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n. - A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church; A province in ancient Greece.

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  • N. of Tenos; it forms an eparchy in the modern kingdom of Greece.
  • • On average, diocesan ordinands lived in the diocese or eparchy for which they will be ordained for 17 years before entering the seminary.
  • In 1994, Bishop George was confronted with a natural disaster that would greatly affect the eparchy.
  • Kosovo, where the eparchy that Artemije heads is based, is a former Serbian province with an Albanian majority.
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