Country Russia Population- Total (as of 2010)172,671 Established October 7, 2002 Area 36,266 km² | Subdivisions 3 deaneries Parishes 48 Cathedral Anunciation Cathedral Territory Jewish Autonomous Oblast | |
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Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur (Биробиджанская и Кульдурская епархия) — is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate. The diocese operates churchers within the borders of the Jewish Autonomous Region which borders with the Republic of China on the south, with Amur Oblast on the West and with Khabarovsk Krai on the North-East.
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The cathedral church and the official seat of a diocesan bishop are located in the city of Birobidzhan.
Birobidzhan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (centralized religious organization headed by Moscow Patriarchate) 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. Bishop of the Birobidzhan diocese is Joseph (Balabanov) (appointed by the decree of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II of October 7, 2002).