The Metropolis of Argolis ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Αργολίδος, "Holy Metropolis of Argolis") is a diocese of the
Church of Greece
The Church of Greece ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, ), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its ...
, with its seat at
Nafplio
Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...
, covering the historical
Argolid (Argolis). It occupies the current boundaries of the modern Prefecture of Argolis, except for the municipality of
Ermionida
Ermionida ( el, Ερμιονίδα) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kranidi. The municipality has an area of 421 km2.
Municipality
The municipality Ermionida was forme ...
.
The see's original name was the ''Bishopric of Argos'', and according to
Paulinus the Deacon Paulinus the Deacon, also Paulinus of Milan was the notary of Ambrose of Milan, and his biographer. His work is the only life of Ambrose based on a contemporary account, and was written at the request of Augustine of Hippo; it is dated to 422 AD.
...
, it was founded by
Saint Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
. The early bishops of Argos were
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 ...
to the
Metropolis of Corinth. It was separated from Corinth renamed the ''Metropolis of Argos and
Nafplio
Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...
'' in 1189, confirming an earlier ''de facto'' merger with Nauplion. In 1833, it was renamed the ''Metropolis of
Argolis
Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tri ...
''. Its
cathedra
A ''cathedra'' is the raised throne of a bishop in the early Christian basilica. When used with this meaning, it may also be called the bishop's throne. With time, the related term ''cathedral'' became synonymous with the "seat", or principa ...
was originally
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
...
, but it moved around the Argolid several times due to political factors.
Its incumbent is Metropolitan
Nektarios Antonopoulos (b. 1952). The previous metropolitan, from 1985 until his death, was Metropolitan Iakovos ("James") II (1932-2013), who died 26 March 2013. (In Greek, the late metropolitan, like other deceased Orthodox faithful, he is referred to as ''makaristos'' — "of blessed memory.") The current metropolitan was chosen on 18 October 2013.
History and ecclesiastical administration
According to the article "Argos and Orthodoxy Through the Passage of the Ages", written by the Archimandrite Kallinikos D. Korobokis, the diocesan homilist (published in the periodical "Eyes on Argolis", Volume 10, May–June 2002), the history of the metropolitan see is recorded as follows:
Paulinus (354-431 AD) relates that the
Apostle Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
first proclaimed the
Gospel
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at
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
...
, and thus he is traditionally held to be the founder of the Church there. It is also likely that the Apostle Paul came to Argos,
some time around 50-60 AD; he remained in
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...
for a considerable number of months and, it is also thought, all around the neighboring provinces of Corinth. Argos
acclaimed
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Voting Voice vot ...
a bishop fairly early on, separate from that of the bishopric of Nauplia (Nafplio), with both under the jurisdiction of the
Metropolis of Corinth.
The first known Bishop of Argos is Perigenes. At the end of the 9th century, the Bishop of Argos was Saint
Peter the Wonderworker
Saint Peter the Wonderworker or the Thaumaturge ( el, Άγιος Πέτρος ο Θαυματουργός, la, Petrus Thaumaturgus), also known as Saint Peter of Argos (Άγιος Πέτρος του Άργους) is a Christian saint, regarded as ...
, who became the town's
patron saint
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. The sees of Argos and Nauplion were unified in 1166. According to other sources, the unification of Argos and Nauplion had already occurred a few years after 879. Throughout the
minutes
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of the
Council of 879 in Constantinople, written by the members, the Bishop of Argos is recorded as Theotimos, and that of Nauplion as Andreas, which establishes a ''
terminus post quem
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A ''terminus post quem'' is the earliest da ...
'', but not a precise date for the unification. In 1189 the unified diocese of Argos and Nauplion was extracted from the Metropolis of Corinth and converted into a metropolitan see ''
sui juris
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'', with one John serving as its first metropolitan.
According to the Argolic Calendar of 1910, which was produced by the Bishops of Argos and Nauplion, the Eparchy (Bishopric) of Argos was led under the Metropolis of Corinth:
According to the anonymous hand-written chronicle published in Δελτίω Ιστορ. Εθνολ. Εταιρίας Τ.Β΄ σελ. 32, ed. Io. Sakellionos (Bulletins of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece 303, p. 32), there are 23 recorded Bishops of Argos and Nauplion. Their names are as follows:
*
Peter the Wonderworker
Saint Peter the Wonderworker or the Thaumaturge ( el, Άγιος Πέτρος ο Θαυματουργός, la, Petrus Thaumaturgus), also known as Saint Peter of Argos (Άγιος Πέτρος του Άργους) is a Christian saint, regarded as ...
*Constantine
*Christopher
*Peter
*John
*Nicholas
*Sisinius
*Andrew
*Theodore
*Sisinius
*Peter
*Basil
*Theophylact
*Sisinius
*Gregory
*Nicholas, the ''
ktitor
''Ktetor'' ( el, κτήτωρ) or ''ktitor'' (; ka, ქტიტორი ''kt’it’ori''; ro, ctitor), meaning "founder", is a title given in the Middle Ages to the provider of funds for construction or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox ch ...
