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{{Short description|Autocephalous church of Eastern Orthodox Christianity}}
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| headquarters       = [[Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens]] and [[Petraki Monastery]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
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The '''Church of Greece''' ({{langx|el|Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος|Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos}}, {{IPA|el|ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos|IPA}}), part of the wider [[Greek Orthodox Church]], is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches which make up the communion of [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] [[Christianity]]. Its canonical territory is confined to [[the borders of Greece]] prior to the [[Balkan Wars]] of 1912–1913 ("[[Old Greece]]"), with the rest of Greece (the "New Lands", [[Crete]], and the [[Dodecanese]]) being subject to the jurisdiction of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]. However, most of the dioceses of the Metropolises of the New Lands are ''de facto'' administered as part of the Church of Greece for practical reasons, under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] of the Church of Greece is the [[archbishop of Athens and All Greece]].

==Prevailing religion of Greece==
[[File:Greek flags and emblem at church.jpg|thumb|left|upright|According to the [[Constitution of Greece|Constitution]], Greek Orthodoxy is the prevailing religion of Greece; this is reinforced by displays of the [[Greek flag]] and [[Coat of arms of Greece|coat of arms]] at church properties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitution of Greece |url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouli-ton-Ellinon/To-Politevma/Syntagma/ |publisher=Hellenic Parliament |access-date=2025-12-24}}</ref>]]

Adherence to the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] was established as a definitive hallmark of Greek ethnic identity in the first modern Greek constitution, the "[[Greek Constitution of 1822|Epidaurus Law]]" of 1822, during the [[Greek War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kitromilides |first=Paschalis M. |title=Enlightenment and Revolution: The Making of Modern Greece |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2013 |pages=78–81}}</ref> The [[preamble]] of all subsequent Greek constitutions simply states "In the name of the Holy, Consubstantial, and Indivisible Trinity" and the ''Orthodox Church of Christ'' is established as the "prevailing" religion of Greece.

Mainstream Orthodox clergy salaries and pensions are paid by the State, at rates comparable to those of teachers. The church had previously compensated the State by a tax of 35% on ordinary revenues of the church but, in 2004, this tax was abolished by ''Law 3220/2004''. <ref>{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2005 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51586.htm |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=2025-12-24}}</ref> By virtue of its status as the prevailing religion, the [[canon law]] of the Church is recognized by the Greek government in matters pertaining to church administration. Religious marriages and baptisms are legally equivalent to their civil counterparts. All Greek Orthodox students in primary and secondary schools in Greece attend religious instruction.<ref>{{cite report |title=Religious Education in Schools in Europe |publisher=European Commission on Education and Training |year=2007 |pages=42–44}}</ref>

Liaisons between church and state are handled by the [[Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs (Greece)|Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs]].

==Church hierarchy==
[[File:ChurchInGreece.png|thumb|left|The religious jurisdictions of the Church of Greece (in blue) in Greece]]
Supreme authority is vested in the synod of all the diocesan bishops who have [[metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]] status (the '''Holy Synod of the Church of Greece''', {{langx|el|Ἱερὰ Σύνοδος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἑλλάδος|Hierà Sýnodos tês Ekklēsías tês Helládos}} {{IPA|el|ieˈra ˈsinoðos tis ekliˈsias tis eˈlaðos|}}) under the ''[[de jure]]'' presidency of the [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece. This synod deals with general church issues. The Standing Synod is under the same presidency, and consists of the Primate and 12 bishops; each members serves for one term on a rotating basis and deals with administrative details.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ware |first=Kallistos |title=The Orthodox Church |publisher=Penguin |year=1993 |pages=317–320}}</ref>

The church is organized into 81 dioceses, of which 36, located in northern Greece and in the major islands in the north and northeast Aegean, are nominally and spiritually under the jurisdiction of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Roudometof |first=Victor |title=Orthodox Christianity in the Modern Greek World |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |pages=89–92}}</ref> The Patriarchate retains certain privileges over and in them—for example, their bishops have to acknowledge the Patriarch as their own primate during prayers. They are called the "New Lands" (Νέαι Χώραι, or ''Néai Chōrai'') as they became part of the modern Greek state only after the [[Balkan Wars]], and are represented by 6 of the 12 bishops of the Standing Synod. A bishop elected to one of the Sees of the New Lands has to be confirmed by the Patriarch of Constantinople before assuming his duties. These dioceses are administered by the Church of Greece "in stewardship" and their bishops retain their right of appeal (the "''ékklēton''") to the Patriarch.

