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Church of Crete
TheAgios Minas Cathedral, see of the Archbishop of Crete
Language	Greek
Headquarters	Crete,Greece
Territory	Crete
Possessions	Crete

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TheChurch of Crete (Greek:Εκκλησία της Κρήτης) is anEastern Orthodox church, comprising the island ofCrete inGreece. The Church of Crete is semi-autonomous (self-governing) under the jurisdiction of theEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The current archbishop of Crete is Eugenios II.

The Church of Crete has been self-governing since lateOttoman times. The charter of the church was recognized by law (Law 4149/1961) by the Greek state in 1961,^[1] some 50 years after the island's incorporation into Greece. In 1962, the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the island's bishoprics tometropolises, and in 1967, the Metropolitan of Crete was promoted to Archbishop. The patriarchate nominates the island's presiding bishop from a list of three Cretan bishops prepared by the GreekMinistry of National Education and Religious Affairs, but the church's affairs, including the nomination of the other bishops, are otherwise handled by the Holy Provincial Synod of Crete. The link with the Patriarchate ensures less opposition to ecumenism than generally expressed in the mainlandChurch of Greece.

The Church of Crete is composed of:

• the Archbishopric of Crete, based atHeraklion
• the Metropolis ofGortyn and Arkadia, based atMoires
• the Metropolis ofRethymno andMylopotamos, based at Rethymno
• the Metropolis ofKydonia andApokoronas, based atChania
• the Metropolis ofLampi,Syvritos andSfakia, based atSpili
• the Metropolis ofHierapytna andSiteia, based atIerapetra
• the Metropolis of Petra andHersonissos, based atNeapoli
• the Metropolis ofKissamos andSelino, based atKastelli Kissamou^[2]
• the Metropolis ofArkalochori,Kastelli andViannos, based at Arkalochori.

• List of Archbishops of Crete

• Kiminas, Demetrius (2009).The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.

• Official website Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete(in Greek)
• Official website Holy Archdiocese of Crete(in Greek)

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• Eastern Orthodoxy in Crete
• Dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Greek Orthodoxy in Greece

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