[citation needed] On 28 December 1998, the territory of Dagestan became part of the Diocese of Baku.

[citation needed] On 22 March 2011 Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya became part of the Diocese of Vladikavkaz [ru].

[citation needed] On 26 December 2012, the Holy Synod formed the independent Makhachkala diocese, separated from the Vladikavkaz diocese,[2] with its seat in Makhachkala and with the inclusion of parishes and monasteries in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya.

[3] On 5 October 2015, Bishop Barlaam (Ponomaryov) [ru] of Makhachkala and Grozny led a religious procession in the city of Kizlyar,[4] which became the first in Dagestan in recent history.

[4] Statistics at the end of 2014:[5] The Makhachkala deanery unites churches on the territory of Dagestan,[11] with the exception of the three northern regions.