The Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Λαρίσης και Τυρνάβου) is a
Greek Orthodox
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metropolitan see
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* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a t ...
in
Thessaly
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...
,
Greece
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.
History
Christianity penetrated early to
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
, though its first bishop is recorded only in 325 at the
Council of Nicaea.
Saint Achillius of Larissa, of the 4th century, is celebrated for numerous
miracle
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divin ...
s.
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 ...
cites twenty-nine bishops from the 4th to the 18th centuries.
In the
Ecumenical Council of Ephesus
The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperors, Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus deci ...
in 431, the Bishop of Larissa is already mentioned as
metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.
Originally, the term referred to the b ...
of Thessaly, and some of his
suffragans
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 jurisdiction ...
who participated in the council were the
bishops of Pharsalus,
Lamia
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,
Thessalian Thebes,
Echinos
Echinos ( el, Εχίνος; bg, Шахин, ''Shahin''; tr, Şahin) is a village and a community in the municipality Myki. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Myki, of which it was a municipal district. T ...
, Hypate (
Ypati
Ypati ( el, Υπάτη) is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, central peninsular Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an a ...
), Kaisareia, and
Demetrias
Demetrias ( grc, Δημητριάς) was a Greek city in Magnesia in ancient Thessaly (east central Greece), situated at the head of the Pagasaean Gulf, near the modern city of Volos.
History
It was founded in 294 BCE by Demetrius Polior ...
. Some time between 730 and 751, the Church in Thessaly, along with the rest of the
Illyricum, were transferred from the jurisdiction of the
Pope
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, map_caption ...
to that of the
Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...
. Bishop Vigilantius attended the
Council of Chalcedon
The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bith ...
.
In the middle Byzantine period, the ''
Notitiae Episcopatuum The ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' (singular: ''Notitia Episcopatuum'') are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church.
In the Roman Church (the -mostly Lati ...
'' show Larissa with ten suffragan sees; these were in order Demetrias, Pharsalus,
Thaumakos
Thaumaci or Thaumacus ( grc, Θαυμακοί or Θαυμακός, Thaumakoi/Thaumakos), was a town and polis (city-state) of Phthiotis in Ancient Thessaly, was situated on the pass called Coela, on the road from Thermopylae and the Maliac Gulf ...
, Zetouni (Lamia),
Ezeros,
Loidoriki
Lidoriki ( el, Λιδωρίκι, Katharevousa: Λιδωρίκιον) is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dorida, of which it is the seat and a municipal uni ...
,
Trikke
The Trikke works by shifting body weight
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,
Echinus,
Kolydros, and
Stagoi. Before the turn of the 10th century, Larissa also controlled
Neopatras
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and the
Spercheios
The Spercheios (, ''Sperkheiós''), also known as the Spercheus from its Latin name, is a river in Phthiotis in central Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . It was worshipped as a god in the ancient Greek religion and appears in some c ...
valley, but sometime before 900 it was raised to a separate metropolis, while Pharsalus was likewise raised before 900 to the rank of an autonomous archbishopric. In ca. 1020, Stagoi was ceded for a time to the
Archbishopric of Ohrid
The Archbishopric of Ohrid, also known as the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid
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.
Subsequently, the number of suffragans increased and about the year 1175 under the Emperor
Manuel I Comnenus
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, it reached twenty-eight.
Following the
Fourth Crusade
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and Thessaly's incorporation into the
Kingdom of Thessalonica
The Kingdom of Thessalonica () was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade over conquered Byzantine lands in Macedonia and Thessaly.
History
Background
After the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204, Bonifac ...
, a
Roman Catholic archbishop was installed in the place of the previous
Greek Orthodox
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metropolitan. The city was soon recovered by the Greek
Despotate of Epirus
The Despotate of Epirus ( gkm, Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. It claim ...
, however, possibly as early as 1212, and the Greek Orthodox metropolitan restored. At the close of the 15th century, under the Turkish domination, there were only ten suffragan sees, which gradually grew less and finally disappeared.
In 1881, Thessaly
was ceded to Greece. In 1900, the see of
Farsala
Farsala ( el, Φάρσαλα), known in Antiquity as Pharsalos ( grc, Φάρσαλος, la, Pharsalus), is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. ...
and
Platamon
Platamon, or Platamonas (, ''Platamónas''), is a town and sea-side resort in south Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. Platamon has a population of about 2,000 permanent inhabitants. It is part of the Municipal unit of East Olympos of the Dio-Olym ...
was united with Larissa, which became the Metropolis of Larissa and Platamon. Since the 1970s, the see has borne its current title.
Known bishops
St. Achillius.
The late Metropolitan of Larisa, Ignatios.
*St.
Achillius of Larissa
Saint Achillius of Larissa, also known as Achilles, Ailus, Achillas, or Achilius ( el, Άγιος Αχίλλειος, ''Ágios Achílleios'') (died 330 AD), was a 4th century bishop of Larissa and one of the 318 persons present at the First Counc ...
