Metropolitan Melety ( Greek. Μητροπολίτης Μελέτιο,, Констанωνση , ωνστ ; ωνστα ; греωνστα ; 20 February 1970 [1] , Kalamata , Mr. Messenia , Greece );
Metropolitan Meletius | ||
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Μητροπολίτης Μελέτιος | ||
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from November 17, 2016 | ||
Predecessor | Alexiy (Leontaritis) | |
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December 5, 2014 - November 17, 2016 | ||
Predecessor | Cyril (Economopoulos) | |
Birth name | Konstantinos Kumanis | |
Original name at birth | Κωνσταντίνος Κούμανης | |
Birth |
Biography
He graduated from the church lyceum in Patras ( Greece ). He graduated from the Catechism School of the Missionary Society " Apostolic of Diakonia " of the Greek Orthodox Church. He graduated from the Social Theological Faculty of the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens [2] .
On July 14, 1996, he became a monk and was ordained deacon in the Messinian Vulcan Monastery by the metropolitan Messinian Chrysostomos (Femelis) . It was defined in the Metropolitan Church of the Presentation of the Lord in Kalamata [2] .
In 2000, the same bishop was ordained to the dignity of hieromonk and was appointed to serve as a priest in the church of St. Basil in Hellenistic, then transferred to serve in the church of the Incorporeal Chief in Kalamata, where he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite [2] .
In 2007, he was appointed head of the administration of the church camps of the Messinian metropolis for their reorganization [2] .
From 2007 to 2008 - Assistant Abbot of the Vulcan Monastery in Messina [2] .
In November 2008, he was transferred to the clergy of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church and was appointed by the clique of the Patriarchal Church of St. Sava in Alexandria [2] .
In 2009 he was appointed skevofilaksom patriarchal throne [2] .
On February 17, 2010, he accompanied Patriarch Theodore II during his visit to the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov , who was on a raid in the port of Dar es Salaam [3] .
In September 2010, he accompanied Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria, during his trip to Russia [4] [5] .
On November 25, 2010, he was appointed Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Sava in Alexandria. From that time he served in the Office of the Patriarchate, headed the personal secretariat of the Patriarch of Alexandria [4] , maintained the official website of the Church of Alexandria and taught a course on the ceremonial at the Alexandrian Theological Seminary of St. Athanasius the Great. Accompanied Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and the whole of Africa in official visits abroad and missionary trips around Africa. He was the chief editor of a memorable volume in honor of the decade of the primacy ministry of Patriarch Theodore II [2] .
November 26, 2014 at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria, at the suggestion of Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, was elected titular bishop of Navkratida, leaving the abbot of the monastery of St. Sava in Alexandria [2] .
On December 5 of the same year, the episcopal seeker was held in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Savva the Sanctified in Alexandria, which was performed by the Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Metropolitan Paul of Glyfada (Tsausoglu) (Greek Orthodox Church), Metropolitan Gavriil of Leontopol (Ravtopultroptosher) . (Standzios) , Metropolitan Pilusiosky Niphon (Tsavaris) and Metropolitan Nubian Narkiss (Gammokh) [6] .
From August 19 to 29, 2015, accompanied the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore II during his pilgrimage visit to Russia [7] .
On November 17, 2016, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Metropolitan of Carthage [8] , and the pepery and ecsora of North Africa.
In addition to his native Greek, he mastered English, Russian and Arabic languages [2] .
Notes
- 2014 ΕΤΟΣ 2014 ειροτοννηθέντες Αρχιερείς
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ΙΕΡΑ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΣ - ΠΡΩΤΗ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ
- ↑ Russian line / News / Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria, visited the Marshal Shaposhnikov warship
- ↑ 1 2 A meeting was held between His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- ↑ The stay of Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria in Russia has ended / Orthodoxy. Ru
- ↑ Greek Orthodox
- ↑ JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 22, 2015 / Official documents / Patriarchy.ru
- ↑ [Greek Orthodox]