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Diocese of Drystra
Author(s) : Kontogeorgis Dimitrios (20/6/2008)Translation : Tsokanis Anna
For citation: Kontogeorgis Dimitrios, "Diocese of Drystra",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Black SeaURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11521>
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Small diocese under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; its see until the middle of the 19th century was located in Silistria (Silistra) and later on in Tulcea. The relatively scant flock consisted of Bulgarians, Romanians and Greeks. From the late 1860s onwards, when the rivalry between Greeks and Bulgarians escalated, the diocese was essentially split, since the majority of the Bulgarians founded the exarchate diocese of Ruse-Drystra. In 1878, the area was annexed to Romania and the diocese ceased to be.
Administrative Dependence
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Historical Region
Dobrudja (Dobrogea in Romanian)
Geographical Location
West coast of the Black Sea
Other Names
Dristra, Dystra
1. Introduction
2. The diocese of Drystra during the Ottoman period (15th-18th century)
3. The history of the diocese of Drystra during the 19th century
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