Showing posts with label Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Show all posts
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Friday, September 24, 2021
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
New Metropolitan,Auxiliary Bishop Named in Constantinople - updated
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elected His Grace Bishop Theodoritos of Nazianzos as Metropolitan of Laodicea,Turkey on 29 August 2018.At the same time,it also elected the Very Rev. Archimandrite Paisios Larentzakis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Holy Metropolis of Austria with the title Apameia.He will serve under the leadership of His Eminence Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria.*
Born in 1948,Bishop Theodoritos (Polyzogopoulos) is a native of Athens.He received B.A. degrees in Theology (1972) and Philosophy (1976) from the University of Athens and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Manchester (1979).*
On 9 September 1972,His Grace was ordained to the diaconate in Athens;on 17 September of that year,to the holy priesthood in London;and,on 18 March 2000,he was consecrated to the episcopacy at the Church of St.George in Constantinople.
Bishop Theodoritos served mainly in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Ecumenical Patriarchate) at Cambridge;Manchester;St.Nicholas Shepherd's Bush,London;and also at St.Paraskevi,Athens.
In addition,His Grace taught Ancient Greek Philosophy;Theology;and Christian Ethics at Athens College,a coed private preparatory school in the Athens suburb of Psychiko,Greece. *
Archimandrite Paisios has been serving as Protosynkellos (Chancellor) of the Metropolis of Austria.As Bishop of Apameia,he will be assigned to Budapest,Hungary.Hungary is donating real estate to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and being generally cordial to the Orthodox Church.
Born in 1948,Bishop Theodoritos (Polyzogopoulos) is a native of Athens.He received B.A. degrees in Theology (1972) and Philosophy (1976) from the University of Athens and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Manchester (1979).*
On 9 September 1972,His Grace was ordained to the diaconate in Athens;on 17 September of that year,to the holy priesthood in London;and,on 18 March 2000,he was consecrated to the episcopacy at the Church of St.George in Constantinople.
Bishop Theodoritos served mainly in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Ecumenical Patriarchate) at Cambridge;Manchester;St.Nicholas Shepherd's Bush,London;and also at St.Paraskevi,Athens.
In addition,His Grace taught Ancient Greek Philosophy;Theology;and Christian Ethics at Athens College,a coed private preparatory school in the Athens suburb of Psychiko,Greece. *
Archimandrite Paisios has been serving as Protosynkellos (Chancellor) of the Metropolis of Austria.As Bishop of Apameia,he will be assigned to Budapest,Hungary.Hungary is donating real estate to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and being generally cordial to the Orthodox Church.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Patriarch Bartholomew To Visit Great Britain
On Sunday 1 November,His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians,will begin a four day visit to Great Britain at the invitation of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby,Leader of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.They had met for the first time last year in Istanbul.According to His Eminence the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain Gregorios,the patriarch's visit will consist of two parts:
1.Meeting and blessing his flock in Britain and Ireland;and
2.a series of official contacts with the Archbishop of Canterbury and his associates.
Among the worship services will be Great Vespers at the Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom,Bayswater,London at 6:00 pm on Monday 2 November.His All Holiness will preside and preach at the service.At 8:00 pm, an Official Dinner in the patriarch's honour will be held at the Hotel Marriott,Central London.On Tuesday 3 November,the patriarch will attend Evensong at Westminster Abbey and a memorial at the Shrine of St.Edward the Confessor.*
Patriarch Bartholomew's other activities will include a visit to Lambeth Palace,the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury,and an ecological discussion,as well as the presentation of an agreed statement by the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue,In the Image and Likeness of God:A Hope-Filled Anthropology (the meaning of human personhood in the divine image),to both spiritual leaders.Orthodox representatives on the Commission are from the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Churches of Alexandria,Antioch,Jerusalem,Moscow,Serbia,Cyprus,Greece,Albania,Georgia and Poland.
1.Meeting and blessing his flock in Britain and Ireland;and
2.a series of official contacts with the Archbishop of Canterbury and his associates.
Among the worship services will be Great Vespers at the Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom,Bayswater,London at 6:00 pm on Monday 2 November.His All Holiness will preside and preach at the service.At 8:00 pm, an Official Dinner in the patriarch's honour will be held at the Hotel Marriott,Central London.On Tuesday 3 November,the patriarch will attend Evensong at Westminster Abbey and a memorial at the Shrine of St.Edward the Confessor.*
Patriarch Bartholomew's other activities will include a visit to Lambeth Palace,the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury,and an ecological discussion,as well as the presentation of an agreed statement by the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue,In the Image and Likeness of God:A Hope-Filled Anthropology (the meaning of human personhood in the divine image),to both spiritual leaders.Orthodox representatives on the Commission are from the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Churches of Alexandria,Antioch,Jerusalem,Moscow,Serbia,Cyprus,Greece,Albania,Georgia and Poland.
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