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The Metropolis of Kastoria (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Καστοριάς) is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.^{[note 1]}

Kastoria is also a Latin Catholic titular see, and in the early 20th century hosted a Bulgarian Orthodox bishopric.

History

At first a suffragan of Thebes,^[2] the bishopric was, at least by the reign of Basil II in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of the Archbishopric of Ohrid. Le Quien mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the East–West Schism: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas;^[3] but that list can easily be extended.^[4]

In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a Bulgarian Orthodox bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches.^[4]

Today, for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Church of Greece the see is the Metropolis of Kastoria and Exarchate for Upper Macedonia, in the so-called "New Lands" of Greece.^[5]^[6]

On October 3, 2019 the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria, at the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim (Papakostas) of Kastoria,^[7]^[8]^[9] including the following:^{[note 2]}

New Martyr Markos Markoulis of Kleisoura, Kastoria, hanged in Argos Orestiko (1598)
New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in Kastoria (1696)
New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the Hagarenes in the Acarnania region.
New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria (gr) (1902)^[10]
New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), Protosyncellus of Metropolitan Germanos Karavangelis (1921)^{[note 3]}

The "Synaxis of the Saints of Kastoria" is a moveable feast that is held on the Third Sunday of November.^[11]

Greek Orthodox Metropolitans

Kallinikos (Georgatos) 2021^[12]^[13]

Seraphim (Papakostas) 1996–2020^[14]
Gregorios III (Papoutsopoulos) 1985-1996^[15]
Gregorios II (Maistros) 1974-1985^[16]
Dorotheos (Giannaropoulos) 1958-1973^[17]
Nikiphoros II (Papasideris) 1936-1958^[18]
Ioakeim (Leptidis) 1911-1931^[19]
Ioakeim (Vaxevanidis) 1908-1911^[20]
Germanos (Karavangelis) 1900-1908^[21]
Athanasios (Kapouralis) 1899-1900
Philaretos (Vafeidis) 1889-1899
Gregorios (Drakopoulos) 1888-1889
Kyrillos (Dimitriadis) 1882-1888
Constantine (Isaakidis) 1880-1882
Hilarion 1874-1879
Nicephorus I 1841-1874
Athanasions (Mitilinaios) 1836-1841

Active Greek Orthodox Monasteries

For men

Dormition of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Mavriotissa^[22]
Agion Anargyroi Melissotopos^[23]
Agia Paraskevi Vasileiadou^{[note 4]}
Agios Georgios Eptahoriou^{[note 5]}

For women

Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin of Kleisoura^{[note 6]}
Saint Nicholas Tsirilovou^{[note 7]}
Panagias Faneromenis^{[note 8]}
Monastery of St. George Melanthiou^{[note 9]}

Latin bishopric

Some ten Latin bishops of Castoria are known from the 13th to the 15th centuries.^[4]^[24]

Latin titular see

Castoria is listed by the Catholic Church as a titular bishopric since the 15th century.^[2]

It is vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :

Silvestro de Benedetti, OSBVall (1432.01.23 – ?)
Francis Sexello, OFM (1507.01.07 – ?)
Juan López (1520.09.22 – ?)
François Daussayo, OESA (1531.03.18 – ?)
Gedeon van der Gracht (1536.01.10 – ?)
Charles Pinello, OESA (1546.04.16 – ?)
Esteban de Esmir (1639.04.03 – 1641.01.05)
Johannes van Neercassel, CO (1662.06.23 – 1686.06.06)
Gioachino Maria de’ Oldo (1725.03.03 – 1726.12.09)
Bishop-elect Paolino Sandulli, OSB (1727.03.17 – ?)
John Mary of St. Thomas Albertini, OCD (1780.12.23 – 1783?)
Charles Lamothe, MEP (1793.02.05 – 1816.05.22)
Jean-Jacques Guérard, MEP (1816.05.23 – 1823.06.18)
Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1820.05.29 – 1844.07.25)
Jean-François Ollivier, MEP (1824.04.06 – 1827.05.27)
Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, MEP (1828.03.21 – 1838.07.05)
John Fennelly (1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23)
Johann Jakob Kraft (1868.09.24 – 1884.06.09)
Francesco Gašparić (1884.11.13 – 1897)
Gaspar Felicjan Cyrtowt (1897.07.21 – 1910.04.07)
Marie-Augustine Chapuis, MEP (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21)
Ferenc Gossman (1913.07.01 – 1931.10.11)
Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1931.12.15 – 1943.02.21)
Stanislas Courbe (1943.06.22 – 1971.04.22)

