The Holy : '''Archdiocese of Irinoupolis''', also known as Dar es Salaam, This article is a [[for the diocese]] under created in 1999. For the [[jurisdiction]] old bishopric of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located 1959 which is now in the countries of TanzaniaKenya, and the see [[SeychellesArchdiocese of Nairobi]] Islands.''

The '''Holy Archdiocese of Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles''' is a [[diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the countries of Tanzania, and the [[Seychelles]] Islands. Its name comes from the Greek translation of “Dar es-Salaam”, the former capital of Tanzania where the archdiocese is situated. When the diocese [[Archdiocese of Nairobi|Archdiocese of Irinoupolis]] was originally established in 1959, its jurisdiction included Tanzania, Kenya, and [[Uganda]]. At that time Metropolitan its first [[Nicholas established VI (Varelopoulos) of Alexandria|Archbishop Nicholas]] moved his [[see]] in to Kampala, Uganda. Since that time From then on the city of Irinoupolis was never the [[archdiocese]] has been dividedseat of any bishop, although churches existed in Tanzania. After a long period of vacancy, with in 1994 the formation of archdiocese lost its territory in Uganda to establish the [[Archdiocese of Kampala and All Uganda]] in 1995 and the see moved to Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, on [[November 23]], 1999, the '''Archdiocese of Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania''' was created, separated from the now-called Archdiocese of Kenya. With the election of the current [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Archbishop Dimitrios]] in 20012004, the archdiocese gained also the territory of Seychelles, receiving its current name.

*[[Nicholas VI of Alexandria|Nicholas Philemon (ValeropoulosAgiannanitis)]] 1959 — 1968*[[Nicodemus of IrinoupolisKavasos|Nicodemus]] 1968 — 1972*[[Frumentius of Irinoupolis|Frumentius]] 1972 — 1981 *See vacant after the death of Metr. Frumentius*[[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios Philemon (YannoulatosAgiannanitis)]] — 1991 Acting metropolitan from the [[Church of Greece]] 1999–2000*[[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros Proterios (PapapetrouPavlopoulos)]] Exarch 1991 — 1994*[[Philemon of Kavasos|Philemon]] 1999 — 20002001–2004*[[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]] 2004 — Present 2004–Present