The Metropolis of Paramythia, Filiates, Giromeri and Parga () is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (, ; ; , "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is heade ...

but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the

Church of Greece The Church of Greece (, ), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greece prior to th ...

under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. It encompasses the Thesprotia Prefecture and the area of

Parga Parga (, , ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza in Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on ...

in Preveza Prefecture. The current Metropolitan is, since 1974, Titos Papanakos.

History

The modern metropolitan see is relatively recent, having emerged from the former Bishopric of Paramythia by an act of the

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (, ; ; , "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed ...

in 1895. The Bishopric of Paramythia itself existed since the 15th century, and was the successor to the ancient Bishopric of

Buthrotum Butrint (, , ) was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus. Originally a settlement of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, it later became part of the state of Epirus and later a Roman ...

. The area has a rich ecclesiastical tradition, and has hosted several other bishoprics in the past: * the Bishopric of Euroea, attested in the 4th–8th centuries * the Bishopric of Photice, attested since the 5th century, became the Bishopric of Paramythia in the 18th century * the Bishopric of Buthrotum, attested since the 5th century, but transferred to Paramythia in the 15th century; the title "Bishop of Buthrotum" remained current until the 18th century * the Bishopric of Elaea, attested only in antiquity * the Bishopric of Giromeri, founded in 1800, and merged with the Bishopric of Paramythia in 1895 to form the modern metropolitan see * the Metropolis of Filiates and Giromeri, established briefly in 1924–1928

Metropolitans

Since its establishment in 1895, there have been 15 Metropolitans: # Leontios Eleftheriadis (1895-1896) # Konstantinos Mikroulis (1896-1897) # Vasileios Papachristou (1897-1900) # Kallinikos Palaiokrasas (1900-1906) # Ierotheos Anthoulidis (1906-1909) # Neofytos Kotzamanidis (1909-1924) # Ioakeim Martinianos (1924-1925) # Athenagoras Eleftheriou (1925-1932) # Georgios Misailidis (1932-1942) # Kyrillos Karbaliotis (1942-1943) # Dorotheos Naskaris (1943-1952) # Dorotheos Vasilas (1952-1957) # Titos Matthaiakis (1957-1968) # Pavlos Karvelis (1968-1974) # Titos Papanakos (1974-)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramythia Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Greece Thesprotia Preveza (regional unit) 1895 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Metropolises without suffragan dioceses