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[[Image:Emilianos of Kos.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Metr. Emilianos]]
His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Emilianos (Zacharopoulos) of Kos''' is a was the ruling hierarch of the Metropolis of Kos and Nisiros under the [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishopjurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] serving on in the Greek island of KosDodecanese Islands.
==Life==Metr. Emilianos, ''né'' '''Emilianos Zacharopoulos''' , was born in 1915 in Halki, Turkey. In 1936, he successfully graduated with a Master 's degree in Theology at the [[Theological Institute School of Halki]]. In 1937, he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] for the Parish of Ss. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] in Constantinople. He later served as a deacon in the Patriarchate. [[Patriarch ]] [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras I]] named him Great [[Chancellor ]] (vicar general) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and ordained him to the [[priest]]hood.
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of SelevkiaSeleucia|
years=1959-1969|
after=?|}}{{succession|before=—new creation|
title=Metropolitan of Belgium<br>(Constantinople)|
years=1969-1982|
after=[[Panteleimon (Kontogiannis) of Belgium|Panteleimon (Kontogiannis)]]}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Kos|
years=1982-present2009|after=—[[Nathaniel (Diakopanagiotis) of Kos and Nisyros|Nathaniel (Diakopanagiotis)]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://www.aartsbisdom.be/Hierarchen/A_Hierarchen01_diocesane/Emilianos_of_Kos.html Emilianos, former Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros]
*[http://www.orthodoxia.be/Z-Nouvelles_2011/Deces_Emilianos_Kos.html Death of the Metropolitan Emilianos Zacharopoulos] In French
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Seleucia]]
[[Category: Bishops of Belgium]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kos]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]