Russian Orthodox Diocese of Smolensk

Diocese of Smolensk
Diocese of Smolensk
	Dormition Cathedral in Smolensk
Location
Headquarters	Smolensk
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Russian Orthodox Church
Established	1137
Governance	Eparchy
Website
	smoleparh.ru

The Diocese Smolensk (Russian: Смоленская епархия) is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church with its center in Smolensk. It was founded in 1137.^[1]

References

↑ Blum, Jerome (1961). Lord and peasant in Russia, from the ninth to the nineteenth century. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780691007649.

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