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The '''Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis''' 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. The [[diocese|metropolis]] is located in northern Greece.  ==History==It is still unknown when this Metropolis metropolis was founded , but in an 1886 record by Stylianos Mertzidis their there is a reference to an 8th-century episcopal throne. Another citation is made in the Vatican library (I.D. ''Mansi Sanctorum Conciliorum nova et amblissima collection'', Vol. XVIIA pp. 373-3760), which has information that under the [[Patriarch ]] [[Photius the Great|Photios]], in the year 879 AD, the he and [[Metropolitan ]] Theodoros of Eleftheroupolis was Theodoros and he participated in the 8th [[Eighth Ecumenical Council ]] which was held in [[Constantinople]]. 

The current [[metropolitan]] is His Eminance Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Avagiannos)of Eleftheroupolis]] who was born in 1947 at Mesagron, on the island of Lesvos. He was ordained [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Eleftheroupolis on April 26, 2004. ==List of previous BishopsFormer hierarchs==

#Gerasimos (January 21/1/, 1766-Sep. – September 1787)#Timothy (Sep. September 1787- Aug. – August 1790)#Paisios (Feb. February 1808 – Jan. – January 1814)#Joseph (Zambelis) (January 8/1/, 1814 – Aug. – August 1826)

==External linksSources==*The Metropolis of Eleftheroupolis [http://www.imelef.gr/ Official Websitewebsite] (Greek)

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