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==History==
Diocese of Krasnoyarsk was established as the Diocese of Yeniseisk on [[May 25]], 1861 and included the area of the Yeniseysk province. At the time the Orthodox population consisted of churches and monasteries along the Yenisei River. The diocese became a center for [[missionary]] work in Siberia. Among the missionaries of the period was Abp. [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]], who was born in Yeniseysk province and led the diocese from 1970 1870 to 1873.
The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 decimated the diocese. By 1940, no churches were functioning within the diocese as the atheistic Bolshevik government mounted its war against the Orthodox Christian Church. Rϟelations Relations with the Soviet government improved during World War II which allowed Abp. [[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea|Luke]], in 1943, to open the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra and Lycia at the Nikolaevskoye cemetery as well as many other churches. However, during the Khrushchev era of the early 1960s most of these churches were again closed such that by 1988 only ten churches remained open. Subsequently, in a more open political atmosphere within the country a revival of the Russian Orthodox Church developed.
On [[July 20]],1990, Abp. Anthony (Cheremisov) was installed as the ruling bishop of the diocese and by the end of 1991 the diocese had 68 functioning churches.
* Tikhon (Troitsky, Donebin) (March 8, 1886 - March 28, 1892)
* Alexander (Bogdanov) (March 28, 1892 - April 30, 1894)
* Akaky Acacius (Zaklansky) (April 30, 1894 - October 28, 1898)
* Euthymius (Schastnaya) (28 October 1898-1912)
* [[Nikon (Bezsonov) ]] (January 26, 1913 - July 25, 1917); * Nazary [[Nazarius (AndreevAndreyev) ]] (1917-1922); * [[Zosimus (Sidorovsky) ]] (1919) (temporary ruler)* Amphilohky [[Amphilochius (Skvortsov) ]] (March 8, 1925 - July 1926) * [[Nikon (Degtyarenko) ]] (October 5, 1927 - February 3, 1928) * [[Melchizedek (Payevsky) ]] (1928 - 17 May 1931) * [[Paul (Pavlovsky) ]](August 11, 1931 - June 11, 1933) * [[Anthony (Milovidov) ]] (16 June 1933 - May 3, 1934) * [[Theophanes (Elansky) ]] (23 April 1934-1935)
* [[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea|Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky)]] (1943 - 1944)
* [[Bartholomew (Gorodtsov)]] (1944 - August 4, 1947) (temporary ruler)
* [[Sophrony Sophronius (Ivantsov)]] (August 4 - December 24, 1947)* [[Ioanniky Joannicius (Speransky)]] (December 1947-1948) (temporary ruler)* [[Anthony (Cheremisov) of Krasnoyarsk and YeniseiOryol|Anthony (Cheremisov)]] (July 20, 1990 - 2011)* [[Panteleimon (Kutovoy) of Krasnoyarsk|Panteleimon(Kutovoy)]] 2011 - Present
==Diocesan monasteries==