'' (donator) of Agios Andreas (Saint Andrew's Church)
*John, the ''
ktitor
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'' (donator) of the new church
*Gregory
*Constantine
*Theodore Leon
*Nicitas John, who led the diocese down to its new title of Nauplion and Argos.
In 1212, the local Orthodox hierarchy was replaced by Latin hierarchs during the
period of Frankish rule in which the two towns formed part of the
Lordship of Argos and Nauplia
During the late Middle Ages, the two cities of Argos ( el, Άργος, french: Argues) and Nauplia (modern Nafplio, Ναύπλιο; in the Middle Ages Ἀνάπλι, in French ''Naples de Romanie'') formed a lordship within the Frankish-ruled M ...
. This state of affairs lasted until 1540, with the withdrawal of the
Venetians after the
Third Ottoman-Venetian War
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Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* H ...
.
Afterwards, the diocese returned to the control of Greek Orthodox hierarchs, but in 1686, the seat of the bishop moved from Argos to Nafplio. Shortly after
the Venetians returned, and with them, a
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
hierarchy, and the Orthodox administration re-located to the village of
Merbaka
Merbaka ( el, Μέρμπακα), but officially Agia Trias (Αγία Τρίας, "Holy Trinity"), is a village in the province of Argolis, in the Peloponnese near Argos, Greece. It was officially renamed on December 29, 1953
Merbaka is thought to ...
, returning to Argos in 1770 in the wake of
attacks by Albanian irregulars.
At the outbreak of the
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...
, the seat moved again to Nafplio. The bishop,
Grigorios Kalamaras was killed in the
Siege of Tripolitsa
The siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa ( el, Άλωση της Τριπολιτσάς, Álosi tis Tripolitsás, ), also known as the Tripolitsa massacre ( tr, Tripoliçe katliamı), was an early victory of the revolutionary Greek forces ...
, and is consequently termed an ''ethnomartyr'' a national martyr, Greek: ἐθνομάρτυρας. This designation is a popular one, and has no canonical status making the bishop a
saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
, as death in battle does not necessarily qualify one for
martyrdom
A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external ...
.
After the creation of the Greek state but before the creation of the new
autocephalous
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Church of Greece
The Church of Greece ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, ), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its ...
in 1850, the diocese underwent a brief period of successive reorganizations as the
Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
adjusted to having large numbers of faithful outside the Ottoman
millet system
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. It was briefly merged with the Metropolis of Corinth (1841), with the addition of the Bishopric of Hydra in 1842, before its present jurisdiction was created between 1850-52.
Currently, the Bishop of Epidavros (Epidaurus) is
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 ...
to the Metropolitan Bishop of Argolis, and serves as the
auxiliary bishop for the metropolis; he is ''sui juris'' the bishop of the See of Epidavros, and is subordinate to the Metropolitan only in his capacity as auxiliary in the See of Argolis and the metropolitan
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
, over which the metropolitan presides. The General Hierarocratic Commissioner — akin to a western
vicar general
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or
archdeacon
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— is
Archpriest
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Vasileios (Basil) Soulandros.
The Roman Catholic name for the diocese was . It is currently listed as suppressed, but in the past was used as the name of a
titular see
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. Prior to 1882, the term used by the Catholic Church to describe this and other Orthodox dioceses formerly governed by Latin clergy was ("in the parts of the
infidel
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s"), but the term was changed by the papacy of
Pope Leo XIII
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, reportedly in response to complaints by King
George I of Greece
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Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen, and seemed destined for ...
over its offensive nature.
List of bishops and metropolitans
According to the French theologian and scholar
Michel Le Quien
Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian. He studied at Plessis College, Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made his pro ...
, these are the earliest bishops of Argos, as recorded in Greek and Latin sources:
#Perigenes
#Genethlius
#Onesimus
#Thales
#John
#Theotimus
#
Peter the Wonderworker
Saint Peter the Wonderworker or the Thaumaturge ( el, Άγιος Πέτρος ο Θαυματουργός, la, Petrus Thaumaturgus), also known as Saint Peter of Argos (Άγιος Πέτρος του Άργους) is a Christian saint, regarded as ...
#Leo
#John
#? (Name lost; recorded only in a Greek source in which he is addressed by the Patriarch of Constantinople as "The most holy Bishop of Nauplia and Argos, in the Holy Spirit..."
#Dionysius I, "Bishop of Nauplion and Argos" in a Greek source; "Bishop of the Nauplians and the Argives" in a Latin source
#Dionysius II, also Bishop of Nauplia
#? (name lost to history, recorded only as "& Metropolitan of Patras"; possibly also holding the bishopric of ''Anaplia'' (a medieval name for
Nauplia
Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...
