At first a suffragan of Thebes,[2] the bishopric was, at least by the reign of Basil II in the early 11th century, the first suffragan see of the Archbishopric of Ohrid. Le Quien mentions only three bishops, all of the period after the East–West Schism: Joasaph in 1564, Hierotheus, who went to Rome about 1650, and Dionysius Mantoucas;[3] but that list can easily be extended.[4]
In the early 20th century the town was the seat of a Bulgarian Orthodox bishopric with 2,224 families, 32 priests, and 22 churches.[4]
On October 3, 2019 the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to glorify seven New Martyrs of Kastoria, at the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim (Papakostas) of Kastoria,[7][8][9] including the following:[note 2]
^"Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act, the "New Lands" were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece, provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act. The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation (Laws 3615/1928, 5438/1932, 599/1977, and Article 3, paragraph 1 of the current Greek Constitution), thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides."[1]
^The resolution of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:
^ ab(in Greek)Οι αποφάσεις της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου. ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο.). 03/10 18:44. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.
^(in Greek)Αναγραφή νέων Αγίων στους αγιολογικούς δέλτους της Εκκλησίας. ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥΣΙΑ. 3 Οκτωβρίου 2019. Retrieved: 9 October 2019.
^SEVEN NEW MARTYRS OF KASTORIA CANONIZED BY PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, October 9, 2019.
^(in Greek)Ιερά Αγρυπνία για τον Άγιο Νεομάρτυρα Βασίλειο του Χιλιοδένδρου [ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ]. Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. 07 Φεβρουάριος 2020. Retrieved: 14 February, 2020.
^"Νέος Μητροπολίτης Καστορίας ο Αρχιμ. Καλλίνικος Γεωργάτος". OlaDeka (in Greek). 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^"Στις 13/11 η Ενθρόνιση του νέου Μητροπολίτη Καστορίας". Ορθοδοξία News Agency (in Greek). 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^(in Greek)Σεραφείμ (κατά κόσμον Ιωάννης) Παπακώστας. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Γρηγόριος ο Γ' (Παπουτσόπουλος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Γρηγόριος ο Β' (Μαΐστρος). Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Δωρόθεος Γιανναρόπουλος. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Νικηφόρος Παπασιδέρης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Ιωακείμ Λεπτίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Ιωακείμ Βαξεβανίδης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^(in Greek)Γερμανός Καραβαγγέλης. Metropolis of Kastoria. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^"Η Ιστορία της Ιεράς Μονής Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας στην Καστοριά". SENTRA (in Greek). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^"Η Μονή Αγίων Αναργύρων Μελισσότοπου Καστοριάς". Visit Western Macedonia (in Greek). 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, p. 172; vol. 2, p. 120; vol. 3 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 157; vol. 4, p. 139; vol. 5, p. 148; vol. 6, p. 153; vol. 7, p. 140; vol. 8, pp. 190–191
Bibliographyedit
Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.
External linksedit
(in Greek) Ιερά Μητρόπολη Καστοριάς. (Metropolis of Kastoria).