The Metropolis of Kastoria ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Καστοριάς) is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but

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are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.

Kastoria Kastoria ( el, Καστοριά, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the weste ...

is also a

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, and in the early 20th century hosted a

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bishopric.

History

At first a suffragan of Thebes,''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 862 the bishopric was, at least by the reign of

Basil II Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...

in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of the

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mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the East–West Schism: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas; but that list can easily be extended.Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1908)
/ref> In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a

bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches. Today, for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Church of Greece the see is the Metropolis of Kastoria and

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for Upper Macedonia, in the so-called "New Lands" of Greece. On October 3, 2019 the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria, at the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim (Papakostas) of Kastoria,
Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου
'' ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019. including the following: :* New Martyr Markos Markoulis of

Kleisoura, Kastoria Kleisoura (formerly Vlachokleisoura; el, Κλεισούρα, also Βλαχοκλεισούρα, ''Vlachokleisoúra''; rup, Clisura, or ) is a traditionally Aromanian (Vlach) settlement and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Mac ...

, hanged in

Argos Orestiko Argos Orestiko ( el, Άργος Ορεστικό, , Orestean Argos, before 1926: Χρούπιστα - ''Chroupista''; rup, Hrupishte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government refo ...

(1598) :* New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in

(1696) :* New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the

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in the Acarnania region. :* New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria ( gr) (1902) :* New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis),

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of Metropolitan

Germanos Karavangelis Germanos Karavangelis ( el, Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης, also transliterated as ''Yermanos'' and ''Karavaggelis'' or ''Karavagelis'', 1866–1935) was known for his service as Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia, Pon ...

(1921) The "Synaxis of the Saints of Kastoria" is a moveable feast that is held on the ''Third Sunday of November''.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitans

* Kallinikos (Georgatos) 2021 * Seraphim (Papakostas) 1996–2020 * Gregorios III (Papoutsopoulos) 1985-1996 * Gregorios II (Maistros) 1974-1985 * Dorotheos (Giannaropoulos) 1958-1973 * Nikiphoros II (Papasideris) 1936-1958 * Ioakeim (Leptidis) 1911-1931 * Ioakeim (Vaxevanidis) 1908-1911 * Germanos (Karavangelis) 1900-1908 * Athanasios (Kapouralis) 1899-1900 * Philaretos (Vafeidis) 1889-1899 * Gregorios (Drakopoulos) 1888-1889 * Kyrillos (Dimitriadis) 1882-1888 * Constantine (Isaakidis) 1880-1882 * Hilarion 1874-1879 * Nicephorus I 1841-1874 * Athanasions (Mitilinaios) 1836-1841

Active Greek Orthodox Monasteries

For men

* Dormition of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Mavriotissa * Agion Anargyroi Melissotopos * Agia Paraskevi Vasileiadou * Agios Georgios Eptahoriou

For women

* Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin of Kleisoura * Saint Nicholas Tsirilovou * Panagias Faneromenis * Monastery of St. George Melanthiou

Latin bishopric

Some ten

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bishops of Castoria are known from the 13th to the 15th centuries.Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi''
vol. 1
, p. 172
vol. 2
p. 120
vol. 3
, p. 157
vol. 4
p. 139
vol. 5
p. 148
vol. 6
p. 153; vol. 7, p. 140; vol. 8, pp. 190–191

Latin titular see

Castoria is listed by the

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as a

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since the 15th century. It is vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Silvestro de Benedetti, Vallombrosian Benedictines (O.S.B. Vall.) (1432.01.23 – ?) * Francis Sexello,

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(O.F.M.) (1507.01.07 – ?) * Juan López (1520.09.22 – ?) * François Daussayo,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1531.03.18 – ?) * Gedeon van der Gracht (1536.01.10 – ?) * Charles Pinello, O.E.S.A. (1546.04.16 – ?) * Esteban de Esmir (1639.04.03 – 1641.01.05) *

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(C.O.) (1662.06.23 – 1686.06.06) * Gioachino Maria de’ Oldo (1725.03.03 – 1726.12.09) *

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Paolino Sandulli, O.S.B. (1727.03.17 – ?) * John Mary of St. Thomas Albertini,

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(O.C.D.) (1780.12.23 – 1783?) * Charles Lamothe,

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(M.E.P.) (1793.02.05 – 1816.05.22) * Jean-Jacques Guérard, M.E.P. (1816.05.23 – 1823.06.18) * Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1820.05.29 – 1844.07.25) * Jean-François Ollivier, M.E.P. (1824.04.06 – 1827.05.27) * Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, M.E.P. (1828.03.21 – 1838.07.05) * John Fennelly (1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23) * Johann Jakob Kraft (1868.09.24 – 1884.06.09) * Francesco Gašparić (1884.11.13 – 1897) * Gaspar Felicjan Cyrtowt (1897.07.21 – 1910.04.07) * Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21) * Ferenc Gossman (1913.07.01 – 1931.10.11) * Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso,

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1931.12.15 – 1943.02.21) * Stanislas Courbe (1943.06.22 – 1971.04.22)

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Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς
(''Metropolis of Kastoria''). {{coord missing, Greece Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Dioceses of the Church of Greece Kastoria Kastoria (regional unit)

Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Greece