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The '''District of Hypsomatheia''' , also '''District of Ypsomathia  (Samatya)''', is part one of five districts of the Archdiocese of Constantinople within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] and of which the [[Patriarch]] of Constantinople is the ruling [[bishop]]. The district lies within the geographical territorial boundaries of the city of Istanbul. The bishop in charge of the district is His Eminence Chrysostomos, Bishop of Myra.

The district consists of eleven [[parish]]es (churches).*Church of Ss. Theodores, Great Langa *Church of Saint St. Kyriaki, Kontoskaliou - Kumkapı *Church of the Virgin Mother of God, the Hope, Kontoskaliou Kumkapı *Churches Church of Saint St. Menas and ,  Ypsomatheia (Samatya)*Church of the Divine Holy Ascension, Hypsomatheia Ypsomatheia (Samatya)*Church of Saint St. Nicholas, Hypsomatheia Ypsomatheia (Samatya)*Church of Saints St. George Kiparisa, Ypsomatheia (Samatya)*Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen, Hypsomatheia Ypsomatheia (Samatya)*Church of Saint St. Nicholas, Topkapı *Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Şehremini *Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Belgrade Gate ==Source==*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/constantinople Ec-patr: Archdiocese of Constantinople]