Metropolis of Verrius, Nausa and Kambanija [1] ( Greek Ιερά Μητρόπολη Βεροίας, Ναούσης και Καμπανίας ) - diocese of the New Lands of the Greek Orthodox Church . The center of the diocese is the city of Veria in Greece . Cathedral - New Metropolis in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul [1] .
| Metropolis of Verria, Nausa and Cambania Μητρόπολη Βεροίας, Ναούσης και Καμπανίας | |
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| Patriarchate of Constantinople | |
 Metropolitan Building | |
| General information | |
| A country |  Greece |
| Diocesan Center | Veria |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Metropolitan Panteleimon of Verria (Kalpakidis) (since May 29, 1994) |
| Site | imverias.gr |
Until 1928, it was the diocese of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople [2] . Now only the formal subordination of the diocese to Constantinople remains.
In the diocese as of 2003, there are 108 parish, 8 monastery, 22 cemetery churches, 10 house churches, 75 paraclises, 75 chapels in which 147 priests and 7 deacons serve [3] . There are 3 male and 3 female monasteries, of which the most famous monastery of St. John the Baptist [4] and the monastery of Sumela , which contains the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, written by the Evangelist Luke [1] .
Bishops
- Konstanty (Isaacidis) (1895-1906)
- Apostle (Christodoulou) (1906 - August 28, 1909)
- Luke (Petridis) (August 27, 1909 - June 23, 1911)
- Kalinik (Delikanis) (1911-1922)
- Constantius (Rusis) (1922-1924)
- Apostle (Trifonos) (February 5 - April 30, 1924)
- Chrysostom (Hazistavru) (August 30 - October 7, 1924)
- Sofroniy (Stamulis) (1924-1927)
- Polycarpus (Sakellaropulos) (March 27, 1929 - February 1943)
- Alexander (Dilanas) (1943-1958)
- Kallinik (Charalambakis) (March 11, 1958-1968)
- Pavel (Yanikopoulos) (November 24, 1968 - August 27, 1993)
- Panteleimon (Kalpakidis) (since May 29, 1994)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Loseva O. V., Saenkova E. M. Verriya // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church and Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2004. - T. VIII. - S. 11-16. - 752 s. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89572-014-5 .
- ↑ Skurat, Konstantin Efimovich . History of Local Orthodox Churches: In 2 volumes / K. E. Skurat. - M .: ANS, 1994.
- ↑ Δίπτυχα. - 2003. - P. 457-465.
- ↑ Loseva O. V. John the Baptist Skete // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2011. - T. XXV. - S. 54-56. - 752 s. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-89572-046-2 .
Links
- imverias.gr - the official website of the Verrii, Nausa and Kambanian metropolis (Greek)