Metropolis of Kastoria

The Metropolis of Kastoria (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Καστοριάς) is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.[note 1]

The city of Kastoria (Latin Castoria) in northern Greece (West Macedonia) is or historically has been an episcopal see of various Christian churches, and remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

History

At first a suffragan of Thebes,[2] the bishopric was, at least by the reign of Basil II in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of Achrida (now Ohrid, Bulgaria). Lequien mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the East–West Schism: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas;[3] but that list can easily be extended.[4]

In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a Bulgarian Orthodox bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches.[4]

Today, for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Church of Greece the see is the Metropolis of Kastoria and Exarchate for Upper Macedonia, in the so-called "New Lands" of Greece.[5][6]

Greek Orthodox Metropolitans

Active Greek Orthodox Monasteries

For men

For women

Latin bishopric

Some ten Latin bishops of Castoria are known from the 13th to the 15th centuries.[4][15]

Latin titular see

Castoria is listed by the Catholic Church as a titular bishopric since the 15th century.[2]

It is vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

Notes

  1. ↑ "Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "New Lands" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current Greek Constitution), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."[1]
  2. ↑ (Greek) Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου - Παναγία Μαυριώτισσα.
  3. ↑ (Greek) Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσοτόπου.
  4. ↑ (Greek) Αγίας Παρασκευής Βασιλειάδος.
  5. ↑ (Greek) Αγίου Γεωργίου Επταχωρίου.
  6. ↑ (Greek) Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Κλεισούρας.
  7. ↑ (Greek) Αγίου Νικολάου Τσιριλόβου.
  8. ↑ (Greek) Παναγίας Φανερωμένης.
  9. ↑ (Greek) Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Μελανθίου.

References

  1. ↑ Victor Roudometof. Greek Orthodoxy, Territoriality, and Globality: Religious Responses and Institutional Disputes. Report. Sociology of Religion. Vol. 69 No. 1. 22 March 2008. Pg. 67(25). ISSN 1069-4404.
  2. 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 862
  3. ↑ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 315-316
  4. 1 2 3 Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)
  5. ↑ "New Lands" of Greece
  6. ↑ Holy Metropolis of Kastoria
  7. ↑ (Greek) Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. ↑ (Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος). Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  9. ↑ (Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος). Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ (Greek) Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  11. ↑ (Greek) Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  12. ↑ (Greek) Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  13. ↑ (Greek) Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  14. ↑ (Greek) Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης. Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 172; vol. 2, p. 120; vol. 3, p. 157; vol. 4, p. 139; vol. 5, p. 148; vol. 6, p. 153; vol. 7, p. 140; vol. 8, pp. 190–191


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