Metropolis of Pergamon
The Metropolis of Pergamon (
History
From early Christianity to 15th century
The Christian community of
Revival
At the beginning of the 19th century, due to the increase of the local Christian population, a number of reforms in religious administration occurred in the region and Pergamon became part of the newly established metropolitan district of Kydonies, based in Ayvalık, but still part of the Metropolis of Ephesus. In 1908, the former metropolitan district was promoted to a diocese and in 1905 its see was transferred to Pergamon (Bergama).[1]
In February 1922, while most of the region was part of the
During the years 1986–2023, the titular metropolitan of Pergamon and Adramyttium appointed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople was the famous theologian John Zizioulas.[2]
Geography
In terms of Ottoman administration, the area of the diocese of Pergamon, during the end of the 19th and the start of 20th century, included the kaymakamlıks of Bergama, Edremit (Adramyttium) and Kemer, as well as a number of villages in the kaymakamlık of Manisa. At that period, 33 Greek Orthodox communities were recorded, while the local Greek-Orthodox population at the early 20th century was estimated to 32,930 people and 31 priests.[2]
References
Sources
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.
- Terezakis, Yorgos (2005). "Diocese of Pergamon (Ottoman Period)". Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, Μ. Ασία. Retrieved 27 October 2012.