.)
#Meletius
#Gabriel
# Basil
# Theophanes
# Macarius
# Benedict (1767), in the time of the Patriarch
Samuel of Constantinople
# Neophyte
# Dorotheus
# James Armogavles
# Gregory of Sitsovis
Monasteries
![Agia Marina Argous](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Agia_Marina_Argous.JPG)
*The Monastery of
Holy Photeine the Samaritan Woman, (9), (Male)
*The Monastery of the All-Great
Taxiarch
Taxiarch, the anglicised form of ''taxiarchos'' or ''taxiarchēs'' ( el, ταξίαρχος or ταξιάρχης) is used in the Greek language to mean "brigadier". The term derives from ''táxis'', "order", in military context "an ordered forma ...
s of Southern
Epidaurus
Epidaurus ( gr, Ἐπίδαυρος) was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the ...
(Named for the
archangels
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Ss.
Michael
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...
and
Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር ...
, generals of the
heavenly host
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The Bible gives several descriptions of angels ...
), (21), (Female)
*The Monastery of the Naive, (for the naive
Virgin Mary
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),
glebe
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or abbey farm attached to Taxiarchs, above.
*The Monastery of Blessed Theodosius the Neomartyr (17), (Female)
*The Monastery of Saint Demetrius at Karakala (13), (Female)
*The Monastery of the
Dormition of the Theotokos
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at Kalamios, (29), (Female)
*The Monastery of
Saint Marina at Argos, (6), (Female)
*The Monastery of
The Venerable Forerunner at Borsa, (5), (Female)
*The Monastery of
Life-giving Spring
The Mother of God of the Life-giving Spring or Life-giving Font (Greek: ''Ζωοδόχος Πηγή,'' ''Zoodochos Pigi'', Russian: ''Живоносный Источник'') is an epithet of the Holy Theotokos that originated with her revelation ...
- silent
cloister
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, (10), (Female)
*The Monastery of
Saint Macrina, silent cloister, (10), (Female)
Total monastics, 121.
Within geographical boundaries of the Metropolis of Argolis there exists a further monastery, the Monastery of Avgou (Saint Demetrius), which is placed under the jurisdiction of the
Metropolis of Hydra, Spetses, and Aegina.
People
*
Peter the Wonderworker
Saint Peter the Wonderworker or the Thaumaturge ( el, Άγιος Πέτρος ο Θαυματουργός, la, Petrus Thaumaturgus), also known as Saint Peter of Argos (Άγιος Πέτρος του Άργους) is a Christian saint, regarded as ...
(Saint, Bishop of Argos)
*
Grigorios Kalamaras (Ethnomartyr, Bishop of Argos and Nauplion)
*Athanasius (Metropolitan of Argos, 1869-1925)
*Agathonicus (Metropolitan of Argos, 1898-1956)
*Chrysostomos I (civil name, Tavladorakis, 1909- 6 August 1977). He was Metropolitan of Argos from 1945 to 1965, and concurrently
Metropolitan of Piraeus from 1965 to his death.
*Iakovos (James) II, (civil name, Damianos Pakhis, 1932-26 March 2013). Metropolitan from 23 November 1985 to his death.
Media
*Radio: The diocese maintains an
FM radio station
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, 105.2, which began broadcasting in 1991
*Internet: The official website is http://users.otenet.gr/~imargol1/
References
Sources
This page is a translation-in-progress from the Greek Wikipedia article, which relies upon the following sources written in the
Greek language
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.
*"Αργολικόν Ημερολόγιο 1910". Εκδιδόμενων υπό του εν Αθήναις συλλόγου των Αργείων. Εν Αθήναις, εκ του τυπογραφείου Δημ. Τερζόπουλου 1910. ("Argolic Calendar 1910". Published in Athens by the Society of Argives. At Athens, by the publisher Demetrios Terzopoulos 1910.)
*"Άργος και Ορθοδοξία στο διάβα των αιώνων", αρχιμανδρίτης Καλλίνικος Δ. Κορομπόκης, ιεροκήρυκας της Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Αργολίδος, (δημοσιεύθηκε στο Περιοδικό “Ματιές στην Αργολίδα”, τευχ. 10, Μάιος – Ιούνιος 2002) ("Argos and Orthodoxy through the Progress of the Ages." Archimadndrite Kallinikos D. Korobokis, Diocesan Homilist of the Holy Metropolis of Argolis. Published in the periodical "Eyes on Argolis," Vol. 10, May–June, 2002)
*Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος (για Μητροπόλεις) (Church of Greece webpage for the metropolises)
*Στοιχεία στην Αργολική Αρχειακή Βιβλιοθήκη Ιστορίας και Πολιτισμού (Records of the Argolic Archival Library of History and Culture)
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Argolis
Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tri ...
1st-century establishments in the Roman Empire
1st-century establishments in Greece