Photios of Korytsa

Photios Kalpidis
Φώτιος Καλπίδης
Metropolitan bishop of Korytsa
ChurchGreek Orthodox Church
In office1902–06
Personal details
Born1862
Died1906
Korce, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

Photios Kalpidis (Greek: Φώτιος Καλπίδης, 1862–1906) or Photios of Korytsa was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë, Ottoman Empire, from 1902 to 1906. He was assassinated in 1906 by irregular bands due to his pro-Greek activity. Photios was proclaimed a national martyr ("ethnomartyr") by the Church of Greece.


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