Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari

Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari
Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari
Eparhia de Tiraspol și Dubăsari
Тираспольская и Дубоссарская епархия
Тираспольська і Дубоссарська єпархія

Church of the Nativity
Location
Country Moldova
Territory Transnistria
Subdivisions 5 blagochiniy
Statistics
Area 4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi)
Population
- Total

533,500
Information
Cathedral Church of the Nativity
Current leadership
Bishop Savva (Volkov)
Website
www.diocese-tiras.org

The Diocese of Tiraspol and Dubăsari (Russian: Тираспольская и Дубоссарская епархия, Tiraspolskaya i Dubossarskaya yeparkhiya, Romanian: Eparhia de Tiraspol și Dubăsari, Ukrainian: Тираспольська і Дубоссарська єпархія, Tyraspolska i Dubossarska yeparkhiya) is a diocese of the Moldovan Orthodox Church which covers the exact territory of Transnistria, Moldova. The newly built (1999) Christmas Church in the region's capital, Tiraspol, is the Mother Church of this diocese.

It is headed by Bishop Savva and supported by the Moscow Patriarchate.

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