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The '''Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis''' (Gr:Γορτυνία and Μεγαλοπολη) is under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Greece]]. The [[diocese]] is located in the Arcadian area of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. | The '''Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis''' (Gr:Γορτυνία and Μεγαλοπολη) is under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Greece]]. The [[diocese]] is located in the Arcadian area of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. | ||
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*St. Dionysios of Dimitsanis the Wise (Gr. ο Σοφός εκ Δημητσάνης) ([[November 23]]) | *St. Dionysios of Dimitsanis the Wise (Gr. ο Σοφός εκ Δημητσάνης) ([[November 23]]) | ||
*St. Theokletus of Dimitsanis, the [[Wonder-worker]] and Archbishop of Lacedemonia ([[December 1]]) | *St. Theokletus of Dimitsanis, the [[Wonder-worker]] and Archbishop of Lacedemonia ([[December 1]]) | ||
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+ | ==Source== | ||
+ | *[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Gortynos/Gortynos.html Gortyna and Megalopolis] In Greek | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == |
Revision as of 00:26, June 7, 2012
The Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis (Gr:Γορτυνία and Μεγαλοπολη) is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece. The diocese is located in the Arcadian area of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.
Metropolitan
Jeremiah (Fountas) 2006 - Present
Districts
- Dimitsana (Gr. Δημητσάνα) there are a total of 32 parishes in this district.
- Vytina (Gr. Βυτίνα) There are a total of 8 parishes in this district.
- Valtetsi (Gr. Βαλτέτσι) There are a total of 7 parishes in this district.
- Kontovazaina (Gr. Κοντοβάζαινα) There are a total of 8 parishes in this district.
- Stavrodromio There are a total of 19 parishes in this district.
- Velimachiou There are a total of 7 parishes in this district.
- Megalopolis (Gr. Μεγαλοπολη) There are a total of parishes in this district.
Monasteries
There are four Male monasteries:
- The Holy Monastery of St. John the Forerunner, Steminitsa, Gortynias
- The Holy Monastery of the Birth of the Theotokos, Dimitsana
- The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Karion, Megaloupolis
- The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Valtesinikou
There are five female monasteries:
- The Holy Monastery of Kernitsis
- The Holy Monastery Ampelakiou
- The Holy Monastery of Panagia the Megalomata (Mpoura), Falaisia
- The Holy Monastery of Falaisias
- The Holy Monastery of Kleibokas, Gortynias
- The Holy Monastery of Makrysiou, Megaloupolis
There are five abandoned monasteries:
- The Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas, Valtesiniko
- The Holy Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring, Semnitstis
- The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Megalopoleos
- The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos
- The Holy Monastery of St. George
Local Saints
- New Hieromartyr Gregory V of Dimitsana (Gr. Δημητσάνης), Patriarch of Constantinople (April 10)
- St. Leontios of Stemnitsis (Gr. Στεμνίτσης) (3rd day of Pentecost)
- New-Martyr Euthymis of Dimitsanis and of Mount Athos (May 1)
- St. Athanasius the New, Wonder-worker and Archbishop of Christianopolis (Gr. Χριστιανουπόλεως) (May 17)
- Martyr Theodora of Vasta, Arkadias (Gr. η εν Βάστα Αρκαδίας) (September 11)
- St. Gerasimus of Leontarious, Megalopolis (Gr. εκ Λεονταρίου Μεγαλοπόλεως), Abbot of Mysia (September 15)
- New-Martyr John (Stamatelopoulos) of Tourkoleka (Gr. Σταματελόπουλος εκ Τουρκολέκα) (October 16)
- St. Dionysios of Dimitsanis the Wise (Gr. ο Σοφός εκ Δημητσάνης) (November 23)
- St. Theokletus of Dimitsanis, the Wonder-worker and Archbishop of Lacedemonia (December 1)
Source
- Gortyna and Megalopolis In Greek
External Links
Information available in Greek: