Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian: Львівська єпархія, romanized: Lvivska yeparkhiia) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The eparchy covers territory of Lviv Oblast.
Eparchy of Lviv | |
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Location | |
Territory | Lviv Oblast |
Headquarters | Lviv |
Information | |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
Sui iuris church | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Established | 1989 |
Language | Ukrainian |
Current leadership | |
Governance | Eparchy |
Bishop | Macarius of Lviv |
The seat of Eparchy is in the Dormition Church in Lviv.
History
editThe Eparchy of Lviv was founded in 1989 after the restoration of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.[1] Until 2018, it was the administration office of the afformentioned church.[2]
The Dormition Church performs the functions of the cathedral. The current bishop is the Metropolitan of Lviv Macarius of Lviv.[3]
Diocesan bishops
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Патріархія УАПЦ".
- ^ "Із історії Львівської єпархії". lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "ПРАВЛЯЧИЙ АРХИЄРЕЙ". uaoc.lviv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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