Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur Биробиджанская и Кульдурская епархия | |
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 Annunciation Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Territory | Jewish Autonomous Region |
| Subdivisions | 3 deaneries |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 36,266 km2 (14,002 sq mi) |
| Population - Total | (as of 2010) 172,671 |
| Parishes | 48 |
| Information | |
| Established | October 7, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Anunciation Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Archbishop | Joseph (Balabanov) |
| Map | |
.svg) Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur | |
| Website | |
| www.eparh.ru | |
The Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur (Биробиджанская и Кульдурская епархия) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the centralized religious organization headed by Moscow Patriarchate. The diocese operates churches within the borders of the Jewish Autonomous Region which borders with China on the south, Amur Oblast on the west and Khabarovsk Krai on the northeast.
The cathedral church and the official seat of a diocesan bishop are located in the city of Birobidzhan.
The Birobidzhan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church was founded by the resolution of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 7, 2002. The bishop of the Birobidzhan diocese is Joseph (Balabanov), who appointed by the decree of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II of October 7, 2002.
