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    The Metropolis of Nicaea (Greek: Μητρόπολις Νικαίας), was an ecclesiastical province (since the mid-4th century a metropolitan bishopric) of the Patriarchate...
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    Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, /naɪˈsiːə/ ny-SEE-ə; Latin: [niːˈkae̯.a]), also known as Nikaia (Greek: Νίκαια, Attic: [nǐːkai̯a], Koine: [ˈnikεa])...
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    The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/ ny-SEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Νικαίας, romanized: Sýnodos tês Nikaías) was a council of Christian bishops...
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    Papanicolaou [el] (2014–) Metropolis of New Smyrna: Symeon (Periklis) Koutsas (2002–) Metropolis of Nicaea: Alexios Vryonis (1995–) Metropolis of Paronaxia (Paros...
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    Cyzicus: Vacant Metropolis of Nicomedia: Vacant Metropolis of Nicaea and Exarchate of Bithynia: Vacant Metropolis of Aenos: Vacant Metropolis of Amasya and...
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    Gordoservon (category Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
    medieval Byzantine city, and a bishopric, suffragan of the Metropolis of Nicaea, in the region of Bithynia, Asia Minor. It is mentioned in several ecclesiastical...
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    of Cius of Asia Minor, a city of 15,000 residents built at the head of the gulf of Cius in Propontis, seat of the Metropolis of Nicaea and seaport of...
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  • The Metropolis of Philadelphia (Greek: Μητρόπολη Φιλαδελφείας) was an ecclesiastical territory (diocese) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople...
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  • The Metropolis of Ephesus (Greek: Μητρόπολις Εφέσου) was an ecclesiastical territory (metropolis) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in...
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  • The Metropolis of Miletus (Greek: Μητρόπολις Μιλήτου) was an ecclesiastical diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in southwestern Asia...
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  • Arianism (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
    ecumenical First Council of Nicaea of 325 declared Arianism to be a heresy. According to Everett Ferguson, "The great majority of Christians had no clear...
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    the Emperor of Nicaea Theodore I Laskaris, during which de Loos was captured by Nicaean soldiers; by the summer of 1207 Emperor Henry of Flanders agreed...
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  • oldest metropolis in the region of Bithynia, in northwestern Asia Minor, after Nicaea and Nicomedia, while its prelate officially styled as Exarch of all...
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  • Council of Nicaea of 325 attributed to the bishop of the capital (metropolis) of each Roman province (the "metropolitan bishop") a position of authority...
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  • Council of Nicaea, Empire of Nicaea, Metropolis of Nicaea, 727 Siege of Nicaea, 1097 Siege of Nicaea, 1113 Siege of Nicaea, 1328–1331 Siege of Nicaean–Venetian...
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    The Metropolis of Smyrna (Greek: Μητρόπολη Σμύρνης) is an ecclesiastical territory (diocese) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, modern Turkey...
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  • (314–333), since 325 Bishop of Jerusalem Jerusalem received special recognition in Canon VII of First Council of Nicaea in 325, without yet becoming...
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  • Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Christianity spread from the Levant,...
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  • The Metropolis of Iconium (Greek: Μητρόπολις Ἰκονίου) is a metropolitan bishopric of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople located at Iconium...
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  • The Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θηβών και Λεβαδείας) is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece in Boeotia, Greece. Since...
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  • due to the dramatic decrease of the Orthodox population, the three metropolises of Bithynia—Nicomedia, Chalcedon and Nicaea—remained active. Moreover, due...
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    The Little Metropolis (Greek: Μικρή Μητρόπολη, romanized: Mikrí Mitrópoli), formally the Church of St. Eleftherios (Greek: Άγιος Ελευθέριος, romanized: Áyios...
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    The Metropolis of Bessarabia (Romanian: Mitropolia Basarabiei), also referred to as the Bessarabian Orthodox Church, is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox...
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    in relation to the other bishops of the province was recognized by the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325). The bishop of the provincial capital, the metropolitan...
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  • its first bishop is recorded only in 325 at the Council of Nicaea. Saint Achillius of Larissa, of the 4th century, is celebrated for numerous miracles....
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    Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (also known as Saint Sophia's) which is situated in the city of London. The archdiocese is one of many metropolises of the Ecumenical...
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    Vraniškovski of Ohrid, who is also styled Metropolitan of Skopje. The see of Skopje is one of the oldest sees in the region. The modern name of the city of Skopje...
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  • The Metropolis of Derkoi (Greek: Ἱερὰ Μητρόπολις Δέρκων) is a residential see of the Eastern Orthodox Church subject to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople...
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    letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia. In the "History of the Council of Nicæa" attributed to Gelasius of Cyzicus there are a number of imaginary disputations...
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  • Romanian Orthodox Church Metropolis of Bessarabia Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe...
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