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District of the Bosphorous

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The '''District of the Bosphorus''' 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 is within the geographical territorial boundaries of the European side city of Istanbul. The bishop in charge of the district is His Eminence Irinaios, Metropolitan of Myriofyton and Peristasis.
==List of Churches ==The district consists of thirteen [[parish]]es (churches).*Church of the Dormition of the VirginMother of God, Diplokionion - Besiktas Beşiktaş *Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God Palaiou Baniou, Diplokionion -Besiktas   Beşiktaş*Church of Saint St. Phokas, Mesachori - Ortakioy Ortaköy*Church of Saint DimitriosSt. George (cemetery church)*Church of St. Demetrios, Kuruçeşme *Church of St. John, Xerokrini - Kourouchesme Kuruçeşme *The Great ArchangelsChurch of the Bodiless Powers, Mega Revma - Arnaoutkioy Arnavutköy *Cemetery Chapel Church of the Prophet EliasElijah, Mega Revma Arnavutköy (cemetery church) *Church of Saint HaralambosSt. Charalambos, Vevekion Bebek*Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, Vapheochorion Boyacıköy*Church of the Great Archangels, Sosthenion İstinye *Church of Saint St. Nicholas, Neochorion Yeniköy*Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God Koumariotissis, Neochorion *The Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Zoodochos Pigi (Fount of Life) at Balukli (see [[Life-giving Fount of the Theotokos]])Yeniköy
==Monasteries==*The Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Zoodochos Pigi (Fount of Life) at Balukli ([[Life-giving Fount of the Theotokos]]) ==Source==*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/constantinople Ec-patr: Archdiocese of Constantinople] [[Category:Dioceses|Bosphorous]]
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