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INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE

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It is with great joy that we welcome you to the new, fully re-organized and enriched website of the ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. We are certain that through this modern means of communication, which is offered to us by server, you will be able to visit us and communicate with us spiritually, understanding through the intellectual wind of Africa, the multifaceted spiritual, social, missionary and humanistic work which comprises the Second Throne Church of the Alexandrians on the continent of the future, faithful to the Apostolic heritage of its founder and Keeper St ...

PETROS VII (1996-2004)

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He worked with great enthusiasm for the spread of the Gospel message on the Africa n continent. He concerned himself mainly with the administrative reorganization of the Church of Alexandria, compiled the “Patriarchal Order of 16th September 2002” ...

PARTHENIOS III (1987-1996)

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He was distinguished for his theological knowledge and his manifold activity in the Ecumenical Movement and the Theological Dialogues, defined as the Patriarch of Dialogues. He served as President of the World Council of Churches. He worked tirelessly for the spread of Orthodox Mission ...

NICHOLAS VI (1968-1986)

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He came face to face with the enormous problem of the diminishing of the Greek flock of the Patriarchate in Egypt . He transferred the patriarchal See from the Holy Monastery of St Savv to the building of the Tositsas School in Alexandria , reorganized the Archdiocese ...

CHRISTOPHOROS II (1939-1967)

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He was a respected and compassionate man of the church, a lover and admirer of the tradition of the fathers and the Canons of the Church. During his tenure as Patriarch the missionary activities on the African continent began. He staffed the Church with able priests from Egypt , showing great ...

NICHOLAS V (1935-1939)

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He worked very hard on the internal reorganization of the philanthropic institutions of the Church and the harmonious operation of the educational institutes.

MELETIOS II METAXAKIS (1926-1935)

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An eminent and highly experienced man of the church. He served as Metropolitan of Kition in Cyprus (1910-1918), Metropolitan of Athens (1918-1921) and Ecumenical Patriarch (1921-1923). In 1926 he was elected as Patriarch of Alexandria. He compiled ...

PHOTIOS (1900-1925)

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He was born on the island of Tinos as Photios Peroglou and was elected as Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1883, even though the Sultan refused to accept the choice and was named as Metropolitan of Nazareth. In 1900 he was elected Patriarch of Alexandria. He divided the entire administration of the ...

SOPHRONIOS IV (1870-1899)

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He served as Ecumenical Patriarch during the period of 1863-1866. On 30th May 1870 he was elected Patriarch of Alexandria. In 1888 he established the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in Port Said . His tenure as Patriarch was tainted by the unfair expulsion of ...

NIKANOR (1866-1869)

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He was a respected man of the Church, who during his short tenure as Patriarch who was harassed by the astonishing election of Archimandrite Evgenios as “his caretaker and successor”. This fact caused serious internal clashes in the Church of Alexandria . He resigned from ...

IAKOVOS (1861-1865)

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His election at first caused objections on the part of the Hellenic Community of Alexandria, because he tried to play a part in the internal affairs of the Community. In 1862 he retracted all the decisions made by his predecessors regarding the Sinaitic issue.

KALLINIKOS (1858-1861)

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He participated in the National Assemblies of Constantinople in the years 1858-1860. He tried unsuccessfully to bring about unity with the Coptic Church. He resigned from the Patriarchal Throne on 24th May 1861.

IEROTHEOS II (1847-1858)

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In 1847 he established and inaugurated in 1856 the beautiful Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria . He also founded the Hellenic Girls’ School in the city. He took care of the spiritual development of the clergy. He participated in various Synods for ...

ARTEMIOS (1845-1847)

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He was a respected and very experienced man. He was elected Patriarch of Alexandria by the Ecumenical Patriarchate despite the objections of the Hellenic Community of Alexandria, he proposed Archimandrite Ierotheos for the Patriarchal Throne. The period following ...

IEROTHEOS I (1825-1845)

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He renovated the Holy Monastery of St Savvas in Alexandria , the Holy Church of St Nicholas in Cairo and established a guest house to host the poor. In 1842 he established the Hellenic-Arabic School of Cairo. He ransomed and freed many Christian captives from the Arabs.

THEOPHILOS II PANKOSTAS (1805-1825)

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He too was from Patmos , a nephew of Patriarch Parthenios II, whom he succeeded to the Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria. He supported the immigration of Greeks to Egypt with the parallel goodwill of the reformer of the country, Mohammed Ali. In 1818 he became ill and went to ...

PARTHENIOS II PANKOSTAS (1788-1805)

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He was born n Patmos . His general church activities are not known. He renovated the ancient Holy Monastery of St George in Old Cairo and re-organized the Patriarchal Library. Following the French conquest of Egypt under the leadership of Napoleon ...

GERASIMOS III GIMARIS (1783-1788)

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An erudite man of the Church and an experienced interpreter of the Holy Scriptures. He was most concerned with education.

KYPRIANOS (1766-1783)

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A virtuous man of the Church about whom very few facts are known. He re-instituted the Hellenic School of Cairo and concerned himself mainly with the solution to the Sinaitic issue.

MATTHAIOS PSALTIS (1746-1766)

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He was born on the island of Andros He served as Metropolitan of Libya and Hegumen (Abbot) of the Zlatari Monastery of Vlachia. He was elected Patriarch of Alexandria on 18th August 1746. Despite the lack of funds of the Patriarchate he went ahead with renovations of the buildings, ...

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