His Eminence Damaskinos Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria was born D Papandreou in Ermione, Argolida in 1957. Following his school studies he entered University where he received degrees in Political Science and Theology. He entered the ranks of the clergy in 1987, being ordained Deacon and Archimandrite. He served in Greece and in Africa as a Priest, preacher, catechist and missionary. Following a proposal by His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate as Bishop of ...

His Eminence Ignatios, Archbishop of Antananarivo and North Madagascar was born in 1951 in Corinth, where he completed his schooling. He holds a degree as a Foreman Mechanic. He also holds a degree from the Orthodox Theological Seminary 'St Nicholas' and from the Theological Faculty of the University of Thessaloniki. He was ordained Deacon and Priest in July 1976 by His Eminence Panteleimon Metropolitan of Corinth and is a monk of the Holy Monastery of Stavronikita on Mount Athos. For six years from 1985 he served in the Orthodox Missions of Korea and then, for fourteen continuous years ...

His Eminence Emmanuel, Metropolitan of Ptolemaid (born Xenophon Kagias) was born in Athens in 1956. He holds a degree from the Theological faculty of the University of Athens. He was ordained Deacon and Priest by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Petros of Aksum. He served firstly as Deacon in Cairo and as Priest thereafter in Addis Ababa in the Holy Metropolis of Aksum and for 17 years in the Holy Metropolis of Peristeri. On 27th October 2004 by Venerable blessing and decree of His Beatitude Theodoros II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, he was elected Bishop by the Holy Synod ...

His Eminence Gregory, Metropolitan of Cameroon and Exarch of Central Africa, was born George Stergiou in Megara, Attikis in 1961. In 1984 he was tonsured a monk at the Holy Monastery of St Paraskeve Maziou, of the Metropolis of Megara and Salamina. He was a founding member of the Brotherhood. He was ordained Deacon in 1984 and Priest in 1988, receiving also the rank of Archimandrite His Eminence Vartholomaios Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina. He served as a Preacher at the Metropolis of Megara and Salamina and developed varied pastoral activities. He studied design, drawing and iconography ...

His Eminence Nikodimos Metropolitan of Memphis (Athanasios) Priaggelos, was born in Volos in 1967. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School and of the Theological Department of the University of Athens. In 1996 he was ordained Deacon and in 1997 Priest by the then Bishop of Diavleia and presently Metropolitan Damaskinos of Didymotihon. He served in the Holy Archdiocese of Athens from where he was seconded to the Holy Metropolis of Zimbabwe in 2003. From August 2005 he has been doing duty as Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo. On 1st November 2006, he was elected as Bishop of Nitria, and ...

His Eminence Meletios Grigoriatis Metropolitan of Katanga (born M. Kamiloudis), was born in M. Monastirion Larisa in 1948. He studied at the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy in Lamia and then at the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens. In 1972 he was tonsured a monk, in 1974 he was ordained Deacon and in 1976 He was made Presbyter. In 1974 he entered the Holy Gregoriou Monastery on Mount Athos. In 1989 he went to Kolwezi in the Congo, where he worked as a missionary for 18 consecutive years. On 1st November 2006, he was elected Bishop of the newly-established Diocese of Kolwezi and ...

His Eminence Gennadios Metropolitan of Botswana (born Stylianos Stantzios) was born in 1969 in Eslingen in the then West Germany. He studied at the Theological Faculty of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. He was tonsured as a Monk by His Eminence Spyridon of Langada and lived for 4 years at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Langada. In 1990 he was ordained Deacon and in 1996 Priest (and on the same day was consecrated to the rank of Archimandrite) by His Eminence Prokopios of Philippon, Neapolis and Thasos. While serving as Parish Priedt in the Nikisianis Parish (Pangaiou), ...

His Eminence Ioannis (Tsaftaridis) Metropolitan of Zambia was born in Agios Kirykos, Zakynthos, in 1969 and has his origins Sebastia in Asia Minor. After completing his schooling in his place of birth, he studied at the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens and holds a degree from there. He received his Master’s Degree in 2010 from the Department of Greek and Latin Studies of the University of Johannesburg, and is preparing his doctoral thesis at the same university. He was ordained Deacon on 21st November 1993 at the Holy Yperagathos Monastery (a dependency of Sinai) in ...

His Eminence Panteleimon,Metropolitan Of Nafcratis Most Supreme and Exarch of the Nile Region of Egypt (Arathymos) was born on the holy island of Tinos in 1974. He holds a degree from the Department of Theology of the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens and a graduate of the French Institute of Athens. He speaks English, French and Italian. He was ordained Deacon in 2000 and Priest - Archimandrite in 2001 by the late blessed Metropolitan Dorotheos I of Syros, and served as Preacher and Director of Services of the Holy Metropolis of Syros, beside His Eminence Dorotheos II ...

H.E. Innokentios, Metropolitan of Burundi and Rwanda. The Holy Metropolis of Burundi and Rwanda was established by Patriarchal and Synodal Decree on 6th October 2009. It includes in its jurisdiction the countries of Burundi and Rwanda. See: Bujumbura- Burundi Église Οrthodoxe de Burundi B.P. 3569 BUJUBURA BURUNDI 102030, EAST AFRICA Tel. Bishop 0025722275335 Mission 0025722257800 ...

His Eminence Narcissos, Metropolitan of Pelusium (born Samer Gammoh), was born in 1968 in Amman, Jordan, where he completed his schooling at the National Orthodox School. He is a graduate of the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens (1988-1992) where he read for post graduate studies in the History of Dogma (1992-1994). He was tonsured a Monk on 14/2/1994 by the late Metropolitan Iakovos Ginis of Nicaea. He was ordained by the same Metropolitan as Deacon on 15/2/1994 and Presbyter by Metropolitan Bartholomaios of Megara, together with his consecration as Archimandrite on ...

His Eminence Meletios Metropolitan of Carthage (born Konstantinos Koumanis) was botn in Kalamata Messinia in 1970. He holds a degree from the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens, from the Department of Social Theology of the Theological Academy of Athens and the Catechetical School of Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece. He speaks English, Arabic and Russian. In 1996 he was tonsured a monk and ordained Deacon at the Holy Boulkanou Monastery in Messinia, by the later Metropolitan Chrysostomos Themelis of Messinia and as Priest in 2000. In 2007 he was appointed as Chairman of the ...

His Eminence, Petros (Panagiotis Parginos), Metropolitan of Accra, was born in Johannesburg of South Africa. He matriculated from SAHETI School and studied English and Greek Literature at the Universities of the Witwatersrand and of Johannesburg. He taught the Greek Language and Culture at Saheti and was appointed Head of the Greek Department for the High School. In February of 1998 he was ordained to the Deaconate by the then Metropolitan of Cameroun, and present Patriarch of Alexandria, Theodoros II. In December of the same year, he was ordained Presbyter by the ever-memorable Metropolitan ...