishes 48
Information
Established October 7, 2002
Cathedral Anunciation Cathedral
Current leadership
Archbishop Joseph (Balabanov)
Map

Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur
Website
www.eparh.ru

Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur (Биробиджанская и Кульдурская епархия) — is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate. The diocese operates churchers within the borders of the Jewish Autonomous Region which borders with the Republic of China on the south, with Amur Oblast on the West and with Khabarovsk Krai on the North-East.

The cathedral church and the official seat of a diocesan bishop are located in the city of Birobidzhan.

Birobidzhan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (centralized religious organization headed by Moscow Patriarchate) was founded by the resolution of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 7, 2002. Bishop of the Birobidzhan diocese is Joseph (Balabanov) (appointed by the decree of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II of October 7, 2002).

Parish listing

Central deanery

The city of Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan district

West deanery

Obluchensky district

Southeast deanery

Smidovichesky district
Octyabrsky district
Leninsky district

Diocesan saints

References