Chrysostomos (Mavroyiannopoulos) of Kyanea
His Grace Chrysostomos (Mavroyiannopoulos) of Kyanea is an auxiliary bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate serving in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, within the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain.
Life
Bishop Chrysostomos was born on the Greek island of Naxos on April 8, 1927. Having first completed a degree in Law, he graduated from the School of Theology of the University of Athens in 1952. He was ordained to the diaconate on January 18, 1952, and to the priesthood on December 14, 1954. On December 19, 1970, he was consecrated bishop of Kyanea. He has been based at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle, Kentish Town, London, since 1961.
In 2008 a book edited by Ioannis K. Probonas was published in his honour: ΑΓΑΘΟΕΡΓΙΗ: ΤΙΜΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΟΜΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟ ΚΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΟ ΜΑΥΡΟΓΙΑΝΝΟΠΟΥΛΟ: ΔΙΑΠΡΕΠΗ ΝΑΞΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΣΠΟΡΑΣ., English: AGATHOERGII: VOLUME TIMITIKOS for Bishop Chrysostomos Cyan Mavrogiannopoulos: Remarkable Naxians DISSIPATION. The volume features forwards by H.A.H Bartholomew, Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Hegumen of Dyonisiou Monastery on Mount Athos, to which St. Andrew's Cathedral in London has close connections, a number of homilies and letters by H.G. Chrysostomos, and a series of articles by different contributors relating to the history and traditions of Naxos, the island of his birth.
| Chrysostomos (Mavroyiannopoulos) of Kyanea | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: ? |
Bishop of Kyanea 1970-present |
Succeeded by: — |
Source
External links
- Listing at the Orthodox Research Institute
- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle
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