Notes

^ "Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "New Lands" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current Greek Constitution), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."^[1]
^ The resolution of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
(in Greek) α) Ἀπεφασίσθη, τῇ εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς, κατόπιν θεωρήσεως τοῦ ἁρμοδίως διαβιβασθέντος τῇ Μητρί Ἐκκλησίᾳ σχετικοῦ αἰτήματος τοῦ Σεβ. Μητροπολίτου Καστορίας κ. Σεραφείμ, ἡ ἀναγραφή εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τῶν μαρτυρικῶς τελειωθέντων ὑπέρ τῆς ἀμωμήτου ἡμῶν πίστεως: α) Μάρκου Πέτρου Μαρκούλη ἐκ Κλεισούρας, β) Νούλτζου ἐκ Καστορίας, καί τῶν σύν αὐτῷ ἀθλησάντων, γ) Γεωργίου τοῦ ἐκ Καστορίας, δ) ἱερέως Βασιλείου Καλαπαλίκη, ἐφημερίου Χιλιοδεντρίου Καστορίας καί ε) Ἀρχιμανδρίτου Πλάτωνος Ἀϊβαζίδη.^[7]
^
Platon was hanged by the Turks on September 21, 1921.
- See: (in Greek) Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
^ (in Greek) Αγίας Παρασκευής Βασιλειάδος.
^ (in Greek) Αγίου Γεωργίου Επταχωρίου.
^ (in Greek) Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Κλεισούρας.
^ (in Greek) Αγίου Νικολάου Τσιριλόβου.
^ (in Greek) Παναγίας Φανερωμένης.
^ (in Greek) Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Μελανθίου.

References

^ Victor Roudometof. Greek Orthodoxy, Territoriality, and Globality: Religious Responses and Institutional Disputes. Report. Sociology of Religion. Vol. 69 No. 1. 22 March 2008. Pg. 67(25). ISSN 1069-4404.
^ ^a ^b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 862
^ Le Quien, Michel (1740). Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus secundus, in quo Illyricum Orientale ad Patriarchatum Constantinopolitanum pertinens, Patriarchatus Alexandrinus & Antiochenus, magnæque Chaldæorum & Jacobitarum Diœceses exponuntur (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 315–316. OCLC 955922747.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)
^ "New Lands" of Greece Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Holy Metropolis of Kastoria
^ ^a ^b (in Greek) Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου. ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.
^ (in Greek) Αναγραφή νέων Αγίων στους αγιολογικούς δέλτους της Εκκλησίας. ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥΣΙΑ. 3 Οκτωβρίου 2019. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.
^ SEVEN NEW MARTYRS OF KASTORIA CANONIZED BY PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, October 9, 2019.
^ (in Greek) Ιερά Αγρυπνία για τον Άγιο Νεομάρτυρα Βασίλειο του Χιλιοδένδρου [ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ]. Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. 07 Φεβρουάριος 2020. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.
^ (in Greek) Αγιολογία. Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.
^ "Νέος Μητροπολίτης Καστορίας ο Αρχιμ. Καλλίνικος Γεωργάτος". OlaDeka (in Greek). 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^ "Στις 13/11 η Ενθρόνιση του νέου Μητροπολίτη Καστορίας". Ορθοδοξία News Agency (in Greek). 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^ (in Greek) Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ (in Greek) Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Η Ιστορία της Ιεράς Μονής Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας στην Καστοριά". SENTRA (in Greek). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^ "Η Μονή Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσότοπου Καστοριάς". Visit Western Macedonia (in Greek). 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, p. 172; vol. 2, p. 120; vol. 3 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 157; vol. 4, p. 139; vol. 5, p. 148; vol. 6, p. 153; vol. 7, p. 140; vol. 8, pp. 190–191

Bibliography

Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.

External links

(in Greek) Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. (Metropolis of Kastoria).

