METROPOLITAN CHRYSOSTOMOS OF MESSINIA
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan:
1965
Date of Consecration:
1957
Date of Ordination to the Priesthood:
1945
Date of Ordination to the Diaconate:
1944
Date of Birth:
1918
Full Name:
Chrysostomos Themelis
Biography
His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos (Themelis) was born in 1918 in Istiea, Evia. He has studied Theology. He was ordained a deacon in 1944 and a priest in 1945. He has served as chief secretary of Holy Synod. He was elected and ordained as titular bishop in 1957. He was elected Metropolitan of Messinia in 1965. In 1990, he was awarded a honor Doctorate by the University of Athens. He has written many books.
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