{{Short description|Village and community on the island of Santorini, Greece}} {{refimprove|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox Greece place |name = Episkopi Gonias |name_local = Επισκοπή Γωνιάς |type = community |image_skyline = Episkopi Gonias.jpg |caption_skyline = |coordinates = {{coord|36|23|06|N|25|27|35|E|region:GR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=it|format=dms}} |elevation = |periph = South Aegean |periphunit = Thira |municipality = Thira |municunit = Thira |population_as_of = 2021 |population = 1252 |area = |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = |website = }} '''Episkopi Gonias''' ({{langx|el|Επισκοπή Γωνιάς}}) also ''Mesa Gonia'' ({{langx|el|Μέσα Γωνιά}}) is a village and a community on the island of Santorini in Greece, located 6 km southeast of the capital Fira.<ref name="santorini">{{cite web | url =http://www.santorini.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=117&lang=en | title =Episkopi (Mesa) Gonia | website =Municipality of Thira Official Tourism Portal | access-date = 3 May 2016}}</ref> The village is built on the foothills of Profitis Ilias mountain and had 187 inhabitants according to the 2021 census.<ref name=census21/> Episkopi Gonias was almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake in 1956. As a result, most of its dwellers moved near the coast and built the village of Kamari. Today, Episkopi Gonias and Kamari comprise the community (Δημοτική Κοινότητα) of Episkopi Gonias with a total population of 1,252 (2021).<ref name=census21/>
The village derives its name from Panagia Episkopi, a nearby 11th century Byzantine church which used to be the seat of the Orthodox diocese of Santorini.
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