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The '''Holy Archdiocese Metropolis of Johannesburg and Pretoriaand South Africa''' is a [[diocese]] in southern Africa under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the areas from East Africa, the equator down to the Cape of Good Hope.

The Archdiocese see of Johannesburg and Pretoria was established as a diocese in on [[December 15]], 1927 , by a Patriarchal and Synodal Decree. The archdiocese occupies under the area name '''Metropolis of Johannesburg and Southern Africa'''. In the old Transvaal province. It consists decade of several Greek-speaking parishes as well as Russian1960, Serbian independence movements formed and Romanian-speaking parishesclashes started to occur in Southern Africa. In 1968, with the election of [[Paul (Lyngris) of Memphis|Metropolitan Paul]], the metropolis lost its territories in addition to parishes that use Englishthe provinces of the Cape, Natal and Orange, Afrikaansthe territory of South West Africa (modern Namibia) and Mozambique, and other local languagesthe countries of Botswana and Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) to establish two new metropolises.

Now, the metropolis occupied only the area of the Transvaal province, and was renamed '''Metropolis of Johannesburg and All the Transvaal'''. With the ceasing of the province by the government of South Africa in 1994, the metropolis had to receive its current name. It consists of several Greek-speaking parishes as well as Russian, Serbian and Romanian-speaking parishes, in addition to parishes that use English, Afrikaans, and other local languages. The first [[monastery]] in the [[archdiocese]]metropolis, [[Monastery of St Nektarius (Leeuwenkloof, Pretoria)|Monastery of Ss Nektarius and Nicholas]] near Johannesburg, was founded in 2005.

*Isidore 1924 &mdash; ?(Georgiadis) 1928–1938*Nicodemus (Zacharoulis) 1939–1966<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe and Angola|Metropolis of Rhodesia]] and the [[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Metropolis of the Cape of Good Hope]])</small>*[[Paul (Lyngris) of Memphis|Paul (Lyngris)]] 1968 &mdash; ?1968–1998*[[Ioannis (Zachariou) of Johannesburg|Ioannis (Zachariou)]] ? &mdash;19971998–2000*[[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]] 1997&mdash;2010 2001–2010*[[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg and Pretoria|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]] 2010&mdash;Present 2010–Present

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