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The Holy '''Metropolis of Eleutheroupolis''' is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that is within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] but de facto is 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 in the eastern part of Greek Macedonia.

==History==
An episcopal [[see]] in the area of the present metropolis existed in the ninth century identified as the Diocese of Alektoropoleos, the evidence of which survives in the present day area of New Peramos near Kavala. The Diocese of Alektoropoleos is first mentioned in the ranking list of the bishops in 901 wherein the diocese is listed as the sixth [[diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Metropolis of Philippi.  

As the population around the seat of the diocese decreased in the fourteenth century, the seat of the diocese was moved to the present day village of Eleutherai. Another move of the seat occurred about the second half of the eighteenth century, to old Pravi. In 1889, Patriarch [[Dionysius V of Constantinople|Dionysius V]] elevated the Diocese of Eleutheroupoleos to a metropolis with Bishop Dionysios Stavridis as its first Metropolitan. In 1929, the metropolis was renamed "Pravi Eleutheroupoli".<ref>Emiliou D. Mavroudis, The story of Metropolis Eleftheroupoleos, Thessaloniki, 2006)</ref>

==Metropolitans==
*[[Chrysostomos (Avagianos) of Eleytheroupolis|Chrysostomos  (Avagianos)]]   2004 -  Present
*[[Evdokimos (Kokkinakis) of Eleytheroupolis|Evdokimos (Kokkinakis)]]   1984 - 2003
*Ambrose (Nicholas)     1958 - 1984
*Sophronius II (Stamoulis)    1927 - 1958
*Emilianos (Dragoulas)     1924 - 1927
*Constantine (Megkrelis)   1922 - 1924
*German (Sakellaridis)    1909 - 1917    
*Petrides (Panaretos     1900 - 1909 
*Dionysios II (Stavridis)     1888 - 1900
*Dionysios I                1875 - 1885
*Agathangelos     1872 - 1875
*Neophytos (Papakonstantinou)    1867 - 1872
*Meletius          1864 - 1867
*Anthimos (Gryparis)   1826 - 1863  
*Joseph (Zambelis)      1814 - 1826
*Paisios       1808 - 1814
*Timothy      1787 - 1790
*Geradimos     1766 - 1787
*Parthenios  c. 1624
*Damianos   c. 1615
*Sophronius   c.1580
*Nicander    1351
*George    11th century
*Theodore    c. 879

==Monasteries==
*Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Prodromos) at Nikisiani    For Men

*Monastery of St. Dimitrios at Nikisiani      For Women
*Monastery of St. Panteleimon at Chrysokastro      For Women
*Monastery of the Virgin Panagia at Chartokopio      For Women

==Reference==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.imelef.gr/  Brief History of I. Mitropoleos Eleftheroupoleos]    In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Eleftheroupoleos/Eleftheroupoleos.html  Eleftheroupoleos]  In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Eleytheroupolis.html  Holy Metropolis of Eleytheroupolis]
*[http://www.imelef.gr/episk_mitro.htm  List of known bishops and Metropolitans of I.M. Eleftheroupoleos]   In Greek

[[Category:Dioceses|Eleutheroupolis]]
[[Category:Greek Dioceses|Eleutheroupolis]]