Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari

Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari

Eparhia de Tiraspol și Dubăsari
Тираспольская и Дубоссарская епархия
Church of the Nativity
Location
CountryMoldova
TerritoryTransnistria
Subdivisions5 deaneries
Statistics
Area4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi)
Population
- Total

533,500
Information
CathedralChurch of the Nativity
Current leadership
BishopSabbas (Volkov)
Website
www.diocese-tiras.org

The Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari (Russian: Тираспольская и Дубоссарская епархия, Tiraspolskaya i Dubossarskaya yeparkhiya, Romanian: Eparhia de Tiraspol și Dubăsari, Ukrainian: Тираспольська і Дубоссарська єпархія, Tyraspolska i Dubossarska yeparkhiya) is a diocese of the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova which covers the exact territory of Transnistria, Moldova. The newly built (1999) Christmas Church in the region's capital, Tiraspol, is the Mother Church of this diocese.

It is headed by Bishop Savva and supported by the Moscow Patriarchate.

The diocese was established on October 6, 1998, by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to organize the Orthodox Church in the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

As of 2010 the diocese consisted of 104 parishes and 2 monasteries served by 104 full-time priests and 14 deacons.

External links

  • (in Russian) Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari official website
  • (in English) Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari info Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  • (in Russian) Russian Orthodox website
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