Eparchies and Metropolitanates of the Russian Orthodox Church

Last updated February 08, 2024

This is the list of the metropolitanates and eparchies (dioceses) of the Russian Orthodox Church.^[1]

Russia

Eparchies and metropolitanates of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Federation:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Metropolitanate	See	Founded
Barnaul	Barnaul	1930	Altai	Barnaul	2015
Biysk	Biysk	1919
Rubtsovsk	Rubtsovsk	2015
Slavgorod	Slavgorod	2015
Arkhangelsk	Arkhangelsk	1628	Arkhangelsk	Arkhangelsk	2011
Kotlas	Kotlas	2011
Naryan-Mar	Naryan-Mar	2011
Plesetsk	Plesetsk	2017
Akhtubinsk	Akhtubinsk	2013	Astrakhan	Astrakhan	2013
Astrakhan	Astrakhan	1602	Astrakhan	Astrakhan	2013
Birsk	Birsk	2017	Bashkortostan	Ufa	2011
Neftekamsk	Neftekamsk	2011
Salavat	Salavat	2011
Ufa	Ufa	1799
Belgorod	Belgorod	1667	Belgorod	Belgorod	2012
Gubkin	Gubkin	2012
Valuyki	Valuyki	2012
Bryansk	Bryansk	1920	Bryansk	Bryansk	2013
Klintsy	Klintsy	2013	Bryansk	Bryansk	2013
Severobaykalsk	Severobaykalsk	2015	Buryatia	Ulan-Ude	2015
Ulan-Ude	Ulan-Ude	1933	Buryatia	Ulan-Ude	2015
Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	1918	Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	2012
Magnitogorsk	Magnitogorsk	2012
Troitsk	Troitsk	2012
Zlatoust	Zlatoust	2016
Alatyr	Alatyr	2012	Chuvashia	Cheboksary	2012
Cheboksary	Cheboksary	1945
Kanash	Kanash	2012
Rostov and Novocherkassk	Rostov-on-Don	1919	Don	Rostov-on-Don	2011
Shakhty	Shakhty	2011
Volgodonsk	Volgodonsk	2011
Ivanovo-Voznesensk	Ivanovo	1920	Ivanovo	Ivanovo	2012
Kineshma	Kineshma	2012
Shuya	Shuya	2012
Bratsk	Bratsk	2011	Irkutsk	Irkutsk	2011
Irkutsk	Irkutsk	1721
Sayansk	Sayansk	2011
Chernyakhovsk	Chernyakhovsk	2016	Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad	2016
Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad	2009	Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad	2016
Kaluga	Kaluga	1799	Kaluga	Kaluga	2013
Kozelsk	Kozelsk	2013
Pesochnya	Kirov	2013
Kostomuksha	Kostomuksha	2013	Karelia	Petrozavodsk	2013
Petrozavodsk	Petrozavodsk	1828	Karelia	Petrozavodsk	2013
Khanty-Mansiysk	Khanty-Mansiysk	2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	Khanty-Mansiysk	2014
Yugorsk	Yugorsk	2014	Khanty-Mansiysk	Khanty-Mansiysk	2014
Galich	Galich	2016	Kostroma	Kostroma	2016
Kostroma	Kostroma	1744	Kostroma	Kostroma	2016
Kansk	Kansk	2011	Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	2011
Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk	1861
Minusinsk	Minusinsk	1923
Norilsk	Norilsk	2014
Yeniseysk	Yeniseysk	2011
Armavir	Armavir	2013	Kuban	Krasnodar	2013
Novorossiysk	Novorossiysk	1919
Sochi	Sochi	2018
Tikhoretsk	Tikhoretsk	2013
Yekaterinodar	Krasnodar	1919
Yeysk	Yeysk	2013
Kurgan	Kurgan	1993	Kurgan	Kurgan	2015
Shadrinsk	Shadrinsk	2015	Kurgan	Kurgan	2015
Kursk	Kursk	1833	Kursk	Kursk	2012
Shchigry	Shchigry	2012
Zheleznogorsk	Zheleznogorsk	2012
Kemerovo	Kemerovo	1993	Kuzbass	Kemerovo	2012
Mariinsk	Mariinsk	2012
Novokuznetsk	Novokuznetsk	2012
Lipetsk	Lipetsk	2003	Lipetsk	Lipetsk	2013
Yelets	Yelets	2013	Lipetsk	Lipetsk	2013
Volzhsk	Volzhsk	2017	Mari El	Yoshkar-Ola	2017
Yoshkar-Ola	Yoshkar-Ola	1993	Mari El	Yoshkar-Ola	2017
Blalashikha	Balashikha	2021	Moscow	Moscow	2021
Kolomna	Kolomna	1350
Odintsovo	Odintsovo	2021
Podolsk	Podolsk	2021
Sergiyev Posad	Sergiyev Posad	2021
Ardatov	Ardatov	2011	Mordovia	Saransk	2011
Krasnoslobodsk	Krasnoslobodsk	2011
Saransk	Saransk	1991
Murmansk	Murmansk	1995	Murmansk	Murmansk	2013
Severomorsk	Severomorsk	2013	Murmansk	Murmansk	2013
Gorodets	Gorodets	2012	Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	2012
Lyskovo	Lyskovo	2012
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	1672
Vyksa	Vyksa	2012
Borovichi	Borovichi	1934	Novgorod	Veliky Novgorod	2011
