The Holy Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Ιερά Μητρόπολις Χίου, Ψαρών και Οινουσσών) is an Orthodox Christian diocese covering the Greek eastern Aegean islands of Chios, Psara, and Oinousses.
Holy Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses | |
|---|---|
| Orthodox | |
| Location | |
| Country | Greece |
| Headquarters | Chios (town) |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 904 km2 (349 sq mi) |
| Parishes | 109 |
| Churches | 1069 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 325 AD |
| Cathedral | Saints Menas, Victor and Vincent |
| Language | Greek |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Church of Greece |
| Governance | Episcopal |
| Patriarch | Bartholomew I of Constantinople |
| Metropolitan | Markos Vasilakis |
| Vicar General | Archimandrite Nektarios Epitropakis |
| Website | |
| imchiou.gr/ | |
As part of the "New Lands," it belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, but the Church of Greece carries out its administration.
Since 2011, the Metropolitan of Chios has been Markos Vasilakis. [1]
Charity
editThe Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses runs a welfare programme where volunteers organised by the church cook approximately 540 meals daily, 5 days a week. These meals are distributed to local parishes, where it is then given to those in need, 40% of whom are elders. In 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2020, separately, the Metropolis won food supply grants to feed approximately 300 elderly residents for 12 months.[2]
In April 2020, as president of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Chios, Metropolitan Markos of Chios donated €6,000 to a Chios hospital along with an earlier donation of €20,000 towards SARS sampling and nursing infrastructure. This brings the total donated to the hospital to €26,000.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.
References
edit- ^ NewsRoom. "The Metropolitan of Chios visited the President of the Republic | Orthodox Times (en)". orthodoxtimes.com/. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ www.timafoundation.org https://www.timafoundation.org/grants/metropolis-of-chios-psara-and-oinousses-food-supplies-2020/. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ NewsRoom. "Metropolitan of Chios donates € 6,000 more to Chios Hospital | Orthodox Times (en)". orthodoxtimes.com/. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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