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

== List of Churches ==
The district consists of eleven [[parish]]es (churches).
*Church of Ss. Theodores, Great Langa 
*Church of St. Kyriaki, Kumkapı
*Church of the Mother of God, the Hope, Kumkapı 
*Church of St. Menas,  Ypsomatheia (Samatya)
*Church of the Holy Ascension, Ypsomatheia (Samatya)
*Church of St. Nicholas, Ypsomatheia (Samatya)
*Church of St. George Kiparisa, Ypsomatheia (Samatya)
*Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen, Ypsomatheia (Samatya)
*Church of 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]

[[Category:Dioceses|Hypsomatheia]]