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*Hieromonk [[Nikephoros Theotokis]] (d. 1800) Greek: Νικηφόρος Θεοτόκης; Russian: Никифор Феотоки, born in Corfu. "Teacher of the Nation"
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The '''Church of Greece''', also called the '''Greek Orthodox Church''', is one of the fourteen [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches of the Orthodox Christian communion, whose territory consists of the whole of Greece except for those parts which belong to the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]], such as the Dodecanese and [[Archdiocese of Crete|Crete]]. Though bishops of the "new lands" (those that were liberated from 1912 and afterward) are members of the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece, they commemorate the Patriarch of Constantinople in the divine services. Though it is also called the '''Greek Orthodox Church''' this reference is not restricted to the Church of Greece since it is also used by some of the Churches and Archbishoprics under the Patriarchate of Constantinople around the world.
The current [[primate]] of the Church of Greece is His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II (Liapis)]], Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
===Stage 4: The Modern Period===
[[Image:Patrik-Rum.jpg|right|thumb|Contemporary map of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's jurisdictions in Turkey and Greece.]]
In 1864, the Ionian islands were added to the Church of Greece and in 1881 the diocese of Thessaly and parts of Epirus were also added. Also in this year, the first Greek Orthodox church was founded in America. Under an agreement made in 1908 between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Holy Synod of Athens, jurisdiction of the churches in America was given to the Church of Greece. In 1927, the statutes regarding the Church were modified resulting in the government controlling the church and attending the Holy Synod meetings. So during the 20s and 30s, the turbulent political events in Greece divided the Greeks of America and this resulted in Archbishop Athenaogoras of Corfu to be appointed to head the Greek Church in America.
==Contemporary elders==
*Elder [[Joseph the Hesychast]] (1898-1959)
*Elder [[George (Karslidis) of Drama]] (1901-1959)*Elder [[Gervasios Gervasius of Patras]] (1877-1964)*Elder [[Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos]] (+1970)*Elder [[Demetrios Demetrius of Trikala]] (1902-1975)*Elder [[Philotheos (Zervakos)|Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros]] (1884-1980)
*Hieromonk [[Kosmas of Zaire]] (1942-1989)
*Elder [[Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos)Epiphanius of Athens]] (+1989)*Elder [[Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kapsokalivite|Porphyrios]] of Kavsokalyvia and Kallisa (1906-1991)
*Elder [[Iacovos (Tsalikis) of Euboea]] (1920-1991)
*Elder [[Paisios (Eznepidis)|Paisius the New of Mt Athos]] (1924-1994)
*Eldress [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)]] (1897-1992)
*Eldress [[Macrina of Volos]] (1921-1995)
*Blessed [[Stavritsa the Missionary]] (1916-2000)
*Father [[Dimitris Gagastathis]]
==Modern writers==
*[[Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos]]
*[[Apostolos MakrakisApostoliki Diakonia]]( 'Writers considered controversial)in their point of view:*[[Christos YannarasApostolos Makrakis]](controvercial)*[[Apostoliki DiakoniaChristos Yannaras]](editions of the Church of Greece)
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*[[Michael Apostolius]] (d. 1480) succeeded by Aristobulus Apostolis and Arsenius Apostolius (Bishop of Malvasia (Monemvasia) in the Morea.
*[[Nikolaos Cavasilas]] born in Thessaloniki (d.1391).
* George T. Dennis. ''[http://www.doaks.org/publications/doaks_online_publications/DOP57/DP57ch12.pdf The Late Byzantine Metropolitans of Thessalonike]''. '''Dumbarton Oaks Papers''' no. 57 (2003) pp.255-64.
===Non-Orthodox ReviewsResources===*[http://www.cnewa.usorg/ecc-bodypg-usdefault.aspx?IndexViewID=alpha23&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=HQ&eccpageIDpageno=23 1 The Orthodox Church of Greece]. Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA Papal Agency ) website.
*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/grtoc.html Library of Congress - Federal Research Division - Country Studies - Greece] (See section on RELIGION: Orthodox Church of Greece).
