The Church of Crete (Greek: Εκκλησία της Κρήτης) is an Eastern Orthodox church, comprising the island of Crete in Greece. The Church of Crete is semi-autonomous...
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Andrew of Crete (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Κρήτης, c. 650 – July 4, 712 or 726 or 740), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian...
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The Emirate of Crete (Arabic: إقريطش, romanized: Iqrīṭish or إقريطية, Iqrīṭiya; Greek: Κρήτη, romanized: Krētē) was an Islamic state that existed on the...
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The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The Minoan civilization...
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Saint Titus Cathedral (category Churches in Crete)
Cathedral of Saint Titus (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Τίτου) also known as Hagios Titos, is an Orthodox church in the city of Heraklion, Crete, dedicated...
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their right of appeal (the "ékklēton") to the Patriarch. The dioceses of Crete (Church of Crete), the Dodecanese, and the Monastic state of Holy Mount...
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Byzantine-era frescoes in Crete, and for that reason, has become one of the most culturally and historically significant churches on the island. The Late...
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Metropolis of the Americas Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe Under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Church of Crete Under...
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The Church of Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Νικολάου) is a Greek Orthodox church located in the Splanzia square in the town of Chania, Crete, Greece...
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This is a list of archbishops of Crete. The Church of Crete was created by St Titus in 64 AD. Being made Bishop of Crete by St Paul himself, Titus later...
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Heraklion (redirect from Capital city of crete)
capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a municipal population of 179,302...
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Orthodox Church of Finland (Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland, formerly Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland) Self-governing Orthodox Church of Crete (Archbishop...
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Agios Minas Cathedral (category Churches in Crete)
and a surface area of 1,350 m2. It is the largest cathedral in Crete and one of the largest in Greece. A small and old church of Agios Minas is located...
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Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church of Crete Monastic Community of Mount Athos Korean Orthodox Church Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church Ukrainian...
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Presentation of the Virgin Mary Holy Metropolitan Church is a Greek Orthodox cathedral, located in Athinagora Square in the old town of Chania in Crete. It was...
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the Church of Crete Archbishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Archbishop of Edmonton and Western Canada of the...
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Chania (redirect from Byzantine & Postbyzantine Museum of Crete)
of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion...
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Saint Titus (category Saints of Roman Crete)
island of Crete to preach. Due to the needs of other churches, requiring his presence elsewhere, he ordained his disciple Titus as bishop of that island...
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located 75 km south-west of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Matala is part of the community of Pitsidia within the municipal unit of Tympaki, Faistos municipality...
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of the Heraklion region of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Hersonissos and is located approximately 34 kilometers (21 miles) east of...
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Saint Mark's Basilica, Heraklion (redirect from Museum of Visual Arts)
Catholic church in the center of the city of Heraklion, Crete, in the Eleftheriou Venizelou Square. It was built during the Venetian rule of the island...
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Pan-Orthodox Council (redirect from Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church)
Council of the Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας; also sometimes called the Council of Crete), was a synod of set representative...
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(especially Crete, Syros, Rhodes and Corfu). Today, the majority of Catholics live in Athens, a city of about four million people; the rest of them can be...
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Myron of Crete, called Saint Myron the Wonder Worker (Άγιος Μύρων ο Θαυματουργός), was a bishop from Rhaukos, Crete who became archbishop of Crete. He is...
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the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit...
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Assumption Cathedral, Chania (category Churches in Crete)
of Crete, Aloisio Cannavo, to serve the entire Catholic population of the region. In 2004, the cathedral celebrated its 125th anniversary. The church...
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Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece (redirect from Eastern Orthodox Church in Greece)
While the majority is part of the Church of Greece constituting the autocephalous church of Greece, the dioceses of Crete and the Dodecanese, and Mount...
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The Diocese of Crete (Latin: Dioecesis Candiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Crete in the ecclesiastical...
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Armenis (family) (category Surnames of Italian origin)
secretary of the Roman Catholic Church on Crete. An ex-resident of Cydonia and canon of the church of Agiensis in Chania, he became the Bishop of the Roman...
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or the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Akrotiri peninsula in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. It also...
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