Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Italy | |
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Orthodox | |
Location | |
Country | Italy and San Marino |
Headquarters | Venice |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 80 |
Information | |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 1991 |
Cathedral | San Giorgio dei Greci |
Secular priests | 50 |
Language | Greek and Italian |
Current leadership | |
Parent church | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
Governance | Episcopal |
Patriarch | Bartholomew I of Constantinople |
Metropolitan | Polykarpos Stavropoulos |
Auxiliary Bishops |
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Vicar General | Archimandrite Vissarion Vakaros |
Website | |
ortodossia.it/ |
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Overview |
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy (and Malta from 2005[citation needed] until the creation of the Exarchate of Malta in 2021),[1] officially the Sacred Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe (Italian: Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d'Italia ed Esarcato per l'Europa Meridionale), is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople with its see in Venice.[2] The diocese was created in 1991.
The current archbishop and exarch is Polykarpos Stavropoulos.[3]