, first archbishop and
patron saint
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of
Larisa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
c. 4th century
* Julian of Larissa, attended the
Council of Ephesus
The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church th ...
.
*Jeremias II ?–733
* Thomas, Metropolitan of Larissa 1264
* Nikandros, Metropolitan of Larissa 1278–83
* Kyprianos, Metropolitan of Larissa 1318–?
*
Antony, Metropolitan of Larissa 1340–62
* Neilos, Metropolitan of Larissa 1371–88
* Joasaph, Metropolitan of Larissa 1392/3
*
St.
Bessarion II, Bishop of Larissa 1526/7–40
*
Neophytus II, Bishop of Larissa 1550–68
* Patriarch
Jeremias II of Constantinople
Jeremias II Tranos (c. 1536 – 4 September 1595) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times between 1572 and 1595. Life
Jeremias Tranos was born in Anchialos, from an influential Greek family. The exact date of birth is not kno ...
, Bishop of Larissa ca. 1568–72
* Patriarch
Metrophanes III of Constantinople, Bishop of Larissa ca. 1572
*
Dionysius the Philosopher
Dionysios Philosophos (Διονύσιος ο Φιλόσοφος, Dionysios the Philosopher) or Skylosophos ( el, Διονύσιος ο Σκυλόσοφος; c. 1541–1611), "the Dog-Philosopher" or "Dogwise" ("skylosophist"), as called by his r ...
, Bishop of Larissa 1592–1611
* Patriarch
Paisius I of Constantinople
Paisius I (? – c. 1688) was a two-time Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (August 1, 1652 – April 1653, March 1654 – March 1655). He was previously Bishop of Ephesus and Larissa.Dates selon Venance Grumel, ''Traité d'études byzanti ...
, Bishop of Larissa ?–1652
* Patriarch
Dionysius III of Constantinople, Bishop of Larissa 1652–62
* Patriarch
Dionysius IV of Constantinople
Dionysius IV Mouselimes (? – 23 September 1696) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for five times, in 1671–73, 1676–79, 1682–84, 1686–87, and 1693–94. He was born in Istanbul, where he grew up. He studied at the Phanar Gre ...
, Bishop of Larissa 1662–71
* Patriarch
James of Constantinople
James (? – 1700) was 3-time Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New R ...
, Bishop of Larissa ?–1679
* Iakovos II 1734–1749
* Patriarch
Meletius II of Constantinople
Meletius II ( el, Μελέτιος Β΄; died 5 January 1780) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1768–1769.
He was born in Tenedos. From 1750 until 1768, he served as metropolitan bishop of Larissa and then was ...
, Bishop of Larissa 1750–68
*
Polykarpos Bithikoukis Polykarpos Bithikoukis, surnamed Dardaios ( sq, Polikarp Boçi (Vithëkuqi) Dardhari, el, Πολύκαρπος Μπιθικούκης ο Δαρδαίος), was the Metropolitan of Larissa in 1811–18 and 1820–21.
An Albanian from Dardhë, he w ...
, Metropolitan of Larissa 1811–18
*
Polykarpos Bithikoukis Polykarpos Bithikoukis, surnamed Dardaios ( sq, Polikarp Boçi (Vithëkuqi) Dardhari, el, Πολύκαρπος Μπιθικούκης ο Δαρδαίος), was the Metropolitan of Larissa in 1811–18 and 1820–21.
An Albanian from Dardhë, he w ...
, Metropolitan of Larissa 1820–21
* St. Dionysios VII Kalliarchis, 1821
* Patriarch
Anthimus IV of Constantinople, Bishop of Larissa 1835–37
* Patriarch
Joachim IV of Constantinople
Joachim IV (5 July 1837 – 15 February 1887) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1884 to 1886.
See also
* List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
1837 births
1887 deaths
Clergy from Chios
Bishops of Lariss ...
, Bishop of Larissa 1870–75
* Archbishop
Dorotheus of Athens
Dorotheus ( el, Δωρόθεος, secular name Ioannis Kottaras el, Ιωάννης Κοτταράς) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1956 to 1957. He was born in Hydra in 1888 and studied theology at the University of Athens, from ...
, Bishop of Larissa and Tyrnavos 1935–56
*
Demetrios Bekiaris 1989–91
*
Ignatios Lappas
Ignatios Lappas (1 January 1946 – 26 June 2018) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop who served as the Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos, located in Thessaly, from 25 May 1994 until his death on 26 June 2018.
Metropolitan Ignatios Lappas ...
1994–June 26, 2018 (died in office)
Holy Metropolis of Larisa and Tyrnavos Website
References
Sources
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External links
Official website
{{Dioceses of Greece
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
Thessaly