Diocese of Abydos ( el, Επισκοπή Αβύδου) is
titular see of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
.
History
Abydos Abydos may refer to:
*Abydos, a progressive metal side project of German singer Andy Kuntz
* Abydos (Hellespont), an ancient city in Mysia, Asia Minor
* Abydos (''Stargate''), name of a fictional planet in the '' Stargate'' science fiction universe ...
( grc, Ἄβυδος, la, Abydus) was an ancient city in
Mysia. It was located at the
Nara Burnu promontory on the Asian coast of the
Hellespont
The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ...
, opposite the ancient city of
Sestos
Sestos ( el, Σηστός, la, Sestus) was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey.
In ...
, and near the city of
Çanakkale in
Turkey.
Medieval bishopric
The
bishopric of Abydus appears in all the ''
Notitiae Episcopatuum'' of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople from the mid-7th century until the time of
Andronikos III Palaiologos
, image = Andronikos_III_Palaiologos.jpg
, caption = 14th-century miniature. Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek.
, succession = Byzantine emperor
, reign = 24 May 1328 – 15 June 1341
, coronation = ...
(1341), first as a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of
Cyzicus and then from 1084 as a
metropolitan see without suffragans. The earliest bishop mentioned in extant documents is Marcian, who signed the joint letter of the bishops of Hellespontus to Emperor
Leo I the Thracian in 458, protesting about the murder of
Proterius of Alexandria. A letter of
Peter the Fuller (471–488) mentions a bishop of Abydus called Pamphilus. Ammonius signed the decretal letter of the Council of Constantinople in 518 against
Severus of Antioch
Severus the Great of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; syr, ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza or Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܥܝܐ; Tagha d'Suryoye; Arabic: تاج السوريين; Taj al-Suriyyun ...
and others. Isidore was at the
Third Council of Constantinople (680–681), John at the
Trullan Council (692), Theodore at the
Second Council of Nicaea (787). An unnamed bishop of Abydus was a counsellor of Emperor
Nikephoros II in 969.
Seals attest Theodosius as bishop of Abydos in the 11th century, and John as metropolitan bishop of Abydos in the 11/12th century. Abydos remained a metropolitan see until the city fell to the Turks in the 14th century.
Modern bishopric
In the 19th century the bishopric of Abydos was revived as the
titular see of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Nikodimos Papadopoulos
Nikodimos Anagnostou ( Greek: Νικόδημος Αναγνώστου) was born on September 7, 1931, in Lisvorio, Mytilene and died in Arnaia on September 16, 2012. was the Greek Orthodox bishop of Ierissos, Greece from 1981 to 2012.
Early li ...
(April 19, 1892 - 23 May 1906)
*
Germanos Garofallidis
Germanus or Germanos ( Greek) may refer to:
People
*Lucius Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126
*Germanus (died c. 290), possibly apocryphal martyr-saint tortured at the Pula Arena
*Germanus (4th century), Spanish martyr-saint ...
(March 25, 1931 - September 3, 1936)
*
Ireneos Kasimatis
Saint Irenaeus of Lugdunum (Lyons) was a Catholic bishop, theologian and early church father.
Irenaeus or similar may also refer to:
* Irenaeus (Bekish) (1892–1981), primate of the Orthodox Church in America
* Irenaeus (Susemihl) (1919–19 ...
(November 8, 1951 - October 1, 1961)
*
Gerasimos Papadopoulos Gerasimos ( el, Γεράσιμος) is a Greek given name derived from Greek "γέρας" ("gΕras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"). The suffix -ιμος gives the meaning "the one who deserves honour". It can also be anglicized as "Gerassimos" o ...
(May 20, 1962 - June 12, 1995)
* (May 16 — September 21, 1998)
*
Kyrillos Katerelos
Kyrillos Katerelos (His Eminence Kyrillos, Metropolitan of Krini; Greek: Ο Σεβασμιώτατος Μητροπολίτης Κρήνης Κύριλλος; French: Cyrille; Russian: Кирилл; Born Evangelos Katerelos Greek: Κατερ ...
(since February 23, 2008)
References
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Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Byzantine Mysia
Titular sees in Asia