Metropolis of Thessaloniki Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Thessaloniki |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 43 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Saint Gregory Palamas Metropolitan Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Filotheos Theocharis |
Website | |
https://www.imth.gr |
The Metropolis of Thessaloniki (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan see based in the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the so-called "New Lands", belonging to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but being administered by the Church of Greece. The see traces its history to its foundation by the Apostle Paul in the 1st century. Since 2023, the incumbent metropolitan is Filotheos Theocharis .