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family. With little military might of their own, and surrounded by potential rivals and enemies, the Acciaioli cultivated a policy of conciliation towards the overwhelmingly Orthodox local Greek population. To that end, they adopted Greek as the official language of their chancery, and allowed an
1718:. As with most of Greece, however, the old pagan religion continued for considerable time. Despite imperial prohibitions during the 4th century, there is considerable evidence for a flourishing pagan culture up to the end of the century, and it was probably only the devastation of the 2013:, the metropolitan became also the chairman of the council of the community of Athens. The metropolitan cathedral in the Parthenon, however, was converted into a mosque, and the metropolitan bishop instead used the Church of St. Panteleimon, now destroyed. 2002:, to resume residence in their capital. The cathedral Church of the Virgin in the Parthenon remained the residence of the Latin Archbishop of Athens, however, and Dorotheus used the small church of Dionysius the Areopagite in the lower city. 3167: 2028:. Following the recognition of the autocephaly by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1850, the bishopric was raised again to metropolitan rank and renamed to Metropolis of Athens. As the sole metropolitan see of the independent 3222: 3456: 3212: 3187: 3121: 1967:) of the archiepiscopal see of Athens. The Orthodox clergy were consecrated by passing bishops, but were forced to acknowledge the authority of the Latin Archbishop in order to exercise their office. In the Byzantine 1168: 3177: 3016: 2996: 3136: 3386: 3272: 3021: 643: 1767:, the see was raised to the rank of a metropolis sometime after 765, but this was short-lived and was reversed after the protests of the Metropolitan of Corinth. Nevertheless, by 819 Athens had become an 3332: 3207: 3151: 3262: 3436: 3071: 1756:. Despite the occasional appointment of its bishop as papal vicar—chiefly in an attempt to shore up Rome's position in the area—Athens itself remained firmly subordinated to Corinth during the early 653: 3426: 3282: 3192: 2991: 2891: 3131: 3337: 3277: 3051: 3001: 2986: 698: 3342: 703: 3446: 3322: 3297: 3252: 3146: 3061: 2976: 2966: 3451: 3391: 3041: 1775:
show that this was not permanent. The power struggle with Corinth was finally settled until 975, when Athens was permanently raised to the status of a separate metropolis. In the various
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raids in 395–397 that dealt a first hard blow to the ancient pagan culture. The last pagan vestiges in Athens itself survived until the 6th century and the closure of the city's
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For the duration of the Frankish rule, the Orthodox see had continued to be filled in exile, either with titular holders or with bishops of other sees functioning as stewards (
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conquest of the city in 1456, when the Latin see was abolished and the Orthodox metropolitans were restored to their former position. In accordance with the Ottoman
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of the 8th and 9th centuries, the position of Athens in the hierarchy of the metropolises under Constantinople fluctuates, but is relatively low (34th out of 37 in
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archbishopric, and in the ecumenical councils of 869/70 and 879, the see of Athens appears as a metropolis, but the preserved inscriptions on the
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in 1311 due to the Catalans' conflict with the papacy, and a residential archbishop is not attested until around the mid-14th century.
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in 1833, the Church was reorganized and the Bishopric of Attica (Επισκοπή Αττικής) was established, with its jurisdiction covering the
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Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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At the time of the Fourth Crusade, the see of Athens was in the hands of
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in the middle of the 12th century, the list remained the same until the
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and the establishment of a regular Church hierarchy, Athens became a
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Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:
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As with most of Greece, the Church of Athens was established by
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of the period, Athens fell in rank to 35th place under
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Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia
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under the Frenchman Berard. Based on a 1209 letter by
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Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches
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