Armenian Diocese of Southern Russia explained

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

The Diocese of Southern Russia (hy|Հարավային Ռուսաստանի թեմ; ru|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]

Notes and References

1. http://armchurch.ru/eparhiya-yuga-rossii/ Diocese of the Southern of Russia
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203192340/http://www.sedmitza.ru/text/9535247.html Echmiadzin formed a new diocese of the Baltic States
3. http://www.academhistory.am/images/HRAPARAKUMNER/300-.pdf 300 years of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Historical path and modern times. 1717—2017
4. http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/print/77460.html Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
5. https://sarkuban.ru/aacz-na-kubani/ Armenian Apostolic Church in Kuban
6. https://dzen.ru/a/YuaNf0F6uD7ZQKJ9 The Cathedral of the Diocese of Southern Russia of the Armenian Apostolic Church is being built in Krasnodar
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhFmoWvbHA The Diocese of the Armenian Church in Southern Russia is 20 years old. Report
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015182714/http://noev-kovcheg.1gb.ru/article.asp?n=98&a=028 Diocese of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017171528/http://www.armenianreligion.am/ru/Encyclopedia_ukrainayi_tem Ukrainian Diocese
10. https://blagos.ru/content/episkop-leonid-prinyal-uchastie-v-torzhestvah-posvyashchennyh-20-letiyu-eparhii-yuga-rossii Bishop Leonid took part in celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Diocese of Southern Russia of the Armenian Apostolic Church