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==History==
The [[diocese|eparchy]] was established in 1672 and included, in addition to the city of Nizhny Novgorod, the towns of Alatyr, Kurmysh, and Yadrin. The first hierarch of the eparchy was Archimandrite FilaretPhilaret, who had been [[abbot]] of Pechersky Ascension Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod. He was metropolitan from 1672 to 1682. The ruling hierarchs initially received the title of Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod and Alatyr. In 1719, the title for the ruling hierarch was changed to [[Bishop]] and remained so until 2001 when his title returned to that of Metropolitan.
In 1799, the title of the hierarch became '...of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas', and the territory of the Eparchy of Nizhny Novgorod coincided with the Nizhny Novgorod province. In 1866, vicar diocese of Balakhna was established. In 1912, just prior to the start of World War I, the Eparchy of Nizhny Novgorod included over 1,600,000 Orthodox people, 1131 churches, 28 monasteries and convents, a Theological Seminary, a Theological College each for males and females, 65 [[archpriest]]s, 1023 [[priest]]s, 412 [[deacon]]s, and 1002 Psalm [[reader]]s.
==Ruling hierarchs==
*Metropolitan Filaret Philaret 1672-1686*Metropolitan Pavel Paul I 1686-1696*Metropolitan Trifily (Inikhov) 1696-1699*Metropolitan Isaiah 1699-1707*Metropolitan [[Sylvester (Holmsky) of Kazan|Sylvester (Volynsky)]] 1707-1719*Archbishop Pitirim 1719-1738*Bishop John I (Dubinsky) 1739-1742*Bishop Dimitry (Sechenov) 1742-1748*Bishop [[Benjamin (Putsek-Grigorovich) of Kazan|Benjamin I (Putsek-Grigorovich)]] 1748-1753*Bishop Theophan (Charnutsky) 1753-1773*Bishop Anthony (Zybelin) 1773-1782*Bishop Josaph (Zabolotsky) 1782-1783*Bishop Damaskin Damascene (Rudnev) 1783-1794*Bishop Pavel Paul II (PonomarevPonomaryov) 1794-1798 *Bishop Benjamen (Krasnopevkov) 1798-1811*Bishop Moses (Bliznetsov-Platonov) 1811-1825*Bishop Methodius (Orlov) 1826-1826*Bishop Athanasius (Protopopov) 1827-1832*Bishop Ambrose (Morev) 1832-1835*Bishop John II (Dobrozrakov) 1835-1847*Archbishop Jacob (Becherkov) 1847-1850*Bishop Jeremiah (Soloviev) 1851-1857*Bishop Anthony (Pavlinsky) 1857-1860*Archbishop Nektarius (Nadezhdin) 1860-1869*Bishop Filaret Philaret (Malishevsky) 1869-1873*Archbishop Joannicius (Rudnev) 1873-1877*Bishop Chrysanthus (Retivtsev) 1877-1879*Bishop Macarius (Mirolyubov) 1879-1885*Bishop Modest (Strelbitsky) 1885-1889*Bishop Vladimir I (Petrov) 1889-1892*Bishop Vladimir II (Nikolsky) 1892-1900*Bishop Nazarius (Kirillov) 1901-1910*Archbishop [[Joachim (Levitsky) of Nizhny Novgorod|Joachim (Levitsky)]] 1910-1918*Archbishop [[Evdokim Eudocimus (Meschersky) of the AleutiansNizhny Novgorod|Evdokim Eudocimus (Meschersky)]] 1918-1924*Metropolitan [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]] 1924-1934*Metropolitan Eugene (Zernov) 1934-1935*Metropolitan Theophan (Tulyakov) (1935-1937)*Archbishop Sergius (Grishin) (1942-1943)*Bishop Zinovius (Krasovsky) (1944-1948)*Metropolitan Kornilius Cornelius (Popov) (1948-1961)*Archbishop John (Alekseev) (1961-1965)*Archbishop Mstislav (Volonsevich) (1965-1966)*Archbishop Flavian (Dmitriyuk) (1966-1977)*Metropolitan Nikolai [[Nicholas (Kutepov) of Nizhny Novgorod|Nicholas (Kutepov)]] (1977-2001)*Archbishop Eugene (Zhdan) (2001-2002)*Archbishop Metropolitan [[Georgy George (Danilov) of Nizhny Novgorod|Georgy George (Danilov)]] (2003 - present)
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