Diocese of Yerevan and Armenia

On December 13, 1912, by the decision of the Most Holy Synod, the Vicariate of Yerevan within the Diocese of Mtskheta and Kartali of the Georgian Exarchate was established to care for the Eastern Orthodox people in the territories of historical Armenia, which are part of the Russian Empire.

By that time, the vicariate had over 30 Orthodox churches in Alexandropol, Kars, Yerevan, Sarıkamış, Karakurt, Kağızman, Jalaloghli, Kanaker, Oltu, in the villages of Arzni, Dimitrov, Ankavan and other settlements.

In January 1927, Bishop Anthony was arrested and placed in Butyrka prison, later exiled to the Mari Autonomous Oblast, on February 27 (or March 12), 1929, he was moved to the Diocese of Don.

[4] In 1989, Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and All Russia, in response to an appeal from the community of the village of Dimitrov in the Artashat district, sent Hieromonk Macarius (Oganesyan) to serve in the church in the name of the martyrs Kirik and Iulitta.

Archbishop Leonid (Gorbachov) of Klin, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has been appointed the ruling bishop with the title "Yerevan and Armenian".