The dioceses of [[Crete]] ([[Church of Crete]]), the [[Dodecanese]], and the [[Mount Athos|Monastic state of Holy Mount Athos]] remain under the direct jurisdiction of the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]]; they are not part of the Church of Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last=Angold |first=Michael |title=Church and Society in Byzantium under the Comneni, 1081–1261 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1995 |pages=154–155}}</ref> The [[Church of Crete|Archdiocese of Crete]] enjoys semiautonomous status: new bishops are elected by the local Synod of incumbents, and the Archbishop is appointed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate from a three-person list (the ''triprósōpon'') drawn by the Greek [[Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs (Greece)|Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs]] from among the incumbent Metropolitans of Crete.

==Clergy and monastics==
As in other Orthodox Christian churches, male graduates of seminaries run by the church (and financed by the Greek State) may be ordained as deacons and eventually priests. They are allowed to marry before their ordination as deacons, but not afterwards. The vast majority of parish clergy in Greece are married. Alternatively, they may enter monasteries and/or take monastic vows. Monastics who are ordained as priests and possess a university degree in theology are eligible as candidates for the episcopate ([[archimandrite]]s). Women may also take monastic vows and become [[nun]]s. In 2004, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece voted to reinstate the [[Deaconess|female diaconate]], but limited ordaining women as deaconesses to monastic communities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zagano |first=Phyllis |date=2005-02-07 |title='Grant Her Your Spirit': The restoration of the female diaconate in the Orthodox Church of Greece |url=https://sites.hofstra.edu/phyllis-zagano/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/11/2005-Grant-Her-Sour-Spirit-America.pdf |work=Hofstra University |pages=18-21}}</ref>

Monasteries are either affiliated to their local diocese, or directly to one of the Orthodox Patriarchates; in the latter case they are called "Stauropegiac" monasteries (''Stayropēgiaká'', "springs of the Cross").

==Old Calendarists==
A split (schism) occurred within the church in 1924 when the Holy Synod decided to replace the Old Calendar ([[Julian Calendar|Julian]]) with a hybrid calendar—the so-called "Revised Julian Calendar"—which maintained a modified Julian dating method for Pascha while adopting the [[Gregorian Calendar]] date for fixed feasts. Those who refused to adopt this change are known as [[Old Calendarists]] (''palaioimerologites'' in Greek) and still follow the old Julian Calendar.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ware |first=Kallistos |title=The Orthodox Church |publisher=Penguin |year=1993 |pages=321–322}}</ref> They themselves have suffered several schisms, and not all Old Calendarists comprise one church. They refer to themselves as "[[Greek Old Calendarists|Genuine Orthodox Christians]]".

==History==
{{Main|Orthodoxy in Greece|Greek Orthodox Church}}
[[File:V&A - Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515).jpg|thumb|280px|[[Saint Paul]] delivering the ''Areopagus Sermon'' in [[Athens]], by [[Raphael]], 1515.]]
[[File:Dionysius Areopagita.jpeg|thumb|200px|left|[[Dionysius the Areopagite]], first bishop of Athens]]
[[File:Μητρόπολη Αθηνών 3321.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens]]]]
[[File:AgiosAndreas.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras]]]]

Greece was an early center of Christianity. The Apostle [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] was involved in the founding of several early Christian communities: [[Pauline epistles|Paul's letters]] to the churches in Thessalonica, at Philippi, and at Corinth are included in the New Testament.<ref>Tertullian, ''De praescriptione Haereticorum'', 36; translated in W.H.C. Frend, ''A New Eusebius: Documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337'' (London: SPCK, 1987), p. 164</ref>

