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Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa

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The '''Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa''' is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that is within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] but de facto is administered for practical reasons as part of the [[Church of Greece]] under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The metropolis is located in Northern Epirus in northwestern Greece.
==History==
A Diocese of Dryinoupolis has existed since at least the [[Third Ecumenical Council]] at which [[Bishop]] Eutychius took part. The seat of the diocese initially was located in the city of Adrianoupolis.  The [[diocese]] was noted in a ''Notitiae'' of the eleventh century as the seventh ranking [[diocese]] of the [[Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza|Metropolis of Nikopolis]].  In 1318, the diocese was placed under the jurisdiction of the newly formed [[Metropolis of Ioannina]]. In the mid-fourteenth century the [[see]] was transferred to Gjirokaster with the title of Dryinoupolis and Gjirokaster.  The diocese continued to exist through the centuries until in 1832 when the Diocese of Dryinoupolis was merged with the Diocese of Cheimarras [[w:Himarë|Cheimarra]] and Delvinou [[w:Delvinë|Delvinion]] to form one diocese titled ''Dryinoupolis and Torrents.''. Then, in 1835, the Diocese of Dryinoupolis and Delvine was raised to a Metropolis.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/74750045/Archival-Codices-in-the-Central-Archives-of-the-State-F-139-D-2  Konstantinos Konstantinos Giakoumis, Diocesan Codices in Unveiling Local History: First Presentation of The ‘Codex of Gjirokastër’ (S. Albania), p2]</ref>  When, in September 1916, Italian troops entered [[w:Northern Epirus|Northern Epirus]], their first actions were to close all Greek schools in the region and to expel [[Basil (Papachristou) of Dryinoupolis|Vasileios (Papachristou)]] to Greece. Following the Greco-Turkish War, Northern Epirus was acquired by Albania in 1921, further preventing his return.  In November 1924, after the Asia Minor disaster, the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]], having spiritual jurisdiction over the Metropolises of the New Lands of Greece, issued decree number 4427/8-11-1924 by which new temporary Metropolises were formed in these regions, to accomodate Bishops from Asia Minor and Thrace who had become refugees; thus were formed the Metropolises of : a) Metsovo, b) [[Metropolis of Paramythia, Philiata, Geromerion, and Parga|Philiata]] and c) Dryinoupoleos and Pogonianis. On March 10, 1936, by decree number 961/1070 of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, the former ''Metropolis Vella and Konitsa'' was annexed to the Metropolis Dryinoupoleos and Pogonianis, forming the newly merged ''Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogonianis and Konitsa.''
==Metropolitans==
'''Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogonianis and Konitsa'''*[[Andrew (Trempelas) of Dryinoupolis|Andrew (Trempelas)]] 1995 - Present*[[Sevastianos (Oikonomidis) of Dryinoupolis|Sevastianos (Oikonomidis)]] 1967 - 1994* Christophoros (Chatzis) 1956-1967* Demetrios (Efthimiou) 1940-1956* Ioannis (Vasilikos)::: Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogonianis and Konitsa 1936-1938:: (Metropolitan of Vella and Konitsa 1926-1936) '''Metropolis Dryinoupoleos and Pogonianis'''*[[Basil (Papachristou) of Dryinoupolis|Basil (Papachristou)]] c.1900 - 19201916 (1936)* ([[Spyridon (Vlachos) of Athens|Spyridon (Vlachos)]]): :: (Metropolitan of Vella and Konitsa 1906-1916) '''Diocese of Dryinoupolis'''*Dositheos 1760 - 1799*Metrophanes 17xx - 1760*[[Sophianos of Dryinoupolis ]] 16xx - 1711*Eutychius c. 431
== Monasteries==
==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Dryinoupoleos/Dryinoupoleos.html Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa] In Greek *[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Dryinoupolis.html Holy Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa] . Official Website of the Church of Greece.*Dr. Konstantinos Giakoumis (UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN TIRANA). ''[http://www.scribd.com/doc/74750045/Archival-Codices-in-the-Central-Archives-of-the-State-F-139-D-2 Konstantinos Giakoumis: Diocesan Codices in Unveiling Local History: First Presentation of The ‘Codex of Gjirokastër’ (S. Albania)] .'' Scribd. * {{el icon}} ''[http://www.imdpk.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=94 ΣΥΝΤΟΜΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ].'' Ἱερᾶς Μητροπόλεως Δρυϊνουπόλεως, Πωγωνιανῆς καί Κονίτσης.* {{el icon}} [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Dryinoupoleos/Dryinoupoleos.html Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa]. 
==External links==
*[[Wikipedia: Bishop_Sophianos_of_Dryinoupolis]]*[[http://www.sfeva.gr/602AA7BF.en.aspx Holy Metropolis of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani & Konitsa]]
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