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*1866 Greek church takes the diocese of the Ionian Islands from Constantinople; the [http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Arkadi holocaust of Arkadi Monastery] in Crete.
*1871 Patriarch Gregory V returned to Athens and entombed in cathedral.
*1877 Death of [[Arsenios of Paros]] ([[August 18]]).*1878 Council of Athens, convened and presided over by Metropolitan Procopius I of Athens, condemned the Makrakists, obtaining closure of [[Apostolos Makrakis|Makakris]]' ''"School of the Logos"'' on the pretext that it taught doctrines opposed to the tenets of the Church, and addressed an encyclical to the whole body of Christians in Greece that was read in the churches, charging Makrakis with attempting to introduce innovations.
*1881 Turks cede Thessali and Arta regions to Greece; Thessaly and part of Epirus added to the Church of Greece.
*1888 Death of [[Panagis of Lixouri]] (Cephalonia)
