Metropolis of Thessaloniki Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης
SaintGregory Palamas Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Thessaloniki
Statistics
Parishes	43
Information
Cathedral	Saint Gregory Palamas Metropolitan Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Filotheos Theocharis [el]
Website
https://imth.gr

TheMetropolis of Thessaloniki (Greek:Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης) is aGreek Orthodoxmetropolitan see based in the city ofThessaloniki inCentral Macedonia,Greece. It is part of the so-called "New Lands", belonging to the jurisdiction of theEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but being administered by theChurch of Greece. The see traces its history to its foundation by theApostle Paul in the 1st century. Since 2023, the incumbent metropolitan isFilotheos Theocharis [el].

In its early centuries, the see of Thessaloniki became themetropolitan diocese of the Roman province ofMacedonia. After the creation of major ecclesiastical jurisdictions, the see of Thessalonica was subordinated to thepatriarch of Rome, rising to become thearchbishopric of theEastern Illyricum.^[1]Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima, covering modern day Serbia, Montenegro and western Bulgaria, was detached in 535. Roman control—and the use ofLatin as a liturgical language—continued untilc. 733, when the see was transferred to the jurisdiction of thepatriarch of Constantinople.^[1] Under Constantinople, it was reduced in status to a "simple"metropolitan see, with 5 to 12suffragan sees, although the metropolitans continued to use the title of "archbishop" as well.^[1]

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