Philadelphia Metropolis

Christianity took root in Philadelphia of Lydia back in the days of the apostles. Philadelphia called one of the seven churches of the Revelation of St. John the Evangelist . Ancient lists of dioceses indicate Philadelphia one of the most important bishops of the Sardinian metropolis.

The diocese was elevated to the rank of Metropolitanate around 1190 or somewhat later, under Andronicus Paleolog . In 1385, its territory expanded significantly, including the lands of the abolished Sinad Metropolis.

Metropolitan of Philadelphia Gabriel Sevir settled in Venice in 1577. Here had their residence and six of his successors, who nurtured the Orthodox Greeks in Italy . In 1712, Metropolitan Meletius was banned for accepting Roman Catholic customs, and the diocese was officially abolished. Already in the early 1720s, the Philadelphia Metropolis existed in Asia Minor.

At the same time, the Venetian Philadelphia Department continued to exist, electing bishops not recognized by Constantinople. Only in 1780, the elected bishop was again recognized as patriarch, but after his death it was again forbidden to elect a new metropolitan.

Greater damage to local Orthodoxy, represented mainly by the Greeks, caused the Greek-Turkish war . As a result of the “Asia Minor Catastrophe” of 1923, the once-large Orthodox population of the metropolis practically disappeared. However, the Philadelphia Department, which has become titular, still exists today.

• Lucius (I century)
• Demetrius (I century)
• Zechariah (mentioned 109)
• Theodosius I (mentioned 302)
• Crinon (mentioned 320)
• Yetimasii (mentioned 325) Member of the First Ecumenical Council
• Kyriacus (mentioned 344) Member of the Cathedral of Philippopolis
• Theodosius II (? - 359) deposed by the Seleucus Cathedral
• Theophanes I (mentioned 431) Participant of the III Ecumenical Council
• Blizzard (Mentioned 451)
• Asian (mentioned 458)
• Eustathius (mentioned 518)
• John I (mentioned 680) Member of the Sixth Ecumenical Council
• Leonty I (mentioned 705)
• Lycast (mentioned 783)
• Stefan (mentioned 787 Member of the VII Ecumenical Council
• Michael (mentioned 879) (under Leo the Armenian )
• Agapit (X century)
• Manuel (mentioned 1193 - mentioned 1197)
• Nicholas (mentioned 1213 - mentioned 1216)
• Foka (mentioned 1228 - mentioned 1246)
• Johnny I (mentioned 1256 - mentioned 1260)
• Theolipt (mentioned 1292-1321)
• Macarius I Chrysokephalus (mentioned 1345 - mentioned 1355)
• Aaron (mentioned 1369)
• Paul (mentioned 1393)
• Macarius II (mentioned 1454 - mentioned 1456)
• Joachim (mentioned 1497)
• Neophyte (mentioned 1546)
• Gabriel I (mentioned 1560 - mentioned 1561)
• Sophronius I (mentioned 1572-1577)

Chair in Venice

• Gabriel Sevir (July 18, 1577 - October 21, 1616)
• Theophanes II (March 14, 1617 - February 29, 1632)
• Nicodemus (April 12, 1632 - April 28, 1635)
• Athanasius (6 Mapa 1635 - April 10, 1656)
• Meletius I (March 21, 1657 - July 25, 1677)
• Methodius (December 19, 1677 - August 29, 1679)
• Gerasim Vlach (September 3, 1679 - March 24, 1685)
• Meletius Typald (March 28, 1685 - June 1712) depressed penchant for Catholicism
  • In 1712-1780, the receivers of Meletius, who lived in Venice, were not recognized by the throne of Constantinople
• Sofroniy (September 3, 1780 - November 30, 1790)

Chair in Asia Minor

• Macarius III (c. 1721)
• Joanicius II (mentioned 1725)
• Joseph (? - 1733)
• Dionysius I (? - July 1759)
• Anatoly (July 1759 - July 8, 1765)
• James I (July 9, 1765-1805)
• Dorofei (Proyos) (December 1805 - June 1813)
• Gabriel III (June 1813 - September 1824)
• Panaret (September 1824 - February 1838)
• Daniel (February 1838 - March 1845)
• Sophronius III (March 1845 - January 1849)
• Johnny III (January 1849-1860)
• Meletius III (October 16, 1860 - September 25, 1869)
• Dionysius II (October 2, 1869 - October 1, 1887)
• Stefan (Sulidis) (October 1, 1887 - February 13, 1896)
• Leonty (Eleftheriadis) (February 13, 1896 - April 29, 1899)
• Leonty (Huturiiotis) (April 29, 1899 - October 10, 1906)
• Procopius (Lazaridis) (October 10, 1906 - June 16, 1911)
• Luke (Petridis) (June 23, 1911 - July 1912)
• Chrysostom (Hazistavru) (March 16, 1913 - February 19, 1922)
• Eugene (Theologian) (February 19, 1922 - March 20, 1924)

titular metropolis

• Fotius (Maniatis) (March 20, 1924 - January 17, 1925)
• Cyril (Mumcis) (January 20 - April 1, 1925)
• Maxim (Vapordsis) (March 9, 1930 - June 28, 1932)
• Emilian (Papadimitriou) (September 3, 1936 - December 6, 1946)
• Athenagoras (Cavvadas) (June 7, 1949 - April 12, 1951)
• Jacob (Dzanavaris) (August 8, 1954 - August 12, 1969)
• Bartholomew (Archondonis) (December 25, 1973 - January 9, 1990)
• Meliton (Karas) (since October 28, 1990)

• Dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople

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