Paul (Tsaousoglou) of Glyfada

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His Eminence Paul (Tsaousoglou) of Glyfada is the Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Glyfada under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece. He is the first Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Glyfada and has served it since 2002.

Life

Metropolitan Paul was born in 1943 in the town of Ermoupoli on the island of Syros of the Cyclades. After graduating from the Theological School of University of Athens and the Law School of the University of Thessaloniki, he was ordained as deacon in 1966 and a priest in 1969. During the following years Father Paul served as preacher in the Metropolis of Nikopolis and Preveza, with the Panhellenic Holy Foundation of Evangelistria of Tinos, and the Archdiocese of Athens.

He was active for some twenty-five years in the prison ministries, representing the Church of Greece in European and international conferences. Fr. Paul also engaged in extensive missionary work in Africa having made forty eight trip to the African continent. He also was professor of ecclesiastical education and director at the boarding school of the Higher Ecclesiastical School of Athens.

In 1999, Fr. Paul was appointed abbot of the Monastery of Petrakis. On October 11, 2002, he was elected to the episcopate by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. On October 14, he was consecrated by Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens as the first Metropolitan of the newly established Metropolis of Glyfada. He was enthroned on December 1, 2002.

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Paul (Tsaousoglou) of Glyfada
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2002-Present
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