ORTHODOXY IN POLAND       About 500 thousand orthodox people is live in Poland (on 38 mln population of the country), according to statistics GUS GUS. Great concentrating (about 300 thousand faithfules) was situated at Bialystok's region. Orthodox Church in Poland is have now 6 dioceses and Orthodox Ordynariate of the Polish Army (33 deaneries and 232 parishes, about 400 churches and chapels):

• Warsaw-Bielsk Diocese (6 deaneries, 69 parishes)
  deaneries: Warsaw, Bielsk Podlaski, Hajnowka, Narew, Siemiatycze, Kleszczele
• Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese (5 deaneries, 57 parishes)
  deaneries: Bialystok, Gdansk, Grodek, Olsztyn, Sokolka
• Lodz-Poznan Diocese (3 deaneries, 12 parishes)
  deaneries: Lodz, Krakow, Bydgoszcz
• Przemysl-Novy Soncz Diocese (3 deaneries, 17 parishes)
  deaneries: Sanok, Novy Soncz, Przemysl
• Wroclaw-Szczecin Diocese (5 deaneries, 42 parishes)
  deaneries: Wroclaw, Lubin, Ziela Gora, Szczecin, Koszalin
• Lublin-Chelm Diocese (5 deaneries, 28 parishes)
  deaneries: Lublin, Zamosc, Chelm, Biala Podlaska, Terespol
• Orthodox Ordynariate of the Polish Army (6 deaneries, 7 parishes)
  deaneries: Army, Navy, Air Force, Silesian Military District, Pomorse Military District, Armoured Corpse

    Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland is head of Polish Authocefalus Orthodox Church. In 1998 year, Archbishop Sawa was elected to this post, previous he was Superior of the Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese and he was Superior of the Orthodox Ordinariate in Polish Army. 9th bishops is composing now Saint Council of Orthodox Bishops, except His Beatitude Eminence Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland:

• His Excellence Most Reverend Simon, Archbishop of Lodz-Poznan Diocese
• His Excellence Most Reverend Adam, Archbishop of Przemysl-Novy Soncz Diocese
• His Excellence Most Reverend Jeremiash, Archbishop of Wroclaw-Szczecin Diocese
• His Excellence Most Reverend Abel, Archbishop of Lublin-Chelm Diocese
• His Excellence Most Reverend Miron, Archbishop of Hajnowka
  and Field Bishop of Polish Army
• His Excellence Most Reverend Jakub, Archbishop of Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese
• His Excellence Most Reverend Gregory, Bishop of Bielsk
• His Excellence Most Reverend George, Bishop of Siemiatycze
• His Excellence Most Reverend Paisius, Bishop of Piotrkov

    BIALYSTOK-GDANSK DIOCESE       Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese created in 1948, after decision of the Saint Council of Orthodox Bishops of the Polish Orthodox Autocephalous Church. Early, all Bialystok region was belong to Warsaw-Bielsk Diocese, before second world war he was belong to Diocese of Grodno (Grodno located in Belarus, nowadays). On the area of diocese is found two bishop's cathedral in Bialystok and Gdansk, and monasteries in Suprasl, Dojlidy and Wojnowo. Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese is distribute to 5 deaneries (Bialystok, Gdansk, Grodek, Olsztyn and Sokolka) and 56 parishes. On diocese teritory located 2 military parishes, in Bialystok and Gdansk (in jurysdyction of Orthodox Ordynariate of the Polish Army).
    His Eminence Archbishop Sawa was previous Superior of Diocese, present he is Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland. His Excellence Most Reverend Archbishop Jakub is a Head of Bialystok-Gdansk Diocese, nowadays.