Church of Crete

Church of Crete
Church of Crete
	The Agios Minas Cathedral, see of the Archbishop of Crete
Language	Greek
Headquarters	Crete, Greece
Territory	Crete
Possessions	Crete

The Church of Crete (

Eastern Orthodox church, comprising the island of Crete in Greece. The Church of Crete is semi-autonomous (self-governing) under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

. The current archbishop of Crete is Eugenios II.

Overview

The Church of Crete has been self-governing since late

Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, but the church's affairs, including the nomination of the other bishops, are otherwise handled by the Holy Provincial Synod of Crete. The link with the Patriarchate ensures less opposition to ecumenism than generally expressed in the mainland Church of Greece

.

The Church of Crete is composed of:

the Archbishopric of Crete, based at Heraklion
the Metropolis of Gortyn and Arkadia, based at Moires
the Metropolis of Rethymno and Mylopotamos, based at Rethymno
the Metropolis of Kydonia and Apokoronas, based at Chania
the Metropolis of
Syvritos and Sfakia, based at Spili

the Metropolis of
Siteia, based at Ierapetra

the Metropolis of Petra and Hersonissos, based at Neapoli
the Metropolis of
Kastelli Kissamou
the Metropolis of Arkalochori, Kastelli and Viannos, based at Arkalochori.

References

^ Theocharis Detorakis. "Brief Historical Review of the Holy Archdiocese of Crete". Orthodox Research Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

Bibliography

Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6
.

External links

Official website Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete (in Greek)
Official website Holy Archdiocese of Crete (in Greek)

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[1] Theocharis Detorakis. "Brief Historical Review of the Holy Archdiocese of Crete". Orthodox Research Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[note_n0-2] The ROC severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.

[note_n1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.

[note_n3-4] UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.

[note_n2-5] Semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.

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