Metropolitan Nicholas Antoniou ( Greek Μητροπολίτης Νικόλαος Αντωνίου ; born March 20, 1944 , Cairo , Egypt ) - Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria , Metropolitan of Yermopolsky , ispert and exarch of the First Egypt [1] .
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Biography
In 1974, received a degree in mechanical engineering at Helwan University in Cairo [2] .
In 1980, he was ordained a deacon , and in 1983, a presbyter [2] .
In 1988 he graduated from the Orthodox University of St. John of Damascus at the Balamand Monastery in Lebanon [2] .
In 1992 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite [2] .
On March 18, 2001, he was placed in the Metropolitan of Yermopolsky and was appointed patriarchal bishop to nourish the Arab-speaking believers of Egypt [2] with a chair in Tant [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Μητροπόλεις Πατριαρχικού Θρόνου on the official website of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment February 10, 2015. Archived December 18, 2005.