Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop, Soviet Union yakabatanidza Bessarabia
uye akazivisa Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Metropolis yeBessarabia yakamanikidzwa kuvhiringidza basa rayo. Munguva imwe cheteyo, Moscow Patriarchate yeChechi yeOrthodox yeRussia yakavamba munharaunda yerudzi rutsva rweSoviet Diocese itsva yeKishinev. Muna 1990, yakakwidziridzwa kuva chinzvimbo cheArchdiocese.