[2] "Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "New Lands" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current Greek Constitution), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."^[1]

[11] The resolution of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
(in Greek) α) Ἀπεφασίσθη, τῇ εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς, κατόπιν θεωρήσεως τοῦ ἁρμοδίως διαβιβασθέντος τῇ Μητρί Ἐκκλησίᾳ σχετικοῦ αἰτήματος τοῦ Σεβ. Μητροπολίτου Καστορίας κ. Σεραφείμ, ἡ ἀναγραφή εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τῶν μαρτυρικῶς τελειωθέντων ὑπέρ τῆς ἀμωμήτου ἡμῶν πίστεως: α) Μάρκου Πέτρου Μαρκούλη ἐκ Κλεισούρας, β) Νούλτζου ἐκ Καστορίας, καί τῶν σύν αὐτῷ ἀθλησάντων, γ) Γεωργίου τοῦ ἐκ Καστορίας, δ) ἱερέως Βασιλείου Καλαπαλίκη, ἐφημερίου Χιλιοδεντρίου Καστορίας καί ε) Ἀρχιμανδρίτου Πλάτωνος Ἀϊβαζίδη.^[7]

[13] Platon was hanged by the Turks on September 21, 1921.
See: (in Greek) Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).

[4] See: (in Greek) Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).

[27] (in Greek) Αγίας Παρασκευής Βασιλειάδος.

[28] (in Greek) Αγίου Γεωργίου Επταχωρίου.

[29] (in Greek) Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Κλεισούρας.

[30] (in Greek) Αγίου Νικολάου Τσιριλόβου.

[31] (in Greek) Παναγίας Φανερωμένης.

[32] (in Greek) Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Μελανθίου.

[1] Victor Roudometof. Greek Orthodoxy, Territoriality, and Globality: Religious Responses and Institutional Disputes. Report. Sociology of Religion. Vol. 69 No. 1. 22 March 2008. Pg. 67(25). ISSN 1069-4404.

[AP-3] Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 862

[4] Le Quien, Michel (1740). Oriens Christianus, in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus: quo exhibentur ecclesiæ, patriarchæ, cæterique præsules totius Orientis. Tomus secundus, in quo Illyricum Orientale ad Patriarchatum Constantinopolitanum pertinens, Patriarchatus Alexandrinus & Antiochenus, magnæque Chaldæorum & Jacobitarum Diœceses exponuntur (in Latin). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia. cols. 315–316. OCLC 955922747.

[CE-5] Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)

[6] "New Lands" of Greece Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Holy Metropolis of Kastoria

[ROMFEA-EP-8] (in Greek) Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου. ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.

[9] (in Greek) Αναγραφή νέων Αγίων στους αγιολογικούς δέλτους της Εκκλησίας. ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥΣΙΑ. 3 Οκτωβρίου 2019. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.

[10] SEVEN NEW MARTYRS OF KASTORIA CANONIZED BY PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, October 9, 2019.

[12] (in Greek) Ιερά Αγρυπνία για τον Άγιο Νεομάρτυρα Βασίλειο του Χιλιοδένδρου [ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ]. Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. 07 Φεβρουάριος 2020. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.

[14] (in Greek) Αγιολογία. Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.

[15] "Νέος Μητροπολίτης Καστορίας ο Αρχιμ. Καλλίνικος Γεωργάτος". OlaDeka (in Greek). 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[16] "Στις 13/11 η Ενθρόνιση του νέου Μητροπολίτη Καστορίας". Ορθοδοξία News Agency (in Greek). 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[17] (in Greek) Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[18] (in Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[19] (in Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[20] (in Greek) Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[21] (in Greek) Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[22] (in Greek) Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[23] (in Greek) Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[24] (in Greek) Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[25] "Η Ιστορία της Ιεράς Μονής Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας στην Καστοριά". SENTRA (in Greek). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[26] "Η Μονή Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσότοπου Καστοριάς". Visit Western Macedonia (in Greek). 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[33] Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, p. 172; vol. 2, p. 120; vol. 3 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 157; vol. 4, p. 139; vol. 5, p. 148; vol. 6, p. 153; vol. 7, p. 140; vol. 8, pp. 190–191