Upon formation of the [[Patriarchate]], the Church was formerly a part of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]. Under Ottoman rule, the Muslims exercised no control over the church. With the establishment of the Greek kingdom, however, the government decided to take control of the church, breaking away from the patriarch in Constantinople. The government declared the church to be [[autocephalous]] in 1833 in a political decision of the [[Regency council of Otto of Greece|Bavarian Regents]] acting for [[Otto of Greece|King Otto]], who was a minor. The decision roiled Greek politics for decades as royal authorities took increasing control. The new status was finally recognized as such by the Patriarchate in 1850, under compromise conditions with the issue of a special "[[Tomos dated June 29, 1850|Tomos]]" decree.<ref>{{cite book |last=Latourette |first=Kenneth Scott |title=Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, II: The Nineteenth Century in Europe: The Protestant and Churches |publisher=Harper & Row |year=1959 |pages=479–481}}</ref>

In 1833, Parliament dissolved 400 small monasteries having fewer than five monks or nuns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/religion/monasteries|title = Monasteries| work=VisitGreece }}</ref> Priests were not salaried; in rural areas they were peasant farmers themselves, dependent for their livelihood on their farm work and from fees and offerings by parishioners. Their ecclesiastical duties were limited to administering the sacraments, supervising funerals, the blessings of crops, and exorcism. Few attended seminaries. By the 1840s, there was a nationwide revival, run by travelling preachers. The government arrested several and tried to shut down the revival, but it proved too powerful when the revivalists denounced three bishops for purchasing their office. By the 1880s, the "Anaplasis" ("Regeneration") Movement led to renewed spiritual energy and enlightenment. It fought against the rationalistic and materialistic ideas that had seeped in from secular Western Europe. It promoted catechism schools and Bible study circles.<ref>Latourette, ''Christianity in a Revolutionary Age'' (1959) 2: 481–483</ref>

===Zoë movement===
The 20th-century religious revival in Greece included the Zoë movement, founded in 1911. This movement operated independently of the Greek Orthodox Church, with a decentralized structure based primarily in Athens. Its membership included both laypeople and some clergy. Activities of the movement encompassed publications, a nationwide Sunday School program in approximately 7,800 churches, and educational outreach to around 150,000 students. Zoë also sponsored various affiliated organizations, including groups for professionals, youth, parents, and young women nurses. The movement promoted the distribution of Bibles, religious literature, and pamphlets, and encouraged greater lay participation in the Eucharist.<ref>Demetrios J. Constantelos, "The Zoë Movement in Greece," ''St. Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly'' 3, no. 1 (1959): 1–15 [http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/arhu/content/docs/djc%20archive/The%20Zoe%20Movement%20in%20Greece.pdf]</ref>

During the 20th century, seminaries were established, but most graduates pursued careers in teaching rather than parish ministry. In 1920, only 800 of Greece's 4,500 priests had received education beyond the elementary level. By 1959, of approximately 7,000 priests, fewer than five percent had completed both university and seminary training. Monastic life declined but persisted in remote locations such as [[Mount Athos]]. Church life was further disrupted during World War II and the subsequent civil war, with damage to many churches and casualties among clergy and monastics.<ref>Latourette, ''Christianity in a Revolutionary Age'', vol. 4 (1961): 523–527</ref>

In a 2019 interview, [[Christos Yannaras]] stated to [[Norman Russell (theologian)|Norman Russell]] that, although he had participated in the [[Zoë movement]], he had come to regard it as [[Crypto-Protestant]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metaphysics as a Personal Adventure |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/4-january/books-arts/book-reviews/metaphysics-as-a-personal-adventure-by-norman-russell |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=Church Times}}</ref>

== Administration and Hierarchy of the Throne ==
Head of the Church of Greece and of the Holy Synod is [[Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens|Archbishop Ieronymos II]] (Ioannis Liapis), [[Archbishop of Athens]] and All [[Greece]] (2008–).