Novgorod and Staraya Russa	Veliky Novgorod	992	Novgorod	Veliky Novgorod	2011
Iskitim	Iskitim	2011	Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	2011
Kainsk	Kuybyshev	2011
Karasuk	Karasuk	2011
Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk	1924
Isilkul	Isilkul	2012	Omsk	Omsk	2012
Kalachinsk	Kalachinsk	2012
Omsk	Omsk	1895
Tara	Tara	2012
Buzuluk	Buzuluk	2011	Orenburg	Orenburg	2011
Orenburg	Orenburg	1859
Orsk	Orsk	2011
Livny	Livny	2014	Oryol	Oryol	2014
Oryol	Oryol	1788	Oryol	Oryol	2014
Kuznetsk	Kuznetsk	1929	Penza	Penza	2012
Penza	Penza	1799
Serdobsk	Serdobsk	2012
Kudymkar	Kudymkar	2014	Perm	Perm	2014
Perm	Perm	1799
Solikamsk	Solikamsk	2014
Amur	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	2011	Priamurye	Khabarovsk	2011
Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	1945
Vanino	Vanino	2016
Arsenyev	Arsenyev	2011	Primorye	Vladivostok	2011
Nakhodka	Nakhodka	2011
Vladivostok	Vladivostok	1898
Pskov and Porkhov	Pskov	1589	Pskov	Pskov	2014
Velikiye Luki	Velikiye Luki	1926	Pskov	Pskov	2014
Kasimov	Kasimov	2011	Ryazan	Ryazan	2011
Ryazan	Ryazan	1291
Skopin	Skopin	2011
Kinel	Kinel	2012	Samara	Samara	2012
Otradny	Otradny	2012
Samara	Samara	1850
Syzran	Syzran	2017
Tolyatti	Tolyatti	2019
Gatchina	Gatchina	2013	Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	2013
Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	1742
Tikhvin	Tikhvin	2013
Vyborg	Vyborg	1892
Balashov	Balashov	2011	Saratov	Saratov	2011
Pokrovsk	Engels	2011
Saratov and Volsk	Saratov	1828
Barysh	Barysh	2012	Simbirsk	Ulyanovsk	2012
Melekess	Dimitrovgrad	2012
Simbirsk	Ulyanovsk	1832
Roslavl	Roslavl	2017	Smolensk	Smolensk	2015
Smolensk	Smolensk	1137
Vyazma	Vyazma	2015
Georgiyevsk	Georgiyevsk	2012	Stavropol	Stavropol	2012
Pyatigorsk	Pyatigorsk	1927
Stavropol	Stavropol	1842
Michurinsk	Michurinsk	2012	Tambov	Tambov	2012
Tambov	Tambov	1682
Uvarovo	Uvarovo	2012
Almetyevsk	Almetyevsk	2012	Tatarstan	Kazan	2012
Chistopol	Chistopol	2012
Kazan	Kazan	1555
Chita	Chita	1894	Transbaikal	Chita	2014
Nerchinsk	Nerchinsk	2014	Transbaikal	Chita	2014
Ishim	Ishim	2013	Tobolsk	Tobolsk	2013
Tobolsk	Tobolsk	1620	Tobolsk	Tobolsk	2013
Kolpashevo	Kolpashevo	2013	Tomsk	Tomsk	2013
Tomsk	Tomsk	1832	Tomsk	Tomsk	2013
Belyov	Belyov	2011	Tula	Tula	2011
Tula	Tula	1799	Tula	Tula	2011
Bezhetsk	Bezhetsk	2011	Tver	Tver	2011
Rzhev	Rzhev	2011
Tver and Kashin	Tver	1271
Glazov	Glazov	2013	Udmurtia	Izhevsk	2013
Izhevsk	Izhevsk	1921
Sarapul	Sarapul	1918
Alexandrov	Alexandrov	2013	Vladimir	Vladimir	2013
Murom	Murom	1198
Vladimir	Vladimir	1214
Kalach	Kalach-na-Donu	2012	Volgograd	Volgograd	2012
Uryupinsk	Uryupinsk	2012
Volgograd	Volgograd	1918
Cherepovets	Cherepovets	1931	Vologda	Vologda	2014
Veliky Ustyug	Veliky Ustyug	1682
Vologda	Vologda	1556
Borisoglebsk	Borisoglebsk	2013	Voronezh	Voronezh	2013
Rossosh	Rossosh	2013
Voronezh	Voronezh	1682
Urzhum	Urzhum	2012	Vyatka	Kirov	2012
Vyatka	Kirov	1657
Yaransk	Yaransk	2012
Pereslavl	Pereslavl-Zalessky	1744	Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl	2012
Rybinsk	Rybinsk	2012
Yaroslavl and Rostov	Yaroslavl	991
Alapayevsk	Alapayevsk	2018	Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	2011
Kamensk	Kamensk-Uralsky	2011
Nizhny Tagil	Nizhny Tagil	2011
Serov	Serov	2018
Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg	1885
Abakan and Khakassia	Abakan	1995
Anadyr	Anadyr	2000
Birobidzhan	Birobidzhan	2002
Blagoveshchensk	Blagoveshchensk	1858
Elista	Elista	1995
Gorno-Altaysk	Gorno-Altaysk	2013
Kyzyl	Kyzyl	2011
Magadan	Magadan	1991
Makhachkala	Makhachkala	2012
Maykop	Maykop	1994
Moscow City	Moscow	1461
Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	1922
Salekhard	Salekhard	2011
Syktyvkar	Syktyvkar	1995
Vladikavkaz	Vladikavkaz	1885
Vorkuta	Vorkuta	2016
Yakutsk	Yakutsk	1870
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	1993

