Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol diocese - Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) centered in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine; includes the western districts of Dnepropetrovsk region. Cathedral city - Krivoy Rog. Cathedral - Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Krivoy Rog), Transfiguration (Nikopol).
Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih | |
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Location | |
Territory | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Headquarters | Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine |
Information | |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) |
Established | 1996 |
Language | Church Slavonic Russian Ukrainian |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Archbishop Ephraim |
Website | |
eparhia.com.ua |
Founded on 27 July 1996, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, of the release of the Dnepropetrovsk diocese. Decision of the Holy Synod on 12 September 1996 by Bishop Krivoy Rog and Nikopol was defined as Archimandrite Ephraim, inhabitants of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
For ten years, the number of parishes in the territory of the diocese increased from 85 to 224, and clergy from 98 to 202.
Churches
The oldest churches in the cathedral city of Kryvyi Rih diocese are:
- church of St. Nicolas in Kryvyi Rih (1761);
- church of the Nativity of the Theotokos (1886);
- church of the Protection of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (1888);
- church of the Ascension of the Lord (1904).
References
- Monasteries and Convents of Kryvyi Rih Diocese — UOC Synod Commission for Monasteries
- Google-map: Monasteries and Convents of Kryvyi Rih Diocese — UOC Synod Commission for Monasteries