Metropolitan Amphilochius ( Greek Μητροπολίτης Αμφιλόχιος , in the world of Nicolaos Stergiou , Greek Νικόλαος Στεργίου ; clan ) - Orthodox church of Bishop; Metropolitan of Adrianople , the Iertim and Exarch of the whole Hemimont .
| Metropolitan Amphilochius | ||
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| Μητροπολίτης Αμφιλόχιος | ||
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| since October 18, 2014 | ||
| Election | October 3, 2014 | |
| Church | Patriarchate of Constantinople | |
| Predecessor | Damascene (Papandreou) | |
| Education | University of Athens | |
| Birth name | Nikolaos Stergiu | |
| Original name at birth | Νικόλαος Στεργίου | |
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| Episcopal consecration | October 18, 2014 | |
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Biography
Born on September 6, 1961 in the city of Megara, in Attica, in Greece.
He graduated from the University of Athens . He served in the Megar Metropolis.
May 6, 1984 in the stavropegic monastery of St. Paraskeva (Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Παρασκευής Μαζίου) in was tonsured a monk .
He was nominated as a candidate for the replacement of the metropolitans of the department in the Jannin Metropolis , but was not approved at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece [1] [2] .
On October 3, 2014, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, he was elected titular Metropolitan of Adrianople with the mission to represent the interests of the patriarchy in Athens [3] .
October 18, 2014 in St. George’s Cathedral on Phanar he was ordained bishop and was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan [4] . The consecration was performed by Patriarch Bartholomew , Metropolitan of Miletus Apostle (Vulgaris) , Metropolitan of Hierapitini and Sitia Eugene (Politis) , Metropolitan of Didmotich Damascene (Karpafakis) , Metropolitan of Iconium Theolipt (Fenerlis) , Metropolitan of Cameroon Gregory (Stergiu) (Patriarchate of Alexandria), Metropolitan of Nilopolis Gennady (Stanzios) (Patriarchate of Alexandria), Metropolitan of Prussia Elpidiphorus (Lambriniadis) , Bishop of Serbia [ Patriarch ] of Bach .
December 15, 2018 participated in the Unification Council of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches , sat on the presidium of the cathedral [6] ; On February 3, 2019, he attended the intronization of the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU) Metropolitan Epiphanius (Dumenko) , [7] and on May 26, 2019 he took part in the consecration of the new bishop of the PCU - Bishop of Olbia Epiphanius (Dimitriou) . [eight]
Rewards
- The Order of Merit of the III degree (Ukraine, January 4, 2019) - for outstanding activities aimed at strengthening the authority of Orthodoxy in the world, affirming the ideals of spirituality and mercy, a significant personal contribution to the development of the autocephalous local Orthodox Church of Ukraine [9] .
See also
- List of living bishops of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople
Notes
- ↑ Αντί για Ιωαννίνων Μητροπολίτης Ανδριανουπόλεως ο Αρχιμ. Αμφιλόχιος Στεργίου (Greek)
- ↑ Τα τεκταινόμενα για τις Μητροπόλεις Θεσσαλιώτιδος, Ιωαννίνων, Περιστερίου, Φωκίδος κ.α. (Greek)
- ↑ Mητροπολίτης Αδριανουπόλεως ο Αρχιμανδρίτης Αμφιλόχιος Στεργίου Archived October 16, 2014 on Wayback Machine (Greek)
- ↑ Η χειροτονία του νέου Μητροπολίτη Αδριανουπόλεως στο Φανάρι (Greek) (link not available) . Amen.gr. Date of treatment October 19, 2014. Archived October 19, 2014.
- ↑ Μάρκου Μάρκου. ΕΤΟΣ 2014 Χειροτονηθέντες Αρχιερείς (Greek) (unavailable link) . Αρχική σελίδα Μάρκου Μάρκου (22 Μαΐου 2019). Date accessed May 30, 2019. Archived May 30, 2019.
- ↑ Poroshenko at the Unification Council was put on the "presidium" . Ukrainian Truth (December 15, 2018). Date of treatment December 16, 2018.
- ↑ In Kiev, the head of the new Ukrainian church was intronized . 02/04/2019.
- ↑ Press Service of the Kiev Metropolitan Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (PCU). Archbishop's Archbishop Episcophe of Olbia Epifaniya (Dimitar) (Ukrainian) . The official site of the PCU (May 26, 2019). Circulation date May 30, 2019.
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 2/2019 “On the Significance of the State Powers of Ukraine”
Links
- Το Σάββατο η χειροτονία του νέου Μητροπολίτη Αμφιλόχιου στο Φανάρι on enimerosi-news