Armenian Diocese of Southern Russia

Diocese of Southern Russia Հարավային Ռուսաստանի թեմ Епархия Юга России
Church of St. John the Evangelist (Krasnodar, Russia)
Location
Country	Russia
Territory	Krasnodar and Stavropol krais, the republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Abkhazia
Information
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian Rite
Established	January 13, 1997
Cathedral	Church of St. John the Evangelist, Krasnodar
Current leadership
Patriarch	Karekin II
Bishop	Archbishop Movses (Movsesyan)

The Diocese of Southern Russia (Armenian: Հարավային Ռուսաստանի թեմ; Russian: Епархия Юга России) is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[1] The canonical territory of the diocese includes regions in the south of the European part of Russia: Krasnodar and Stavropol krais, the republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, and, in fact, Abkhazia (officially, the territory of the latter belongs to the Georgian diocese).

On January 13, 1997, by decree of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin I, the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan (under its jurisdiction were the Armenian churches of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Baltic States[2] and Central Asia) was divided into three dioceses:[3]

• The Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan with a see in Moscow[4]
• The Diocese of the Southern of Russia with a see in Krasnodar[5][6][7]
• The Diocese of Ukraine with a see in Lviv[8][9]

On September 23, 2009, the residence of the Head of the Diocese was opened on the territory of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Krasnodar.

Primates

• 1998-2000 - Bishop Yeznik (Petrosyan).
• Since 2000 - Archbishop Movses (Movsesyan)[10]

References

1. Diocese of the Southern of Russia
2. Echmiadzin formed a new diocese of the Baltic States. Церковно-Научный Центр «Православная Энциклопедия» (27 января 2020).
3. 300 years of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Historical path and modern times. 1717—2017. Proceedings of the International Conference October 24–25, 2017. p.319
4. Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
5. Armenian Apostolic Church in Kuban
6. The Cathedral of the Diocese of Southern Russia of the Armenian Apostolic Church is being built in Krasnodar
7. The Diocese of the Armenian Church in Southern Russia is 20 years old. Report
8. Diocese of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church
9. Ukrainian Diocese
10. Bishop Leonid took part in celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Diocese of Southern Russia of the Armenian Apostolic Church