Belarus

Eparchies of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belarus:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Metropolitanate	See	Founded
Barysaw	Barysaw	2014	Minsk	Minsk	2014
Minsk	Minsk	1793
Maladzyechna	Maladzyechna	2014
Slutsk	Slutsk	2014
Babruysk and Bykhaw	Babruysk	2004
Brest and Kobrin	Brest	1990
Vitebsk and Orsha	Vitebsk	1563
Gomel and Zhlobin	Gomel	1990
Grodno and Vawkavysk	Grodno	1900
Lida	Lida	1632
Mogilev and Mstislavl	Mogilev	1632
Novogrudok and Slonim	Navahrudak	1415
Pinsk and Luninets	Pinsk	1328
Polotsk and Hlybokaye	Polotsk	992
Turov and Mazyr	Mazyr	1005

Ukraine

Eparchies of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (and its predecessor Exarchate of Ukraine):^[2] In May 2022 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) itself announced its separation from the Moscow Patriarchate and excluded ‘any provisions that at least somehow hinted at or indicated the connection with Moscow’ (following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine); the Russian Orthodox Church continues to claim jurisdiction over Ukraine.^[3]

Eparchy	See	Founded
Kyiv	Kyiv	1678–1770 1921–
Lutsk and Volhynia	Lutsk	1678–1770 1921–
Lviv and Galicia	Lviv	1678–1770 1921–
Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi	Chernihiv	1678–1770 1921–
Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad	Dnipro	1921 (1775)
Kamianets-Podilskyi and Horodok	Kamianets-Podilskyi	1921 (1795)
Odesa and Izmail	Odesa	1921 (1837)
Poltava and Myrhorod	Poltava	1921 (1799)
Simferopol and Crimea	Simferopol	1921 (1859)–1936 1944–2022
Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv	Kharkiv	1921 (1799)
Kherson and Tavriisk	Kherson	1921 (1837)
Vinnytsia	Vinnytsia	1933
Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi	Zhytomyr	1940
Chernivtsi and Bukovina	Chernivtsi	1941
Kirovohrad and Novomyrhorod	Kropyvnytskyi	1942
Sumy and Okhtyrka	Sumy	1943
Donetsk and Mariupol	Donetsk	1944
Izmail and Bolhrad	Izmail	1945–1955
Mukachevo and Uzhhorod	Mukachevo	1945
Drohobych and Sambor	Drohobych	1946–1959
Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv	Khmelnytskyi	1955
Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia	Ivano-Frankivsk	1957
Ternopil and Kremenets	Ternopil	1988
Rivne and Ostrog	Rivne	1990
Luhansk and Alchevsk	Luhansk	1991
Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol	Zaporizhzhia	1992
Mykolaiv	Mykolaiv	1992
Cherkasy and Kaniv	Cherkasy	1992
Konotop and Hlukhiv	Konotop	1993
Ovruch and Korosten	Ovruch	1993
Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav	Bila Tserkva	1994
Horlivka and Sloviansk	Horlivka	1994
Tulchyn and Bratslav	Tulchyn	1994
Khust and Vynohradiv	Khust	1994
Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Kovel	Volodymyr-Volynskyi	1996
Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol	Kryvyi Rih	1996
Sarny and Poliske	Sarny	1999
Berdyansk and Primorye	Berdyansk	2007
Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk	Oleksandriia	2007
Kremenchuk and Lubny	Kremenchuk	2007
Nizhyn and Pryluky	Nizhyn	2007
Nova Kakhovka and Henichesk	Nova Kakhovka	2007
Sievierodonetsk and Starobilsk	Sievierodonetsk	2007
Shepetivka and Slavuta	Shepetivka	2007
Dzhankoy and Rozdolne	Dzhankoy	2008–2022
Uman and Zvenyhorodka	Uman	2008
Kamianske and Tsarychanka	Kamianske	2010
Balta and Ananyiv	Balta	2012
Feodosia	Feodosia	2012–2022
Izium and Kupiansk	Izium	2012
Voznesensk	Voznesensk	2012
Boryspil and Brovary	Boryspil	2013
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Mohyliv-Podilskyi	2013
Rovenky	Rovenky	2013
Romny	Romny	2013

