The '''Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros''' is under the [[jurisdiction ]] of the [[Church of Greece]] and . The metropolis is located in Thessaly. The metropolis is divided into eight prelatic areas. There are 178 priests [[priest]]s and 9 deacons [[deacon]]s in service. 23 Twenty three of the priests are monks [[monk]]s and 155 priests are married, 3 deacons are monks and 6 are married. Most of the priests have a degree of Theology or the High Ecclesiastical school, the remaining 29 have completed high school and very few are graduates from primary school alone. There are also 3 preachers who do not serve in a [[parish ]] and there are 12 priests who are pensioners/retired. 

The current [[metropolitan]] of the Diocese of Demetrias is His Eminence [[Ignatius (Georgakopoulos) of Demetrias|Ignatios (Georgakopoulos)]]<!---, who was consecrated "??"--->. Since 1988 he has been managing managed the radio-station "[[Church of Piraeus 91,.2 FMGreek Christian Radio|Church of Piraeus 91.2 FM]]" and since 1992 has been hosting the "Arhontariki" for the ET-1 channel every Sunday morning. ==Past ruling Hierarchs==* [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos (Paraskevaides)]] 1974-1998* Elias (Tsakogiannis) 1968-1974* Damaskenos (Hatzopoulos) 1957-1968* [[Joachim (Alexopoulos) of Demetrias|Ioakeim (Alexopoulos)]] 1935-1957* Germanos (Mavrommatis) 1907-1935 - <small>(in 1935 he joined two other bishops in forming the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] movement)</small>* Gregorios V (Fourtouniadis) 1870-1907 - <small>(nephew of Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VI (Fourtouniadis) of Constantinople)</small>