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'''Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina'''
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'''Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina''' is a metropolis under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The metropolis consists of a set of islands around the major islands of Hydra, Spetses, and Aegina located off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea south of Athens.
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==Metropolitan==
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The [[Metropolitan]] of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina is His Eminence, [[Ephraim (Stenakis) of Hydra|Ephraim (Stenakis)]], who was born in 1948 in Kypselis of Aegina. The date of his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] is [[January 14]], 2001.
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==Past ruling hierarchs==
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*Gerondas  c.2000
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*Hierotheos (Tsantilis)  c.1975 - ?
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*Procopius of Hydra and Spetses c. 1922[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotheus_of_Athens]
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*Ioasaph of Hydra and Spetses  c. 1910[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotheus_of_Athens]
  
 
==Regions==
 
==Regions==
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This metropolis is divided into seven regions.
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==Monasteries==
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#[[Holy Monastery of the Life-giving Fount (Poros, Greece)|Holy Monastery of the Zoodohos Pigis (Poros,Greece)]]
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#Holy Monastery of the Prophet Elias (Hydra, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Hydra, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos [[Panagia Chrysoleontissis|Chrysoleontissis]] (Aegina, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of Ss. [[Anargyroi]] (Ermionis, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of All Saints (Spetses, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of St. Eupraxias "Dokou," (Hydra, Greece)
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#Holy Monastery of the Birth of the Theotokos "Zourvas" (Hydra,Greece)
  
==Local Saints==
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==Saints and monastics==
*St. [[Nektarios of Aegina]] and Pentapoleos
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*Apostle Krispos
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Image:Nektarios.jpg|St. '''[[Nektarios of Aegina|Nektarios]]''', Archbishop of Aegina and Pentapoleos
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Image:Elder_Ieronymos_Patmos.jpg|Blessed Elder [[Ieronymos of Aegina]]
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</gallery>
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*[[Apostle Crispus|Apostle Krispos]]
 
*St. Leontios
 
*St. Leontios
 
*St. Leonidas the Troizinios
 
*St. Leonidas the Troizinios
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*St. Theopisti
 
*St. Theopisti
 
*St. Lukas the Stiriotis
 
*St. Lukas the Stiriotis
*St. Dionysios of Aeginae
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*St. Dionysios of Aegina
 
*St. Makarios of Corinth
 
*St. Makarios of Corinth
 
*St. Constantinos the Hydra
 
*St. Constantinos the Hydra
*the three Neo-martyrs from Spetses
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*Three Neo-martyrs from Spetses
*St Savvas of Kalymnos
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*St. Savvas of Kalymnos
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==External links==
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*[http://www.imhydra.gr/ Holy Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aigina Official Website] (Greek)
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*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Ydra.html Holy Metropolis of Ydra, Spetsai and Aigina]
  
==Official Website==
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[[Category:Dioceses|Hydra, Spetses and Aegina]]
*[http://www.imhydra.gr/ Official Website in Greek]
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[[Category:Greek Dioceses|Hydra, Spetses and Aegina]]

Latest revision as of 19:28, August 20, 2012

Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina is a metropolis under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece. The metropolis consists of a set of islands around the major islands of Hydra, Spetses, and Aegina located off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea south of Athens.

Metropolitan

The Metropolitan of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina is His Eminence, Ephraim (Stenakis), who was born in 1948 in Kypselis of Aegina. The date of his consecration is January 14, 2001.

Past ruling hierarchs

  • Gerondas c.2000
  • Hierotheos (Tsantilis) c.1975 - ?
  • Procopius of Hydra and Spetses c. 1922[1]
  • Ioasaph of Hydra and Spetses c. 1910[2]

Regions

This metropolis is divided into seven regions.

Monasteries

  1. Holy Monastery of the Zoodohos Pigis (Poros,Greece)
  2. Holy Monastery of the Prophet Elias (Hydra, Greece)
  3. Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Hydra, Greece)
  4. Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos Chrysoleontissis (Aegina, Greece)
  5. Holy Monastery of Ss. Anargyroi (Ermionis, Greece)
  6. Holy Monastery of All Saints (Spetses, Greece)
  7. Holy Monastery of St. Eupraxias "Dokou," (Hydra, Greece)
  8. Holy Monastery of the Birth of the Theotokos "Zourvas" (Hydra,Greece)

Saints and monastics

  • Apostle Krispos
  • St. Leontios
  • St. Leonidas the Troizinios
  • St. Julios and Julianos
  • St. Athanasia
  • St. Theodora
  • St. Theopisti
  • St. Lukas the Stiriotis
  • St. Dionysios of Aegina
  • St. Makarios of Corinth
  • St. Constantinos the Hydra
  • Three Neo-martyrs from Spetses
  • St. Savvas of Kalymnos

External links