Church of Greece

Church of Greece
Founder(s)	Apostles
Autocephaly/Autonomy declared	1833
Autocephaly/Autonomy recognized	1850 by Constantinople
Current primate	Ieronymos II
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Primary territory	Greece
Possessions abroad	—
Liturgical language(s)	Greek
Musical tradition	Byzantine Chant / Choral
Calendar	Revised Julian
Population estimate	10,000,000 [1]
Official website	Church of Greece

The Church of Greece is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches of the Orthodox Christian communion whose territory consists of the whole of Greece except for those parts which belong to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, such as the Dodecanese and Crete. Though bishops of the "new lands" (those that were liberated from 1912 and afterwards) are members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, they refer to the Patriarch of Constantinople in the divine services.

The current primate of the Church of Greece is His Beatitude 2008, Ieronymos II (Liapis), Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

Structure of the Church of Greece

• Archdiocese of Athens

1. Metropolis of Aitolia and Akarnania
2. Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, Traianoupolis and Samothrace
3. Metropolis of Argolida
4. Metropolis of Arta
5. Metropolis of Attica
6. Metropolis of Glyfada
7. Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis
8. Metropolis of Goumenissa, Axioupolis and Polykastron
9. Metropolis of Grevena
10. Metropolis of Gytheion and Oetylos
11. Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina
12. Metropolis of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion
13. Metropolis of Ioannina
14. Metropolis of Kaisariani, Vyrona and Imittos
15. Metropolis of Kalavryta and Aigialia
16. Metropolis of Karpenision
17. Metropolis of Karystia and Skyros
18. Metropolis of Kassandreia
19. Metropolis of Kastoria
20. Metropolis of Keffalinia
21. Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini and Platamona
22. Metropolis of Korinthos
23. Metropolis of Kythira
24. Metropolis of Lagkada
25. Metropolis of Larisa and Tyrnavos
26. Metropolis of Lefkas and Ithaca
27. Metropolis of Lemnos
28. Metropolis of Mantinia and Kynouria
29. Metropolis of Maroneia and Komotini
30. Metropolis of Megara and Salamis
31. Metropolis of Mesogea and Lavreotiki
32. Metropolis of Messinia
33. Metropolis of Mithimna
34. Metropolis of Monemvasia and Sparta
35. Metropolis of Mytilini
36. Metropolis of Nafpaktos
37. Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis
38. Metropolis of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia
39. Metropolis of Nea Krini and Kalamaria
40. Metropolis of Nea Smyrni
41. Metropolis of Nicaea
42. Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza
43. Metropolis of Paramythia
44. Metropolis of Paronaxia
45. Metropolis of Patra
46. Metropolis of Peiraeus
47. Metropolis of Peristeri
48. Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis
49. Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria
50. Metropolis of Servia and Kozani
51. Metropolis of Serres and Nigrita
52. Metropolis of Sidirokastron
53. Metropolis of Sisanio and Siatista
54. Metropolis of Stages and Meteora
55. Metropolis of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea, and Melos
56. Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala
57. Metropolis of Thessaloniki
58. Metropolis of Theva and Levadeia
59. Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos and Islands
60. Metropolis of Trifylia and Olympia
61. Metropolis of Trikala and Stages
62. Metropolis of Veria and Naousa
63. Metropolis of Xanthi
64. Metropolis of Zakynthos and Strofades
65. Metropolis of Zihni and Nevrokopio

Source

• Church of Greece website

External links

• The Church of Greece: official website
• Eastern Christian Churches: The Orthodox Church of Greece by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar