Eparchy of Alania

Eparchy of Alania
Location
CountrySouth Ossetia-Alania
HeadquartersTskhinvali
Information
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Sui iuris churchOrthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)
Established1991
Current leadership
BishopGeorge

The Eparchy of Alania is a non-canonical orthodox eparchy created in South Ossetia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It has been attached to the Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance since 2003 after its break with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

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