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The '''Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis''' is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church 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. The [[diocese|metropolis]] is located in northern Greece.
==History==
It is still unknown when this metropolis was founded, but in an 1886 record by Stylianos Mertzidis there is a reference to an 8th century episcopal throne. Another citation is made in the Vatican library (I.D. ''Mansi Sanctorum Conciliorum nova et amblissima collection'', Vol. XVIIA pp. 373-3760), which has information that under the [[Patriarch]] [[Photius the Great|Photios]], in the year 879 AD, he and [[Metropolitan]] Theodoros of Eleftheroupolis participated in the [[Eighth Ecumenical Council]] which was held in [[Constantinople]].
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==External linksSources==
*The Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis [http://www.imelef.gr/ Official website] (Greek)
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/ Church of Greece website] (Greek and English)
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnHolySynod/deltia_typou/elexion.html Election of Metropolitans of Thessaloniki, Eleftheroupolis, Servia and Kozani, and Mesogaia and Lavreotiki]
*[http://www.hri.org/news/greek/apeen/2004/04-04-27_1.apeen.html Athens News Agency: News in English, 04-04-27 (08)]
[[Category:Dioceses|Eleftheroupolis]][[Category:Greek Dioceses|Eleftheroupolis]]