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[[File:Philotheos Bryennios.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Philotheos Bryennios, Metropolitan of Nicomedia.]]
Metropolitan '''Philotheos (Bryennios) of Nicomedia''' ({{el icon}} Φιλόθεος «Βρυέννιος» Νικομηδείας), 1833 - [[November 18]], 1917, was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan who discovered the ''[[Didache|Didachē]]'' manuscript in 1873,<ref group="note">The Didache is considered part of the category of second-generation Christian writings known as the [[Apostolic Fathers]].</ref> containing copies of early Church documents.

He was also Principal of the [[Theological School of Halki]], Principal of the Great School of the Nation, the [[w:Metropolis of Serres and Nigrita|Metropolitan of Serres]], and ultimately the Metropolitan of Nicomedia while serving several concurrent terms on the [[Holy Synod of Constantinople]] (1877-1884, 1894-1896, 1904-1910).