Latvia

Eparchies of the Latvian Orthodox Church:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Official site
Daugavpils	Daugavpils	2013
Riga	Riga	1850

Estonia

Eparchies of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Official site
Narva	Narva	2011
Tallinn	Tallinn	1920

Moldova

Eparchies of the Moldovan Orthodox Church:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded
Chișinău	Chișinău	1813
Cahul and Comrat	Cahul	1998
Ungheni and Nisporeni	Ungheni	2006
Bălți and Făleşti	Bălți	2006
Tiraspol and Dubăsari	Tiraspol	1998
Edineț and Briceni	Edineț	1998

Former Soviet Republics

Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Lithuania:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Metropolitan district	See	Founded
Astana and Alma-Ata	Astana	1945	Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan	Astana	2003
Karaganda	Karaganda	2010
Kokshetau	Kokshetau	2011
Kostanay	Kostanay	2010
Pavlodar	Pavlodar	2010
Petropavlovsk and Bulayevo	Petropavl	2011
Uralsk and Guryev	Oral	1991
Ust-Kamenogorsk	Oskemen	2011
Shymkent and Taraz	Shymkent	1991
Bishkek	Bishkek	2011	Central Asian metropolitan district of the Russian Orthodox Church	Tashkent	2011
Dushanbe	Dushanbe	2011
Tashkent and Uzbekistan	Tashkent	1871
Baku and Azerbaijan	Baku	1919
Vilnius and Lithuania	Vilnius	1839

Japan

Eparchies of the Japanese Orthodox Church:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded
Kyoto and Western Japan	Kyoto	1970
Sendai and Eastern Japan	Sendai	1970
Tokyo	Tokyo	1906

Eparchies in the diaspora

Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church in the diaspora:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded	Patriarchal Exarchate	See	Founded
Argentina and South America	Buenos Aires	1946
Berlin and Germany	Berlin	1921
Budapest and Hungary	Budapest	2000
Vienna and Austria	Vienna	1962
Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe	Paris	1921
Brussels and Belgium	Brussels	1936	Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe	Paris	2018
The Hague and the Netherlands	The Hague	1972
Khersones	Paris	1960
Sourozh	London	1962
Spain and Portugal	Madrid	2018
Singapore	Singapore	1936	Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia	Singapore	2018
Korea	Seoul	2019
Diocese of Thailand	Bangkok	2019
Philippines and Vietnam	Manila	2019

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia:^[2]

Eparchy	See	Founded
Berlin and Germany	Berlin	1926
Caracas and South America	Buenos Aires	1957
Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe	London	1954
Eastern America and New York	New York City	1964
Montreal and Canada	Montreal	1936
San Francisco and Western America	San Francisco	1927
Sydney, Australia and New Zealand	Sydney	1946
Chicago and Mid-America	Chicago	1954

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[1] "The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Sacred things of Russia". Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

[official-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Official site of the Russian Orthodox Church: Organization

[3] Dmytro Horevo (2023-01-04). "The Russian Orthodox Church does not recognize the independence of Ukraine or the independence of the UOC". Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
"The Charter of the UOC does not contain any provisions that could even hint at the connection with Moscow — the Head of the Legal Department". Official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
"The UOC priest protested his inclusion in the ROC Publishing Council". Official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

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