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The '''Eparchy of Astana and AlmtyAlmaty''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Rus']] with [[jurisdiction ]] over the cities of Astana and Almaty and the provinces [[see|seat]] of the Metropolitan of Almaty, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, and Pavlodar in the Republic [[Metropolia of Kazakhstan]]. In July 2010 , the [[Holy Synod ]] of the Russian Orthodox Church established re-designated the metropolitan district of the Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan as a metropolia, with the then-Archbishop ruling hierarch of the Eparchy of Astana and Almaty being elevated to as First Hierarch of the rank Metropolia that now consists of nine eparchies. The metropolitan is currently Metropolitan [[Alexander (Mogilev) of Astana and First Hierarch of the Orthodox Church in KazakhstanAlmaty]].

In 1871 , the Russian Orthodox Church in Turkestan was organized as a diocese with its seat in Verne (now called Almaty). Forty-five years later a separate vicariate was created for the Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan with its seat in Verne, whilst in June 1945 the Diocese of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan was established. As the Soviet Union collapsed this diocese was divided into three dioceses, the Eparchies of Alma-Ata and Semipalatinsk, Chimkent and Akmola, and the Urals and Guryevskiy.

==Eparchy Todaytoday==Following the designation of Astana as the new capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan the seat of the Eparchy of Alma-Ata and Semipalatinsk was transferred from Almaty to Astana, while the diocese itself was renamed the Eparchy of Astana and Almaty. The Eparchy today shepherds 115 parishes58 [[parish]]es, 8 eight monastic communities, and a theological [[seminary ]] in Almaty and maintains two diocesan cathedrals[[cathedral]]s, the Cathedral of the Dormition in Astana and the Cathedral of the Ascension in Almaty.

*Metropolitan [[Alexander (Mogilev) of Astana and Almaty|Aleksandr Alexander (Mogilev) of Astana and Almaty]] (2010-present)*Bishop [[Gennadius (Gogolev) of Kaskelen|Gennadiy Gennadius (Gogolev) of Kaskelen]], Auxiliary (2010-present)*[[Methodius (Nemtsov) of Perm|Methodius (Nemtsov)]] 2003 - 2010

==Past Hierarchs==*[[Nicholas (Mogilevsky) of Alma-ata and Kazakhstan]] 1945 - 1955 ==External Linklinks==

[[Category: Dioceses|Astana]][[Category: Moscow Patriarchate Dioceses|Astana]][[Category: Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan]]