Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zita rokuti Ioannina rinooneka kwenguva yokutanga muna 879, muzviito zveKanzuru yechina yeConstantinople, iyo inoreva mumwe Zacharias, Bhishopi weIoannine, muzvinafundo weNaupaktos. Pashure pokukundwa kweBulgaria neByzantine
, muna 1020 Emperor Basil II () akaisa bhishopu wemuno pasi peMubhishopu Mukuru weOhrid. Muchibvumirano chekuparadzaniswa kwenyika dzeByzantine mushure meChishanu chechina, Ioannina yakavimbiswa kuvaVenetian, asi muchiitiko ichi, yakava chikamu cheumambo hutsva hweEpirus, hwakagadzwa naMichael I Komnenos Doukas.