Kryvyi Rih Eparchy

Eparchy of Kryvyi Rih
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 Archibishop Ephraim
Website
eparhia.com.ua

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).

Founded on July 27, 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 September 12, 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.

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