The Nazianzian Diocese is one of the oldest historical dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople with its center in the city of Nazianz on the territory of Cappadocia in Asia Minor in Turkey .
| Nazianzian Diocese | |
|---|---|
| Patriarchate of Constantinople | |
| General information | |
| A country | Byzantium → Ottoman Empire |
| Diocesan Center | Nazians |
| Founded by | 4th century |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Bishop of the Nazianes vacant (from August 29, 2018) |
History
The diocese was founded in the 4th century. In 335, Bishop Gregory built a large octagonal cathedral (in the shape of an octagon) in Nazianza , a cathedral similar in architecture to the Hagia Sophia later built in Constantinople.
In the XI century, the bishopric was transformed into a metropolitanate, but from the XIV century (apparently after the invasion of the Seljuks and the ruin of the city) the sources were no longer mentioned.
In the second half of the 19th century, it acted as a vicar diocese as part of the Irakli Metropolitanate .
In 1924, in connection with the exchange of the Greek and Turkish population between Turkey and Greece, the department ceased to exist and passed into the category of titular ones.
Bishops
- Grigory Nazianzin (330–374)
- Gregory the Theologian (374–379, 381–383)
- Evladiy (383 -?)
- (March 24, 1875 - May 12, 1879)
- Panaret (Petridis) (February 20, 1892 - November 19, 1896)
- Filofei (Stavridis) (March 29, 1931 - October 5, 1943)
- Ezekiel (Tsukalas) (September 17, 1950 - February 24, 1959)
- Dionysius (Psiahas) (December 6, 1959 - January 8, 1970)
- Paul (de Ballester-Convaler) (March 15, 1970 - January 31, 1984)
- Stefan (Charalambidis) (March 25, 1987 - March 13, 1999)
- Theodorite (Polisogopoulos) (March 9, 2000 - August 29, 2018)