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The Metropolis of '''Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros''' is part under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]] and . The metropolis is located in Thessaly. The metropolis is divided into eight prelatic areas. There are 178 priests [[priest]]s and 9 deacons [[deacon]]s in service. 23 Twenty three of the priests are monks [[monk]]s and 155 priests are married, 3 deacons are monks and 6 are married. Most of the priests have a degree of Theology or the High Ecclesiastical school, the remaining 29 have completed high school and very few are graduates from primary school alone. There are also 3 preachers who do not serve in a [[parish ]] and there are 12 priests who are pensioners/retired.
==Metropolitan==
The current [[metropolitan]] of the Diocese of Demetrias is His Eminence [[Ignatius (Georgakopoulos) of Demetrias|Ignatios (Georgakopoulos)]]<!---, who was consecrated "??"--->. Since 1988 he has been managing managed the radio-station "[[Church of Piraeus 91,.2 FM Greek Christian Radio|Church of Piraeus 91.2 FM]]" and since 1992 has been hosting the "Arhontariki" for the ET-1 channel every Sunday morning. ==Past ruling Hierarchs==* [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos (Paraskevaides)]] 1974-1998* Elias (Tsakogiannis) 1968-1974* Damaskenos (Hatzopoulos) 1957-1968* [[Joachim (Alexopoulos) of Demetrias|Ioakeim (Alexopoulos)]] 1935-1957* Germanos (Mavrommatis) 1907-1935 - <small>(in 1935 he joined two other bishops in forming the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] movement)</small>* Gregorios V (Fourtouniadis) 1870-1907 - <small>(nephew of Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VI (Fourtouniadis) of Constantinople)</small>
==Prelatic areas==
#Prelatic Area of Aghia
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==Monasteries==
Near Volos there are four nunneriesmonasteries for women.
#The Holy Monastery of St. Gerasimos at the village of Makrinitsa
#The Holy Monastery of the Archangels at the village of St. George of Nileia - [http://www.imd.gr/main/content/view/467/29/lang,en/ Information and pictures] (in Greek)
#The Holy Monastery of Panagia at St. [[Vlasios]]
#The Holy Monastery of St. Lawrence at the village of St. Lawrence.
East of Mt Pelion there are two nunneriesmonasteries for women.
#The Holy Monastery of the Precious Forerunner at the village of Syki.
#The Holy Monastery of St. Spyridon at the village of Promyrion.
Convents.
#Holy Monastery of St. Xenia ('Ανω Ξενιάς ) - [http://www.imd.gr/main/content/view/466/29/lang,en/ Information and pictures] (in Greek)
#Holy Monastery of the Taxiarches, Pilio
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#Ι.Μ. Τιμίου Προδρόμου Ανατολής Αγιάς Churches in Volos--->
==External Sourceslink==
*[http://www.imd.gr/ Official Website] (Greek)
[[Category:DioceseDioceses|Demetrias and Almyros]][[Category:Greek Dioceses|Demetrias and Almyros]]
