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The Urban Diocese of Moscow (russian: Московская городская епархия) is a conventional name of church administrative institution of
The Urban Diocese of Moscow (russian: Московская городская епархия) is a conventional name of church administrative institution of Russian Orthodox Church
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in the city of Moscow. The head of the diocese (eparchy) is the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.
The diocese consists of stauropegic
A stauropegion, also spelled stavropegion (from el, σταυροπήγιον from σταυρός ''stauros'' "cross" and πήγνυμι ''pegnumi'' "to affirm"), is a monastery or a parish which depends directly on the primate or on the Holy Syn ...
monasteries
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
, cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
s and churches of Moscow Kremlin, and parish churches, divided into 10 vicariates, which are, in turn, divided into 27 blagochiniyes (deaneries).
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