Metropolis of Kos and Nisyros
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The metropolis of Kos and Nisyros (also: Greek Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κώου και Νισύρου Iera Mitropolis Koou kai Nisyrou "Holy Metropolis of Kos and Nisyros" ) is an ecclesiastical province of the Dodecanese and includes the islands of Kos and Nisyros . The metropolis of Kos and Nisyros is not subordinate to the Church of Greece , but directly to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , like the other metropolitans of the Dodecanese in the southeastern part of the Aegean , the Church of Crete and the monasteries on Mount Athos . These ecclesiastical metropolises have been based on the Church of Greece since 1946, but under canon law they are still directly subordinate to the Ecumenical Patriarch.
The seat of the Metropolitan and Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros is the Cathedral of Kos and Nisyros in the city of Kos . There are 26 parishes, 100 churches and chapels and 16 monasteries in the metropolitan area.
history
The apostle Paul is considered the founder of the Christian church on Kos. He is said to have traveled via Kos on his return trip to Jerusalem . It is not known exactly when the first Christian community was founded on Kos or on Nisyros. Melifronas is considered to be the first church head of the Christian community on Kos . The first Christian church organization on Nisyros is said to have been founded around the middle of the 9th century.
On April 11, 1838, the metropolis of Kos was from Patriarch Gregory VI. founded.
Until 2004, this metropolis was only referred to as the Metropolis of Kos, as it only included the island of Kos. In 2004 the island of Nisyros was canonically merged with Kos and the metropolis was given its current name.
From December 1982 to 2009 Emilianos Zacharopoulos was Metropolitan of Kos. He retired due to age in 2009 and has been Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros Nathaniel Diakopanagiotis since 2009 (consecrated on March 6, 2009 in Istanbul / Constantinople ).
literature
- Dimitrios Moschos: The Church of Hellas . In: Thomas Bremer , Hacik Rafi Gazer , Christian Lange (ed.): The orthodox churches of the Byzantine tradition . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-534-23816-3 , pp. 77-84 .