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
Location
TerritoryDnipropetrovsk Oblast
HeadquartersKryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Established1996
LanguageChurch Slavonic
Russian
Ukrainian
Current leadership
BishopArchbishop 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 St. Michael in Kryvyi Rih (1793);
  • 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).

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