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Eparchy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Eparchy of Lviv
Dormition Church and Korniakt Tower
Location
TerritoryLviv Oblast
HeadquartersLviv
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchOrthodox Church of Ukraine
Established1989
LanguageUkrainian
Current leadership
GovernanceEparchy
BishopMacarius of Lviv

Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian: Львівська єпархія, romanizedLvivska yeparkhiia) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The eparchy covers territory of Lviv Oblast.

The seat of Eparchy is in the Dormition Church in Lviv.

History

The Eparchy of Lviv was founded in 1989 after the restoration of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Until 2018, it was the administration office of the afformentioned church.

The Dormition Church performs the functions of the cathedral. The current bishop is the Metropolitan of Lviv Macarius of Lviv.

Diocesan bishops

  • 1990—1992 — Ioann Bodnarchuk, Metropolitan of Lviv and Galicia-Volhynia
  • 1992—1996 — Peter Petrus, Metropolitan of Lviv
  • 1996— Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (2015—2018)


References

  1. "Патріархія УАПЦ".
  2. "Із історії Львівської єпархії". lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. "ПРАВЛЯЧИЙ АРХИЄРЕЙ". uaoc.lviv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.

External links

Eparchies of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Metropolitan diocese
Common dioceses (eparhies)

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