Diocese of Birobidzhan


The Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur 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.
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Parish listing

Central deanery

; The city of Birobidzhan
;Birobidzhan district

West deanery

;Obluchensky district

Southeast deanery

;Smidovichesky district
;Octyabrsky district
;Leninsky district:

Diocesan saints