Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy
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The Greek Orthodoxy in Italy is very ancient. Even the early bishops of Rome used to write in Greek. After a long period of underground activity, the Orthodox Church, with canonical communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople would be re-established only in the Twentieth century.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, re-organized the Orthodox churches in Italy: initially, under the Exarchate of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (1922-1963), and under the Exarchate of the Archdiocese of Austria-Hungary (1963-1991), and finally created the Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe in 1991, with its Metropolitan See in Venice. Today this Church has 22 parishes, of which 19 are Greek, 2 Italian, and 1 Romanian.