===Metropolises and metropolitans of the Church of Greece===
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*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Aetolia-Acarnania|Aetolia and Acarnania]]: Damaskinos Kiametis (2022–)
*[[Metropolis of Argolis]]: Nektarios Anttonopoulos (2013–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Arta (regional unit)|Arta]]: Kallinikos Korombokis (2016–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Cephalonia]]: Dimitrios Argiros (2015–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Chalcis]], [[Istiaia]] and [[Sporades|Sporades Islands]]: Chrysostomos (Konstantinos) Triantafyllou (2001–)
*[[Metropolis of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands]]: Nektarios (Dimitrios) Dovas (2002–)
*[[Metropolis of Corinth]]: [[Dionysios Mantalos]] (2006–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Demetrias]] and [[Almyros]]: Ignatios (Panagiotis) Georgakopoulos (1998–)
*[[Metropolis of Elis and Olena]]: Athanasios Bachos (2022–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Glyfada]] and [[Glyfada|Aexoni]]: Antonios Avramiotis (2019–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Gortyna, Arcadia|Gortyna]] and [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]]: Nikiforos Eustathiou (2022–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Gytheion]] and [[Oitylo]] ([[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Mani Peninsula|Mani]] from 2010): Chrysostomos Papathanasiou (2018–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Hydra island|Hydra]], [[Spetses]]  and [[Aegina]]: Ephraem (Evangelos) Stenakis (2001–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kalavrita]] and [[Aigialeia]]: Ieronymos (Nikolaos) Karmas (2019–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Karpenisi]]: Georgios Rempelos (2016–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Karystos]] and [[Skyros]]: Seraphim (Sokrates) Roris (1968–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kessariani]], [[Vyronas]] and [[Hymettus]]: Daniel (Dionysios) Pourtsouklis (2000–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kifissia]], [[Marousi|Amaroussion]] and [[Oropos]]: Kyrillos (Konstantinos) Misiakoulis<sup>1</sup> (2010–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kythira]]: Seraphim (lambros) Stergioulis (2005–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Ilio, Greece|Ilion]], [[Acharnes]] and [[Petroupoli]]s: Athenagoras (Georgios) Dikaiakos<sup>1</sup> (2010–)
*[[Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos]]: Hieronimos Nikolopoulos (2018–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Leucada]] and [[Ithaca (island)|Ithaca]]: Theofilos (Konstantinos) Manolatos (2008–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Mantineia]] and [[North Kynouria|Kynouria]]: Alexandros Papadopoulos (1995–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Megara]] and [[Salamis Island|Salamis]]: Konstantinos Giakoumakis (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Porto Rafti|Mesogeia]] and [[Lavreotiki]]: Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou (2004–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Messinia]]: [[Chrysostomos Savvatos|Chrysostomos (Georgios) Savvatos]] (2007–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Monemvasia]] and [[Sparta]]: Eustathios (Konstantinos) Speliotis (1980–)
*[[Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios]]: [[Hierotheos (Vlachos)|Hierotheos Vlachos]] (1995–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nea Ionia]] and [[Nea Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]: {{ill|Gabriel Papanicolaou|el|Μητροπολίτης Νέας Ιωνίας και Φιλαδελφείας Γαβριήλ}} (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nea Smyrni|New Smyrna]]: Symeon (Periklis) Koutsas (2002–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nikaia, Attica|Nicaea]]: Alexios Vryonis (1995–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of Paronaxia ([[Paros]], [[Naxos Island|Naxos]] and [[Antiparos]]): Kallinikos (Nikolaos) Demenopoulos (2008–)
*[[Metropolis of Patras]]: Chrysostomos (Christos) Sklifas (2005–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Peristeri]]:  Gregorios Papathomas (2021–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Phocis]]: Theoktistos (Theodore) Kloukinas (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Phthiotis]]: Symeon Voliotis (2019–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Piraeus]]: Seraphim Mentzenopoulos (2006–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kalabaka|Stagi]] and [[Meteora]]: Theoklitos Lamprinakos (2017–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Syros]], [[Tinos]], [[Andros]], [[Kea (island)|Kea]] and [[Milos]]: Dorotheos Polykandriotis (2001–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Thessaliotida]], [[Ithomi, Karditsa|Fanari]] and [[Farsala|Pharsalos]]: Timotheos (Nikolaos) Anthis  (2014–)
*[[Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia]]: Georgios Matzouranis (2008–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Santorini|Thera]], [[Amorgos]] and the Islands: Amfilochios Rousakis (2021–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kyparissia|Trifyllia]] and [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]: Chrysostomos (Alexandros) Stavropoulos (2007–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Trikala|Trikke]] and [[Kalabaka|Stagi]]<sup>2</sup>: Chrysostomos Nasis (2015–), the metropolis was renamed "Trikis, Gardikiou and Pylis" in 2021
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Zakynthos]] and [[Strophades]]: Dionysios (Dimitrios) Sifnaios (2011–)
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Notes
<br/><sup>1</sup> In 2010 the [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Attica]] was split into 2 new [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolises]], the Metropolis of [[Kifissia]], [[Marousi|Amaroussion]] and [[Oropos]] (temporary Vicar: the Metropolitan of [[Porto Rafti|Mesogeia]]) and the Metropolis of [[Ilio, Greece|Ilion]], [[Acharnes]] and [[Petroupoli]]s (temporary Vicar: the Metropolitan of [[Megara]])
<br/><sup>2</sup> The Metropolis of [[Trikala|Trikke]] was separated from the Metropolis of [[Kalabaka|Stagi]] (and [[Meteora]]) in 1981 but still bears the titular name "[[Trikala|Trikke]] and [[Kalabaka|Stagi]]"

