itan , ▁like ▁other ▁dece ased ▁Orth odox ▁faithful , ▁he ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁mak ar ist os ▁— ▁" of ▁bl essed ▁memory .") ▁The ▁current ▁metropol itan ▁was ▁chosen ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁ecc les iast ical ▁administration ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁article ▁" Arg os ▁and ▁Orth odox y ▁Through ▁the ▁Pass age ▁of ▁the ▁A ges ", ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁Arch im and rite ▁K all in ik os ▁D . ▁Kor ob ok is , ▁the ▁dioc es an ▁hom il ist ▁( pub lished ▁in ▁the ▁period ical ▁" E yes ▁on ▁Arg olis ", ▁Volume ▁ 1 0 , ▁May – J une ▁ 2 0 0 2 ), ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁metropol itan ▁see ▁is ▁recorded ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Paul inus ▁( 3 5 4 - 4 3 1 ▁AD ) ▁rel ates ▁that ▁the ▁Apost le ▁Andrew ▁first ▁proc laimed ▁the ▁G ospel ▁at ▁Arg os , ▁and ▁thus ▁he ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁held ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁there . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁Apost le ▁Paul ▁came ▁to ▁Arg os , ▁some ▁time ▁around ▁ 5 0 - 6 0 ▁AD ; ▁he ▁remained ▁in ▁Cor inth ▁for ▁a ▁considerable ▁number ▁of ▁months ▁and , ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁thought , ▁all ▁around ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁provinces ▁of ▁Cor inth . ▁Arg os ▁acc laimed ▁a ▁bishop ▁fairly ▁early ▁on , ▁separate ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁bishop