Metropolitan Pavel ( Greek Μητροπολίτης Παύλος , in the world Panayiotis Papaleksiou Greek Παναγιώτης Παπαλεξίου ; clan May 27, 1942 , Greek Orthodox, Greek Orthodox Christian Orthodox Church ) since 2004).
| Metropolitan Paul | ||
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| since April 29, 2004 | ||
| Election | April 26, 2004 | |
| Church | Orthodox Church of Constantinople , Hellas Orthodox Church [1] | |
| Predecessor | Ambrose (Yakalis) | |
| Education | University of Athens | |
| Birth | ||
| Deacon consecration | October 24, 1971 | |
| Presbytery consecration | May 13, 1973 | |
| Episcopal consecration | April 29, 2004 | |
Biography
Born May 27, 1942 in Rodya, in the north of the Peloponnese , in Greece.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Theological Institute of the University of Athens .
On October 24, 1971 he was ordained to the rank of deacon , and on May 13, 1973 - to the rank of presbyter . As a housekeeper, obedience was held at the Assumption Monastery in Pendeli and the rector of the Church of the Entry into the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Ιερού Ναού Εισοδίων της Θεοτόκου) in Nea Filotei .
In 1979, he became a preacher, and later protosynkel of the Kalavritsky and Aegialian Metropolis .
Since 1990, he was a preacher at the Athenian Archdiocese, and since 1991 he served in a Greek temple in Astoria, New York.
On April 26, 2004, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Hellas Orthodox Church, he was elected to be ordained Metropolitan of Servius and Kozanski [2] . On April 29, 2004, bishop consecration was performed over him [3] .
Notes
- ↑ The metropolis belongs to the Greek Church of the New Territories, which is under the joint jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Greek Orthodox Church.
- ↑ Σερβίων καί Κοζάνης κ. Παῦλος (Greek) . patriarchate.org (29 Απριλίου 2004). Circulation date May 3, 2019.
- ↑ Μητροπολίτης Σερβίων και Κοζάνης κύριος Παύλος. (γεν. 1942) (Greek) . users.sch.gr (19 Ιουλίου 2018). Circulation date May 3, 2019.