===Titular metropolises and metropolitans===
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Achelous River|Acheloos]] ([[Agrinio]]): Vacant
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Achaea|Achaia]]: Athanasios Hatzopoulos (2007–)

===Titular dioceses and bishops===
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*[[Diocese]] of [[Euripos]]: Chrysostomos (Marios) Panagopoulos (2019–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Avia, Messenia|Stavropigi]]: Alexios (Stamatios) Psoinos (2023–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Kavala|Christopolis]]: Vacant
*[[Diocese]] of [[Feres, Magnesia|Velestino]]: Damaskinos (Ioannis) Kasanakis (2003–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Lake Koroneia|Koronia]]: Panteleimon Kathreptidis (2003–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Nevropoli Agrafon|Neochori]]: Pavlos Athanatos (1995–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Marathon, Greece|Marathon]]: Vacant
*[[Diocese]] of [[Thermopylae]]: Ioannis Sakellariou (2000–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Fanari, Karditsa|Fanari]]: Agathangelos (Vasileios) Haramantidis (2003–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Paramythia|Photice]] : Nektarios (Ioannis) Milionis (2023–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Tanagra]]: Apostolos Kavaliotis (2023–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Filiatra|Christianoupolis]]: Prokopios Petridis (2010–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Eleusina|Eleusis]]: Dorotheos Mourtsoukos (2009–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Rentina, Karditsa|Rentina]]: Vacant
*[[Diocese]] of [[Androusa]]: Constantios Panagiotakopoulos (2018–)
*[[Diocese]] of [[Epidaurus]]: Vacant
*[[Diocese]] of [[Oleni]]: Vacant
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===Metropolises and metropolitans of the New Lands===
(under the jurisdiction of Constantinople until 1928, then under Athens; except the [[Dodecanese]])

