Acrassus or Akrassos () was an ancient Roman and Byzantine-era city in Lydia (modern Turkey).Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843)Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6 (P. Gosse, 1736) p150.François Morenas, Historical-portable dictionary of geography sacred ancient & modern; (Desaint & Saillant, rue St. Jean de Beauvais, 1759) p14.m. Bruzen, Greater geographical dictionary, and criticism. Vol 1 (Martiniere, 1737) p61. in the Roman province of Asia and Lydia.B. Cher Gruppe, Lydische Antike Stadt: Philadelphia, Sardis, Adramyttion, Thyatira, Tabala, Algiza, Pitanae, Acrassus, Lipara, Blaundos, Apollonis, Tracula (Books Llc (German), 2010) p105Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6 (P. Gosse, 1736) p150. Apparently, it is the same place that Ptolemy calls Nacrasa or Nakrasa (), placed on the road from Thyatira to Pergamum.Pleiades
It was in the upper valley of the Caicus (today Bakırçay) River, at or near İlyaslar, but its exact site is not located.
Acrassus minted its own coins.Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Acrasus.
Bishopric Acrassus was also the seat of a bishopric and remains a titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Sardis. It is named after the ancient city and the current bishop is Đura Džudžar.Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13.942.
Known bishops Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez Auxiliary Bishop of Verdun (France) June 25, 1896 – November 28, 1898 Leopoldo A. Arcaira Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) November 6, 1961 – November 23, 1994 Đura Džudžar, auxiliary bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo (3 March 2001), Exarch of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro (23 August 2003), Exarch of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (19 January 2013), later Eparch of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur (6 Décember 2018).
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