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-The '''Metropolis of Kastoria''' ({{lang-el|Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς}}),<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/ Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς].'' Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref> is one of the metropolises of the [[Church_of_Greece#Metropolises_and_Metropolitans_of_the_New_Lands|New Lands in Greece]] that are within the jurisdiction of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] but [[de facto]] are administered for practical reasons as part of the [[Church of Greece]] under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.{{#tag:ref|"Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople#Metropolises of the New Lands (in Greece)|New Lands]]" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current [[Constitution of Greece|Greek Constitution]]), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."<ref>Victor Roudometof. ''Greek Orthodoxy, Territoriality, and Globality: Religious Responses and Institutional Disputes. Report.'' '''Sociology of Religion'''. Vol. 69 No. 1. 22 March 2008. Pg. 67(25). ISSN: 1069-4404.</ref>|group=note}}
+[[File:Metropolis_of_Kastoria.jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right]]The '''Metropolis of Kastoria''' ({{langx|el|Ιερά Μητρόπολις Καστοριάς}}) is one of the metropolises of the [[Church of Greece#Metropolises and Metropolitans of the New Lands|New Lands in Greece]] that are within the jurisdiction of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] but [[de facto]] are administered for practical reasons as part of the [[Church of Greece]] under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.{{#tag:ref|"Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople#Metropolises of the New Lands (in Greece)|New Lands]]" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current [[Constitution of Greece|Greek Constitution]]), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."<ref>Victor Roudometof. ''Greek Orthodoxy, Territoriality, and Globality: Religious Responses and Institutional Disputes. Report.'' '''Sociology of Religion'''. Vol. 69 No. 1. 22 March 2008. Pg. 67(25). {{ISSN|1069-4404}}.</ref>|group=note}}
+[[Kastoria]] is also a [[Latin Church|Latin Catholic]] [[titular see]], and in the early 20th century hosted a [[Bulgarian Orthodox]] bishopric.
-The town of '''[[Castoria]]''' or '''[[Kastoria]]''' in northern [[Greece]] is or historically has been an [[episcopal see]] of various [[Christian church]]es.
-==History==
+== History ==
-At first a [[suffragan]] of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]],<ref name=AP>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 862</ref> the bishopric was, at least by the reign of [[Basil II]] in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of [[Archbishopric of Ohrid|Achrida]]. [[Lequien]] mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the [[East–West Schism]]: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas;<ref>Michel Lequien, [http://books.google.com/books?id=86weAemI-e4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''], Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 315-316</ref> but that list can easily be extended.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03414b.htm Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1908)]</ref>
+At first a [[suffragan]] of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]],<ref name=AP>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 862</ref> the bishopric was, at least by the reign of [[Basil II]] in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of the [[Archbishopric of Ohrid]]. [[Le Quien]] mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the [[East–West Schism]]: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas;<ref>{{Oriens Christianus|volume=2|at=cols. 315–316}}</ref> but that list can easily be extended.<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03414b.htm Sophrone Pétridès, "Castoria" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1908)]</ref>
-Some ten [[Latin Rite|Latin]] bishops of Castoria are known from the 13th to the 15th centuries,<ref name=CE/><ref>Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002716&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 1], p.&nbsp;172; [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002717&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 2], p.&nbsp;120; [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002718&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 3], p.&nbsp;157; [http://www.archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/139/mode/1up vol. 4], p.&nbsp;139; [http://www.archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft#page/148/mode/1up vol. 5], p.&nbsp;148; [http://www.archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol06eubeuoft#page/153/mode/1up vol. 6], p.&nbsp;153; vol. 7, p.&nbsp;140; vol. 8, pp.&nbsp;190–191</ref> and Castoria is now listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a [[titular see]].<ref name=AP/>
-In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian]] bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches.<ref name=CE/>
+In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Bulgarian Orthodox]] bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches.<ref name=CE/>
-Today, for the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] and the [[Church of Greece]] the see is the '''Metropolis of Kastoria and [[Exarchate]] for [[Upper Macedonia]]''', in the so-called "New Lands" of Greece.<ref>[http://www.patriarchate.org/pastoralhealthcare/metropolises-programs/metropolises/greece/newlands "New Lands" of Greece]</ref><ref>[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Kastoria.html Holy Metropolis of Kastoria]</ref>
+Today, for the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] and the [[Church of Greece]] the see is the '''Metropolis of Kastoria and [[Exarchate]] for [[Upper Macedonia]]''', in the so-called "New Lands" of Greece.<ref>[http://www.patriarchate.org/pastoralhealthcare/metropolises-programs/metropolises/greece/newlands "New Lands" of Greece] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110162040/http://www.patriarchate.org/pastoralhealthcare/metropolises-programs/metropolises/greece/newlands |date=2014-01-10 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Kastoria.html Holy Metropolis of Kastoria]</ref>
+On October 3, 2019 the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria, at the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim (Papakostas) of Kastoria,<ref name=ROMFEA-EP>{{in lang|el}} ''[https://www.romfea.gr/oikoumeniko-patriarxeio/32048-oi-apofaseis-tis-agias-kai-ieras-sunodou-tou-oikoumenikou-patriarxeiou Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου].'' ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.</ref><ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[https://www.pemptousia.gr/2019/10/anagrafi-neon-agion-stous-agiologikous-deltous-tis-ekklisias/ Αναγραφή νέων Αγίων στους αγιολογικούς δέλτους της Εκκλησίας].'' ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥΣΙΑ. 3 Οκτωβρίου 2019. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.</ref><ref>''[https://orthochristian.com/124537.html SEVEN NEW MARTYRS OF KASTORIA CANONIZED BY PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE].'' Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, October 9, 2019.</ref> including the following:{{#tag:ref|The resolution of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
-==List of Metropolitans==
+<blockquote>{{in lang|el}} α) Ἀπεφασίσθη, τῇ εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς, κατόπιν θεωρήσεως τοῦ ἁρμοδίως διαβιβασθέντος τῇ Μητρί Ἐκκλησίᾳ σχετικοῦ αἰτήματος τοῦ Σεβ. Μητροπολίτου Καστορίας κ. Σεραφείμ, ἡ ἀναγραφή εἰς τό Ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τῶν μαρτυρικῶς τελειωθέντων ὑπέρ τῆς ἀμωμήτου ἡμῶν πίστεως: α) Μάρκου Πέτρου Μαρκούλη ἐκ Κλεισούρας, β) Νούλτζου ἐκ Καστορίας, καί τῶν σύν αὐτῷ ἀθλησάντων, γ) Γεωργίου τοῦ ἐκ Καστορίας, δ) ἱερέως Βασιλείου Καλαπαλίκη, ἐφημερίου Χιλιοδεντρίου Καστορίας καί ε) Ἀρχιμανδρίτου Πλάτωνος Ἀϊβαζίδη.<ref name=ROMFEA-EP/></blockquote>|group=note}}
-* Seraphim (Papakostas) 1996 - present<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/viografiko-mitropolitou-kastorias Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
-* Gregorios III (Papoutsopoulos) 1985-1996<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/961-grigorios-o-g-papoutsopoulos Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος)].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+:* New Martyr Markos Markoulis of [[Kleisoura, Kastoria]], hanged in [[Argos Orestiko]] (1598)
-* Gregorios II (Maistros) 1974-1985<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/960-grigorios-o-b-maistros Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος)].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+:* New Martyr Ioannis Noultzos, martyred together with his brother and brother-in-law in [[Kastoria]] (1696)
-* Dorotheos (Giannaropoulos) 1958-1973<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/959-dorotheos-giannaropoulos Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+:* New Martyr George of Kastoria, martyred by the [[Hagarenes]] in the [[Acarnania]] region.
-* Nikiphoros II (Papasideris) 1936-1958<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/958-nikiforos-papasideris Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+:* New Hieromartyr Vasilios Kalapaliki, priest of Chiliodendro, Kastoria ('''<small>[[:el:Χιλιόδενδρο Καστοριάς|gr]]</small>''') (1902)<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[https://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/enimerosi/anakoinoseis/item/3401-iera-agrypnia-gia-ton-agio-neomartyra-vasileio-tou-xiliodendrou-anakoinosi Ιερά Αγρυπνία για τον Άγιο Νεομάρτυρα Βασίλειο του Χιλιοδένδρου [ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ]].'' Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. 07 Φεβρουάριος 2020. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.</ref>
-* Ioakeim (Leptidis) 1911-1931<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/957-ioakeim-leptidis Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+:* New Hieromartyr Archimandrite Platon (Aivazidis), [[Protosyncellus]] of Metropolitan [[Germanos Karavangelis]] (1921){{#tag:ref|Platon was hanged by the Turks on [[September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|September 21]], 1921.
