Photios of Korytsa

Photios Kalpidis Φώτιος Καλπίδης
Metropolitan bishop of Korytsa
Church	Greek Orthodox Church
In office	1902–06
Personal details
Born	1862 Cakrak, Trabzon Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1906 Korce, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

Photios Kalpidis (Greek: Φώτιος Καλπίδης, 1862–1906) or Photios of Korytsa was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë, Ottoman Empire, from 1902 to 1906. He was assassinated in 1906 by irregular bands due to his pro-Greek activity. Photios was proclaimed an ethnomartyr by the Church of Greece.

Photios was born in 1862 in the village of Cakrak, in Pontus region, Ottoman Empire. After finishing school he moved to Constantinople and attended the Halki seminary. He graduated in 1889 with honors. The following year he was ordained hierodeacon, while he also became director of the Greek school of Giresun. In 1897 Photios was appointed secretary of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

In 1902 Photios was appointed metropolitan bishop of Korytsa and Premeti, centered in Korçe (Greek: Korytsa), modern southeast Albania (then part of the Ottoman Empire). In general, Photios showed great interest in the promotion of the thriving Greek educational system among the local youth and often made various proposals. He also became the president of the city's schools committee. In 1903 he was actively involved in all major educational issues that concerned the schools in Korce, as well as in nearby Permet. During the 1903–1904 school year he proposed that sports activities should be part of the curriculum in the local schools. As a result, the first sports events by the pupils of Korce took place on May 30, 1904, in the local Bangas Gymnasium. In the following school year these events attracted a major part of the local population and officials who attended them.

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