SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF HIERARCHES OF CHURCH OF CHRIST
His Eminence, Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadia kyr CHRYSOSTOM (name in world; Christos Tzanis) was born in 1941 in the village Ropoto in Trikala. From the early age of 18, he craved to live monastic life so he entered as a novice monk in masterful historical Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Keratea-Attica and later as he craved the ascetic life, he went to Holy Mount Athos. He was ordained deacon and priest (Hieromonk) in 1970 by Metropolitan of Patra Andrew in the historic Monastery of Panagia Pefkovounogiatrissa in Keratea-Attica. In Holy Mount Athos he lived strange and ascetic next to the late Elder strict monk Clement of the Sacred Cell "The Nativity of Christ”in Katounakia. In 1995, after the repose of Elder Clement, He was emerged Elder of the Brotherhood of the holy cell. Many times the Holy Synod elected him to the rank of bishop, but he was not accepting this beause of his great humality, until finally, after of big pressure from the Hierarches, he was ordained Bishop of Thebes and Levadia on February 24 in 2005 under the Late St. Metropolitan of Messinia Gregory and the other Bishops of the Holy Synod. After the repose of St. First- Hierarch Gregory, His eminence Metopolitan Chrysostom is Locum tenens of Holy Archdiocese of Athens and all Hellas and President of the Holy Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece.
Holy Nameday: November 14, St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Konstantinople.
His Eminence, Metropolitan of Triki and Staga kyr Kosmas (name in world; Christos Skretas) was born in 1962 in Pyrgetos, Larissa. After high school, he crumbled the Late Metropolitan of Attica and Megaris Matthew, by whom he was ordained as deacon (1984) and Hieromonk (1993). After active priestly ministry in the Holy Vineyard of the Lord in Trikala and the wider region of Thessaly, he was ordained in 2005 as Metropolitan of Triki and Staga by Late st. Metropolitan Gregory of Messinia and the Metropolitan of Thebes Chrysostom (now presiden of the Holy Synod).
Holy Nameday: November 1, Saints Anargyre Cosmas and Damian.
His Eminence, Metropolitan of Fthiotis kyr Ignatios (name in world; Demetrios Liaskos) was born in 1969 in Melbourne in Australia. After his general studies, he attended the Hunting Dale Scholl and Collingwood College of Tafe, concerning electronic data and computer programming. In 1991 he returned to Greece and he followed the holy monastic life, having as Elder the blessed Metropolitan of Fthiotis Theodosios, by whom he was ordained as a deacon in 1994. As hieromonk,Father Ignatius served the late Metropolitan Theodosios with willingness untiil his holy repose in 2002. The same year he was ordained Hieromonk by the late Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani Titus (2002). In 2005 he was elected for the Holy Metropolis of Fthiotis and he was ordained in December of that year under the Late St. Metropolitan Gregory of Messinia and the Holy Synod, succeeding Elder Metropolitan Theodosius.
Holy Nameday: December 20, St. Ignatius the Hieromartyr & Theoforos.
His Eminence, Metropolitan of Messenia kyr Jacob (name in word John Kitsantas) was born in 1967, in Toronto, Canada and his origin is from Arta in Greece. When he was 11 years old with his family came in Genuine Orthodox Church of Christ. After his general studies, he studied in University of Toronto architect and he took his diploma. In 1992 he came in Grece and he followed monastic life in Holy Monastery of "The Annunciation of Theotokos" (Skete of Panagoulakis) in Kalamata of Peloponnese under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness, Late Metropolitan of Messenia by whom Father Jacob was concentrated as Hierodiacon and Hieromonk in 1993. He served the parishes and the monasteries of Holy Metropolis of Messenia (G.O.C.) and in other regions in Peloponnese, untill the Holy repose of Blessed Memory Metropolitan of Messenia and Locum Tenens of Holy Archdiocese of Athens Gregory in 2009. Later he was elected and concetranted Metropolitan of Messenia by His Eminence Metropolitan of Thebes & Locum Tenens of Holy Archdiocese of Athens Chrysostom and the Holy Synod of Genuine Orthodox Church of Christ.
Holy Nameday: April 30, St. Apostle Jacob