Metropolis of Argolis

Metropolis of Argolis Ιερά Μητρόπολις Αργολίδος
St. George Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Argolis
Statistics
Churches	76 churches, 34 chapels, 264 exoklessia (chapels-of-ease used for designated saints' days), 90 memorial shrines, 8 monastic chapels, 32 private chapels.
Information
Cathedral	Saint George Metropolitan Cathedral, Nafplio
Current leadership
Bishop	Nektarios Antonopoulos
Website
http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/Dioceses/dioceses.asp?mitra_id=3

The Metropolis of Argolis (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Αργολίδος, "Holy Metropolis of Argolis") is a diocese of the Church of Greece, with its seat at Nafplio, covering the historical Argolid (Argolis). It occupies the current boundaries of the modern Prefecture of Argolis, except for the former municipality of Ermionida.

The see's original name was the Bishopric of Argos, and according to Paulinus the Deacon, it was founded by Saint Andrew. The early bishops of Argos were suffragan to the Metropolis of Corinth. It was separated from Corinth renamed the Metropolis of Argos and Nafplio in 1189, confirming an earlier de facto merger with Nauplion. In 1833, it was renamed the Metropolis of Argolis. Its cathedra was originally Argos, but it moved around the Argolid several times due to political factors.

Its incumbent is Metropolitan Nektarios Antonopoulos (b. 1952). The previous metropolitan, from 1985 until his death, was Metropolitan Iakovos ("James") II (1932-2013), who died 26 March 2013. (In Greek, the late metropolitan, like other deceased Orthodox faithful, he is referred to as makaristos — "of blessed memory.") The current metropolitan was chosen on 18 October 2013.

According to the article "Argos and Orthodoxy Through the Passage of the Ages", written by the Archimandrite Kallinikos D. Korobokis, the diocesan homilist (published in the periodical "Eyes on Argolis", Volume 10, May–June 2002), the history of the metropolitan see is recorded as follows:

Paulinus (354-431 AD) relates that the Apostle Andrew first proclaimed the Gospel at Argos, and thus he is traditionally held to be the founder of the Church there. It is also likely that the Apostle Paul came to Argos, some time around 50-60 AD; he remained in Corinth for a considerable number of months and, it is also thought, all around the neighboring provinces of Corinth. Argos acclaimed a bishop fairly early on, separate from that of the bishopric of Nauplia (Nafplio), with both under the jurisdiction of the Metropolis of Corinth.