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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Metropolis of Elassona''' is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the [[Church of Greece]] under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.<br />
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The [[diocese|metropolis]] is located in Thessaly in northern Greece.<br />
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==Metropolitan==<br />
His Eminence [[Metropolitan]] [[Vasilios (Kolokas) of Elassona]] was born in 1953 in Ioannina. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishop]] in 1995. <br />
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===Former hierarchs===<br />
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==Monasteries in the metropolis==<br />
*Monastery of Panagia Olympiotissa at Elassona For men [http://www.tourismlarissa.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=375&lang=en]<br />
*Monastery of Transfiguration in Deskati For men<br />
*Monastery of the Ascension in Sykea For women<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Elassona.html Ecclesia: Holy Metropolis of Elassona]<br />
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[[Category: Dioceses|Elassona]]<br />
[[Category: Greek Dioceses|Elassona]]</div>Wsk