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The Metropolis of Arta (Gr: Άρτα) is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece. Arta is located in northwestern Greece in the province of Eprius.
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Metropolitan
His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of Arta was elected and consecrated as a Bishop on November 21, 1988. He was born in 1945 in Kastania of Arta, has studied theology and was ordained as a deacon in 1971 and a priest in 1974.
Churches
- The Church of Panagia Parigoritissa, Ancient Metropolis
- The Church of St. Theodora patron saint of Arta
- The Church of St. Basil, from XIIIth century
Monasteries
- The Holy Monastery of Lower Panagia, Byzantine monument