Dioecese of Baku and Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|
| orthodox | |
.jpg) Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of Tbilisi and Baku, and Exarch of Caucasus (1917-1918) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Headquarters | Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 1 |
| Churches | 6 |
| Information | |
| First holder | Paul (Vilkovsky) (1919 - 1923) |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox |
| Established | 1919 |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Aleksiy Smirnov |
| Website | |
| az | |
Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan (Russian: Бакинская и Азербайджанская епархия, Azerbaijani: Bakı və Azərbaycan yeparxiyası) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan. Majority of its members are ethnic Russians of Azerbaijan. Entire territory of Azerbaijan is under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Baku and Azerbaijan, centered in the Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral in Baku. The Church of Michael Archangel also exist in Baku.[1] Aleksiy Smirnov is the current bishop.[2]
- ^ Православие в Азербайджане / Православие.Ru Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Arxipastır. Bakı və Azərbaycan Yeparxiyasının". az.pravoslavie.az. Retrieved 2024-07-25.