The Metropolis of Paramythia, Filiates, Giromeri and Parga ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Παραμυθίας, Φιλιατών, Γηρομερίου και Πάργας) is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

but

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are administered for practical reasons as part 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 ...

under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. It encompasses the

Thesprotia Prefecture Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the re ...

and the area of

Parga Parga ( el, Πάργα ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the regional unit of Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on the Ionian coast between the ...

Preveza Prefecture Preveza ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Πρέβεζας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Preveza. Geography The regional unit of Preveza is located northwest of ...

. The current Metropolitan is, since 1974, Titos Papanakos.

History

The modern metropolitan see is relatively recent, having emerged from the former Bishopric of Paramythia by an act of the

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

in 1895. The Bishopric of Paramythia itself existed since the 15th century, and was the successor to the ancient Bishopric of Buthrotum. The area has a rich ecclesiastical tradition, and has hosted several other bishoprics in the past: * the Bishopric of Euroea, attested in the 4th–8th centuries * the Bishopric of

Photice Photice or Photike ( grc, Φωτική) was a city in Epirus in the Roman and Byzantine periods. In the late Middle Ages it was known as Hagios Donatos (Ἅγιος Δονᾶτος). History The city was likely settled since Classical Antiquity, bu ...

, attested since the 5th century, became the Bishopric of Paramythia in the 18th century * the Bishopric of Buthrotum, attested since the 5th century, but transferred to Paramythia in the 15th century; the title "Bishop of Buthrotum" remained current until the 18th century * the Bishopric of Elaea, attested only in antiquity * the Bishopric of Giromeri, founded in 1800, and merged with the Bishopric of Paramythia in 1895 to form the modern metropolitan see * the Metropolis of Filiates and Giromeri, established briefly in 1924–1928

Metropolitans

Since its establishment in 1895, there have been 15 Metropolitans: # Leontios Eleftheriadis (1895-1896) # Konstantinos Mikroulis (1896-1897) # Vasileios Papachristou (1897-1900) # Kallinikos Palaiokrasas (1900-1906) # Ierotheos Anthoulidis (1906-1909) # Neofytos Kotzamanidis (1909-1924) # Ioakeim Martinianos (1924-1925) # Athenagoras Eleftheriou (1925-1932) # Georgios Misailidis (1932-1942) # Kyrillos Karbaliotis (1942-1943) # Dorotheos Naskaris (1943-1952) # Dorotheos Vasilas (1952-1957) # Titos Matthaiakis (1957-1968) # Pavlos Karvelis (1968-1974) # Titos Papanakos (1974-)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramythia Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Greece Thesprotia Preveza (regional unit) 1895 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Metropolises without suffragan dioceses