Abkhazian Orthodox Church Абхазская Православная церковь Аԥсны Аиашахаҵаратә ауахәама
Pitsunda Cathedral, or St. Andrew the Apostle Cathedral, main seat of the Abkhazian Orthodox Church
Abbreviation
AOC
Type
Eastern Orthodox
Classification
Independent Eastern Orthodox
Orientation
Phyletism
Primate
Vissarion Aplaa
Bishops
2
Parishes
144
Monasteries
2[1]
Language
Abkhaz, Russian
Headquarters
Sukhumi
Territory
Abkhazia
Independence
15 September 2009
Recognition
None
Separated from
Georgian Orthodox Church
Official website
aiasha.ru
Abkhazian Orthodox Church in Sukhumi, capital of Abkhazia
The Abkhazian Orthodox Church (Abkhaz: Аԥсны Аиашахаҵаратә ауахәама, romanized: Apsnə Ajašaxac̣araṭ° awax°ama, Russian: Абхазская Православная церковь, romanized: Abkhazskaya Pravoslavnaya tserkov') is an Eastern Orthodox church outside the official Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical hierarchy. It came into existence when the Sukhumi-Abkhazian Eparchy declared on 15 September 2009 that it no longer considered itself part of the Georgian Orthodox Church (but is considered as part of Georgian Orthodox Church by every Orthodox patriarchate including Russian) and that it was "re-establishing the Catholicate of Abkhazia disbanded in 1795".[2] Vissarion Aplaa is the Primate of the Abkhazian Orthodox Church since 2009 and is the self-proclaimed catholicos of the Church. It has two eparchies (dioceses) in Pitsunda and Sukhumi and is organized in 9 parishes.
^"Действующие храмы и монастыри Абхазской Епархии". Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
^Сухумо-Абхазская епархия переименована в Абхазскую Православную церковь с Сухумским и Пицундским патриархатами (in Russian). Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. 2009-09-16. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
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