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*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Alexandroupolis]]: Anthimos (Christos) Koukouridis (2004–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Chios]], [[Psara]] and [[Inousses]] and [[Exarchate]] of All [[Ionia]]: [[Markos Vasilakis]] (1965–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Didymoteichon]] and [[Orestias]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Haemus Mons|Haemimontos]]: Damaskinos (Minas) Karpathakis (2009–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Drama, Greece|Drama]]: Dorotheos Paparis (2022–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Dropull|Dryinoupolis]], [[Pogoniani]] and [[Konitsa]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Northern Epirus]]: Andreas Trebelas (1995–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]], [[Pella]] and [[Almopia]]: Ioel (Panagiotis) Fragkakis (2002–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Elassona]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Mount Olympus]]: Hariton Toumpas (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Eleftheroupolis]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Pangaion Hills|Pangaeon]]: Chrysostomos (Ioannis) Avajianos (2004–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Florina]], [[Prespes]] and [[Eordaia]]: Ireneus (Marios) Laftsis (2023–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Goumenissa]], [[Axioupoli]] and [[Polykastro]]: Dimitrios Bekiaris-Mavrogonatos (1991–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Grevena]]: David Tzioumakas (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Ierissos]], [[Mount Athos]] and [[Ardameri]]: Theoklitos Athanasopoulos (2012–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Ioannina]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]]: Maximos Papagiannis (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Kassandria]] and [[Exarchate]] of All the [[Thermaic Gulf]]: Nikodemos (Konstantinos) Korakis (2001–)
*[[Metropolis of Kastoria]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Upper Macedonia]]: Kallinikos Georgatos (2021–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Pydna|Kitros]], [[Katerini]] and [[Platamonas]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]]: Georgios Chrysostomou (2014–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Langadas]]: Platon Krikris (2021–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Lemnos]] and [[Agios Efstratios]] and [[Exarchate]] of the [[North Aegean]]: Ierotheos Calogeropoulos (2019–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Maronia]] and [[Komotini]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Rhodope Mountains|Rhodope]]: Panteleimon Moutafis (2013–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Mithymna]]: Chrysostomos (Kyriakos) Kalamatianos (1984–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Mytilini]], [[Eresos]] and [[Plomari]]: Iakovos Frantzis (1988–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Neapoli, Thessaloniki|Neapolis]] and [[Stavroupoli]]s: Varnavas (Markos) Tyris (2004–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nea Krini]] and [[Kalamaria]]: Ioustinos Bardakas (2015–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nea Zichni|Zichni]] and [[Kato Nevrokopi|Nevrokopion]]: Ierotheos (Dimitrios) Tsoliakos (2003–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Nicopolis]] and [[Preveza]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Epirus Vetus|Old Epirus]]: Chrysostomos Tsirigkas (2012–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Paramythia]], [[Filiates]], [[Filiates|Giromeri]] and [[Parga]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Thesprotia]]: Serapion (Ioannis) Michalakis (2023–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Philippi]], [[Kavala|Neapolis]] and [[Thasos]]: Stefanos Tolios (2017–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Dojran|Polyani]] and [[Kilkis]]ion: Bartholomew Antoniou-Triantafyllides (2021–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Samos]] and [[Ikaria]]: Eusebios (Evangelos) Pistolis (1995–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Serres]] and [[Nigrita]]: Theologos (Ioannis) Apostolidis (2003–)
*[[Metropolis of Servia and Kozani]]: Pavlos Papalexiou (2004–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Sidirokastro|Siderokastron]]: Makarios (Sotirios) Philotheou (2001–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Askio, Kozani|Sisanion]] and [[Siatista]]: Athanasios Giannousas (2019–)
*[[Metropolis of Thessaloniki]]: Filotheos (Theocharis) Theocharis (2023–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Veria]] and [[Naousa, Imathia|Naousa]]: Panteleimon (Ioannis) Kalpakidis (1994–)
*[[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|Metropolis]] of [[Xanthi]] and [[Battle of Peritheorion|Peritheorion]] and [[Exarchate]] of [[Western Thrace]]: Panteleimon (Michael) Kalaphatis (1995–)
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==See also==
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*[[History of the Eastern Orthodox Church]]
*[[Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[National church]]
*[[Religion in Greece]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Tomkinson, John L., ''[http://www.anagnosis.gr/index.php?pageID=73&la=eng Between Heaven and Earth: The Greek Church]'', Anagnosis (Athens, 2004) {{ISBN|9608718651}}
*[http://e-typikon.com Online Greek Orthodox Typikon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130181734/http://e-typikon.com/ |date=2018-01-30 }}

==Further reading==
* Aderny, Walter F. ''The Greek and Eastern Churches'' (1908) [https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ4QAAAAYAAJ online]
* [[Adrian Fortescue|Fortescue, Adrian]]. ''The Orthodox Eastern Church'' (1929)
* Kephala, Euphrosyne. ''The Church of the Greek People Past and Present'' (1930)
* Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, II: The Nineteenth Century in Europe: The Protestant and Eastern Churches.'' (1959) 2: 479–484; ''Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, IV: The Twentieth Century in Europe: The Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Churches'' (1958)

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://ecclesia.gr}}
* [http://www.anagnosis.gr/index.php?pageID=107&la=eng Anagnosis Books Greek Church Pages]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031105213853/http://www.thrakikiagora.gr/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid1059725277%2C89383%2C Map of Old & New Lands] {{in lang|el}}
* [https://cnewa.org/eastern-christian-churches/toc/orthodox-church/the-autocephalous-churches/the-orthodox-church-of-greece/ Article on the Church of Greece by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA website]

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