-* Ioakeim (Vaxevanidis) 1908-1911<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/956-ioakeim-vaksevanidis Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+* See: {{in lang|el}} '''[[:el:Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης|Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης]].''' Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).|group=note}}
-* [[Germanos Karavangelis|Germanos (Karavangelis)]] 1900-1908<ref>{{gr icon}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/955-germanos-karavaggelis Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης].'' Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Καστοριάς. Retrieved 20 May, 2014.</ref>
+The "Synaxis of the Saints of Kastoria" is a moveable feast that is held on the ''Third Sunday of November''.<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[https://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/iera-mitropoli/agiologia Αγιολογία].'' Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.</ref>
+== Greek Orthodox Metropolitans==
+* Kallinikos (Georgatos) 2021<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-10-08|title=Νέος Μητροπολίτης Καστορίας ο Αρχιμ. Καλλίνικος Γεωργάτος|url=https://oladeka.com/2021/10/%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%b7%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%af%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%af%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%bf-%ce%b1%cf%81%cf%87%ce%b9%ce%bc-%ce%ba/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=OlaDeka|language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-06|title=Στις 13/11 η Ενθρόνιση του νέου Μητροπολίτη Καστορίας|url=https://www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr/mitropolitiko_ergo/ι-μ-καστορίας/stis-13-11-i-enthronisi-tou-neou-mitropoliti-kastorias/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Ορθοδοξία News Agency|language=el}}</ref>
+* Seraphim (Papakostas) 1996–2020<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/viografiko-mitropolitou-kastorias Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Gregorios III (Papoutsopoulos) 1985-1996<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/961-grigorios-o-g-papoutsopoulos Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος)].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Gregorios II (Maistros) 1974-1985<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/960-grigorios-o-b-maistros Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος)].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Dorotheos (Giannaropoulos) 1958-1973<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/959-dorotheos-giannaropoulos Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Nikiphoros II (Papasideris) 1936-1958<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/958-nikiforos-papasideris Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Ioakeim (Leptidis) 1911-1931<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/957-ioakeim-leptidis Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* Ioakeim (Vaxevanidis) 1908-1911<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/956-ioakeim-vaksevanidis Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
+* [[Germanos Karavangelis|Germanos (Karavangelis)]] 1900-1908<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.imkastorias.gr/index.php/o-mitropolitis/prokatoxoi/item/955-germanos-karavaggelis Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης].'' Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.</ref>
 * Athanasios (Kapouralis) 1899-1900
 * [[:el:Φιλάρετος Βαφείδης|Philaretos (Vafeidis)]] 1889-1899
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 * Athanasions (Mitilinaios) 1836-1841
-==Active Monasteries==
+== Active Greek Orthodox Monasteries==
 ===For men===
-* Dormition of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Mavriotissa{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου - Παναγία Μαυριώτισσα.|group=note}}
+* Dormition of the Virgin Mary - Panagia Mavriotissa<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2016-07-29|title=Η Ιστορία της Ιεράς Μονής Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας στην Καστοριά|url=https://sentra.com.gr/i-istoria-ti-iera-moni-panagia-mayriotissa-stin-kastoria/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=SENTRA|language=el}}</ref>
-* Agion Anargyroi Melissotopos{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσοτόπου.|group=note}}
+* Agion Anargyroi Melissotopos<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-02|title=Η Μονή Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσότοπου Καστοριάς|url=https://www.visitwestmacedonia.gr/%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%b1/%ce%bc%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%ae-%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%af%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b3%cf%8d%cf%81%cf%89%ce%bd/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Visit Western Macedonia|language=el}}</ref>
-* Agia Paraskevi Vasileiadou{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Αγίας Παρασκευής Βασιλειάδος.|group=note}}
-* Agios Georgios Eptahoriou{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Αγίου Γεωργίου Επταχωρίου.|group=note}}
+* Agia Paraskevi Vasileiadou{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Αγίας Παρασκευής Βασιλειάδος.|group=note}}
