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Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan

Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan. Majority of its members are ethnic Russians of Azerbaijan. Entire territory of Azerbaijan is under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Baku and Azerbaijan, centered in the Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral in Baku. The Church of Michael Archangel also exist in Baku. Aleksiy Smirnov is the current bishop.

History
Historically, Azerbaijan used to be part of the Russian Empire and the USSR. The first Russian Orthodox church in Baku was built in 1815, Russian Orthodox churches had been built in Ganja and Şamaxı previously. There used to be an Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Baku. In the Soviet area, there was persecution of Christians. == See also ==
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