Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari
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.
Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari Eparhia de Tiraspol și Dubăsari Тираспольская и Дубоссарская епархия | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Moldova |
| Territory | Transnistria |
| Subdivisions | 5 deaneries |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi) |
| Population - Total | 533,500 |
| Information | |
| Cathedral | Church of the Nativity |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Sabbas (Volkov) |
| Website | |
| www.diocese-tiras.org | |
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