Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, Traianoupolis and Samothrace

The Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, Traianoupolis and Samothrace is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece.

History

The Metropolis of Alexandroupolis was originally under the Metropolis of Traianoupolis, later under the episcopacy of Ainou and the Metropolis of Maronias. In 1885, the city "Dedeagats" (Alexandroupolis today) split from the Metropolis of Maronias and combined with the Metropolis of Ainou.

In November of 1922, a Synodical decision was made under the Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios Metaxakis, founding the Metropolis of Alexandroupolis with various constraints.

Today the Metropolis has about 80 clerics, 61 parishes, three holy monuments, three holy monasteries, three philanthropic organisations, and 20 graveyards with churches.

Metropolitan

The current metropolitan is His Eminence Anthimos (Koukouridis), born January 2, 1962, in Alexandroupolis. He was ordained a priest by the previous Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, His Eminence Anthimos (Roussa) in 1989. He was elected in 1993.

List of parishes

1. Alexandroupoli
   1. St Nicholas (Metropolitan)
   2. St Eleutherios
   3. St Kyriakis [www.inakalex.gr]
   4. The Transfiguration of Christ
   5. St Nektarios
   6. St Basil
   7. St Andrew
2. Ferres
   1. Panagias Kosmosotiras
   2. St Nicholas
   3. St Alexandros
   4. Elevation of the Holy Cross (new Kosmosotiras)
3. Ss. Anargyroi, Poros
4. St. Demetrios, Dikella

Monasteries

Male monastery:

1. The Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Aetohori, Evrou) - founded in 1981.

Female convents:

1. The Holy Monastery of "Panagia of Evrou" (Makris, Alexandroupolis) - founded in 1978.
2. St. Athanasios "Alonion Samothraces" – metochia of Iviron monastery at Mount Athos

Source

• Church of Greece Website (Greek and English)

External links

• The Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, Traianoupolis and Samothrace Official Website (Greek)

Monasteries

• Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Aetohorio (Evrou, Greece) (Greek)
• Holy Monastery of Panagia of Evrou (Alexandroupolis, Greece) (Greek)