+* Agios Georgios Eptahoriou{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Αγίου Γεωργίου Επταχωρίου.|group=note}}
 ===For women===
-* Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin of [[Kleisoura, Kastoria|Kleisoura]]{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Κλεισούρας.|group=note}}
-* Saint Nicholas Tsirilovou{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Αγίου Νικολάου Τσιριλόβου.|group=note}}
-* Panagias Faneromenis{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Παναγίας Φανερωμένης.|group=note}}
-* Monastery of St. George Melanthiou{{#tag:ref|{{gr icon}} Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Μελανθίου.|group=note}}
+* Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin of [[Kleisoura, Kastoria|Kleisoura]]{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Ιερά Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Κλεισούρας.|group=note}}
-==Notes==
+* Saint Nicholas Tsirilovou{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Αγίου Νικολάου Τσιριλόβου.|group=note}}
+* Panagias Faneromenis{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Παναγίας Φανερωμένης.|group=note}}
+* Monastery of St. George Melanthiou{{#tag:ref|{{in lang|el}} Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Μελανθίου.|group=note}}
+== Latin bishopric ==
+Some ten [[Latin liturgical rites|Latin]] bishops of Castoria are known from the 13th to the 15th centuries.<ref name=CE/><ref>Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002716&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709140633/http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002716&mediaType=application%2Fpdf |date=2019-07-09 }}, p.&nbsp;172; [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002717&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 2], p.&nbsp;120; [http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002718&mediaType=application/pdf vol. 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321112249/http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002718&mediaType=application%2Fpdf |date=2019-03-21 }}, p.&nbsp;157; [https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/139/mode/1up vol. 4], p.&nbsp;139; [https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft#page/148/mode/1up vol. 5], p.&nbsp;148; [https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol06eubeuoft#page/153/mode/1up vol. 6], p.&nbsp;153; vol. 7, p.&nbsp;140; vol. 8, pp.&nbsp;190–191</ref>
+=== Latin titular see ===
+Castoria is listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a [[titular bishopric]] since the 15th century.<ref name=AP/>
+It is vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
+* Silvestro de Benedetti, [[Vallombrosians|OSBVall]] (1432.01.23 – ?)
+* Francis Sexello, [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (1507.01.07 – ?)
+* Juan López (1520.09.22 – ?)
+* François Daussayo, [[Order of Saint Augustine|OESA]] (1531.03.18 – ?)
+* Gedeon van der Gracht (1536.01.10 – ?)
+* Charles Pinello, OESA (1546.04.16 – ?)
+* Esteban de Esmir (1639.04.03 – 1641.01.05)
+* [[Johannes van Neercassel]], [[Oratory of Jesus|CO]] (1662.06.23 – 1686.06.06)
+* Gioachino Maria de’ Oldo (1725.03.03 – 1726.12.09)
+* [[Bishop-elect]] Paolino Sandulli, [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]] (1727.03.17 – ?)
+* John Mary of St. Thomas Albertini, [[Discalced Carmelites|OCD]] (1780.12.23 – 1783?)
+* Charles Lamothe, [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|MEP]] (1793.02.05 – 1816.05.22)
+* Jean-Jacques Guérard, MEP (1816.05.23 – 1823.06.18)
+* Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1820.05.29 – 1844.07.25)
+* Jean-François Ollivier, MEP (1824.04.06 – 1827.05.27)
+* Joseph-Marie-Pélagie Havard, MEP (1828.03.21 – 1838.07.05)
+* John Fennelly (1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23)
+* Johann Jakob Kraft (1868.09.24 – 1884.06.09)
+* Francesco Gašparić (1884.11.13 – 1897)
+* Gaspar Felicjan Cyrtowt (1897.07.21 – 1910.04.07)
+* Marie-Augustine Chapuis, MEP (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21)
+* Ferenc Gossman (1913.07.01 – 1931.10.11)
+* Joaquín Alcaide y Bueso, [[Capuchin Franciscans]] (O.F.M. Cap.) (1931.12.15 – 1943.02.21)
+* Stanislas Courbe (1943.06.22 – 1971.04.22)
+== Notes ==
 {{reflist|group=note}}
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-<br>
+== Bibliography ==
+* {{Cite book|last=Kiminas|first=Demetrius|title=The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLWqXrW2X-8C|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=9781434458766}}
+== External links ==
+* {{in lang|el}} [https://www.imkastorias.gr/ Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς]. (''Metropolis of Kastoria'').
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+{{Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate}}
+{{coord missing|Greece}}
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 [[Category:Dioceses of the Church of Greece]]
+[[Category:Kastoria]]
 [[Category:Kastoria (regional unit)]]
-[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Europe]]
+[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Europe|Kastoria]]
+[[Category:Eastern Orthodox dioceses in Greece]]
+[[Category:Metropolises without suffragan dioceses]]
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