Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon
The Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini, and Platamon (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κίτρους, Κατερίνης και Πλαταμώνος) is an Eastern Orthodox metropolis of the Church of Constantinople, but is de facto is administered (by agreement) for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece.
The bishopric is centered on the ancient town of Pydna,[1] on the coast of Thessaly[2][3] although named for the nearby settlements of Kitros and Katerini.[4]
History
[edit]The see is ancient and has a tradition of both Orthodox and Roman Catholic[5] bishops.
The Kitros bishopric is mentioned in the Notitia Episcopatuum of Leo VI the Wise (r. 866–912). Its bishop Germanus participated in the Council of Constantinople (879-880). after the Fourth Crusade Kitros became a Catholic diocese, as witnessed by a letter of Pope Innocent III in 1208, to an unnamed bishop of the see.[3] It returned to Orthodox control soon after, when the region was conquered by the Despotate of Epirus.
Today the episcopal residence and two early Christian basilicas dating from the 4th and 6th centuries remain in nearby Pydna.[6] Today there is a resident Orthodox bishop, while the see is also maintained by the Roman Catholic Church as a vacant titular see.[7]
Known bishops
[edit]- Germanus participated in the Council of Constantinople (879-880)
- Panaretos, Bishop of Kitros, 996.[8][9]
- Unnamed Catholic Bishop[3]
- Unnamed Orthodox bishop in 1235[10]
- Anonymous Orthodox bishop of Kitros[11]
- John of Kitros[12]
- Unnamed Bishop forced to flee slaughter of the inhabitants of Kitros in 1612.[13]
- Nikolaos, 1840–1882
- Theocletos.[14]
- Parthenios Vardakas, 1904–1933.[15]
- Konstantinos Koidakis, 1934–1954
- Barnabas (Nikolaos) Tzortzatos, 1954–1985 (in Greek)
- Agathonikos (Fatouros) of Kitros, 1985–2013[16] (in Greek)
- Georgios Chrysostomou, 2014–[17] (in Greek)
Cathedral
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The Cathedral is in nearby Katerini.[4]
Monasteries
[edit]- Monastery of St. Dionysios in Olympos (For Men)
- Monastery of St. Efrem in Kontariotissa (For Women)
- Monastery of St. Athanasios (For Women)
- Monastery of the Virgin (Panagia) in Makrirachi (For Women)
References
[edit]- ^ Raymond Janin, v. Citrus, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, coll. 998-999
- ^ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 188; vol. 2, pp. XX e 129; vol. 3, p. 167; vol. 4, p. 151; vol. 5, p. 158.
- ^ a b c "Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus : quo exhibentur ecclesiae, patriarchae caeterique praesules totius orientis". Google Books. ex Typographia Regia, 1740. 1740. coll. 79-82.
- ^ a b "Holy Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini, and Platamon". imkitrous (in Greek). Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig 1931), p. 429
- ^ "Pieria History - Tourist Pieria Hotel Guide". Greek Tourist Guides. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 871
- ^ Morris, Rosemary (9 December 2014). "Travelling Judges in Byzantine Macedonia (10th–11th c.)" (PDF). Zbornik Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta (50–1): 338. doi:10.2298/ZRVI1350335M. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-11.
- ^ Murphey, Rhoads (7 July 2016). Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean (E-Book). Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–230. ISBN 9781317118442 – via Google Books.
- ^ Setton, Kenneth (September 1979). "The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571) - The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries". Church History. 1 (3): 340–341. doi:10.2307/3163993. JSTOR 3163993. S2CID 162729899.
- ^ "The bishop of Kitros (eleventh/twelfth century)". doaks.org.
- ^ Hartmann, Wilfried; Pennington, Kenneth (27 February 2012). The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500. Catholic University of America Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780813216799.
- ^ Kotzageorgis, Phokion. "Ottoman Macedonia (late 14th – late 17th century)" (PDF). Macedonian Heritage. p. 132. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-06.
- ^ Athanasios A. Angelopoulos: The Episcopal Synod of the Metropolis of Thessaloniki and its signififance for today, p 9.
- ^ Athanasios A. Angelopoulos: The Episcopal Synod of the Metropolis of Thessaloniki and its signififance for today, p 23.
- ^ "Holy Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini, and Platamon". Ecclesia.
- ^ "Ιερά Μητρόπολη Κίτρους, Κατερίνης και Πλαταμώνος ‒ Δημοσιεύσεις" [Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon ‒ Official Posts on Ekklisia Online] (in Greek). Ekklisia Online. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
Bibliography
[edit]- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.