The '''Eparchy of Chimkent Shymkent and Akmola''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] with [[jurisdiction]] over the provinces of Akmola, Qyzylorda, South Kazakhstan, and Zhambyl in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In July 2010, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Russian Orthodox Church established the [[Metropolia of Kazakhstan|Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan]] as a [[metropolia]], with the Eparchy of Chimkent Shymkent and Akmola becoming one of its three constituent eparchies.

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 (Almaty) and Kazakhstan was established. As the Soviet Union collapsed this diocese was reorganized into three dioceses, with the Eparchy of Chimkent Shymkent and Akmola being established by the Holy Synod on [[January 31]], 1991.

The Eparchy today includes 59 [[parish]]es, with its seat at the [[Cathedral]] of St. Nicholas of Myra in ChimkentShymkent.

*Archbishop [[Eleutherius (Kozorez) of Chimkent and AkmolaShymkent|Elevferiy of Chimkent Shymkent and Akmola]] (1991-present)

*[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/78677.html Eparchy of Chimkent Shymkent and Akmola] (Moscow Patriarchate)

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