Church of Greece
Church of Greece | |
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| Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος Modern Greek: Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος | |
Seal of the Church of Greece | |
| Type | Autocephaly |
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Greek Orthodox |
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| Theology | Eastern Orthodox theology |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Primate | Ieronymos II of Athens |
| Bishops | 101 |
| Priests | 8,515 |
| Monastics | 3,541 |
| Monasteries | 541 |
| Language | Greek (Katharevousa) |
| Liturgy | Byzantine Rite |
| Headquarters | Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens and Petraki Monastery, Athens, Greece |
| Territory | Greece (except Crete, Dodecanese, Mount Athos, and the Greek Orthodox churches in the Diaspora) |
| Founder | Dionysius the Areopagite (tradition) |
| Origin | Achaea, Roman Empire |
| Independence | 1833 |
| Recognition | Autocephaly recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1850 (Tomos dated June 29, 1850) |
| Separations | Greek Old Calendarists |
| Members | 10,000,000 |
| Official website | ecclesia |
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The Church of Greece (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, romanized: Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, IPA: [ekliˈsi.a tis eˈlaðos]), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greece prior to the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 ("Old Greece"), with the rest of Greece (the "New Lands", Crete, and the Dodecanese) being subject to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. However, most of the dioceses of the Metropolises of the New Lands are de facto administered as part of the Church of Greece for practical reasons, under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople. The primate of the Church of Greece is the archbishop of Athens and All Greece.