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The Holy '''Metropolis of Mytiline, Eressos and Plomariou''' <ref>Mytiline can also be spelled ''Mytilene'', ''Mitiline'' or ''Mitilene''</ref> (Gr. ''Μυτιλήνης, Ερεσσού και Πλωμαρίου'') is part of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Mytiline, Eressos and Plomariou covers the area of the island of Lesbos in the northeastern Aegean Sea. The metropolis 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. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]

The current *[[metropolitanIakovos (Frantzis) of Mytiline|Iakovos (Frantzis)]] is His Eminence Metropolitan 1988 - Present ==Past hierarchs==*[[Iakovos III Constantine V (Valiadis) of MytilineConstantinople|Constantine (Valiadis)]] (Gr. ''ΙΑΚΩΒΟΣ Γ' Μυτιλήνης, Ερεσσού και Πλωμαρίου'') 1876 - 1893

Lesbos, the area of the metropolis, was colonized by Hellenic peoples in pre-Christian times and through the centuries became part of the empires of Alexander, the Ptolemies, and the Romans. The Metropolis [[Apostle Paul]] visited the island in 52 AD, bringing Christianity. During the periods of Roman and Eastern Roman times the island was used as a place of exile and was subject to frequent attacks.  After the island was conquered by Sultan Mehmet II in 1462 the population was decimated and economic and cultural life came to a halt bringing a period where the [[monastery|monasteries]] and [[church]]es became the intellectual centers of Mytiline governs the area island life. During the nineteenth century, Greek liberation movements arose that eventually resulted in the island becoming part ofGreece in 1923. [http://gogreece.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=gogreece&cdn=travel&tm=127&f=20&su=p531.54. 336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.Lesvos.com/] The island of Mutiline Lesbos is separated from the Turkish mainland by a narrow channel of the Mediterranean. Mytiline The town of Mutiline on Lesbos is most famous for an original [[icon]] painted by St. [[Apostle Luke|Luke the Evangelist]] and it is enshrined in the village and the [[Church of Agiassos|Church of ''Agiassos'']]''. Mytiline is also famous for housing the relics of St. [[Theodore of Byzantium]] and more recently the Ss. [[Raphael, Nicholas and Irene]]. It also has taken on a greater significance for housing the [[Archangel Michael of Mantamados|Mantamados]] icon, one of only two "statue" icons in Orthodoxy and extremally wonder-working for the army, military and air-force.

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