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He was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] in 1957 and [[priest]] during 1959. He was raised to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. He served in the Metropolis of Serres and as Exarch of the Church of Alexandria in the Soviet Union.
In 1976, Fr. Chrysostomos was elected [[Bishop]] of Nikopolis, succeeding Metr. [[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pilousion|Irenaeus]]. He served also as editor of the journal ''Pantainos'' and managed the publication work of the Alexandria Patriarchate. Bp. Chrysostomos was elected Archbishop of Zimbabwe in 1990. In 1997, he was appointed Archbishop and Metropolitan of Carthage, with added duties of representing Patriarch[[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros VII]] in Athens. Abp. Chrysostomos reposed as the result of a helicopter crash in the Aegean Sea on [[September 11]], 2004.