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His Eminence '''Hierotheos (Garifalos) of Lemnos and Saint Eustratios''', (also Ierotheos), is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Lemnos and Saint Eustratios]] under the administration of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Lemnos and Saint Eustratios is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]. He has been the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 1988.
==Life==
Hierotheos was born in Athens during 1934. He studied theology in Athens, followed by postgraduate studies at Oxford University in Great Britain. Entering the [[Holy Orders]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1954 and received the name Hierotheos. He served as a member on various conciliar committees and was appointed the editor of "Calendar of the Church of Greece."
Having been ordained to the [[priest]]hood, Father Hierotheos was elected to the[[episcopate]] in 1988. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Lemnos and Saint Eustratios on [[November 22]], 1988.
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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Lemnou/Lemnou.html Lemnos and Agios Efstratios] In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Lemnos.html Holy Metropolis of Lemnos and Agios Ephstratios]
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/metropolitans-new-lands/hierotheos-of-limnos Hierotheos of Limnos]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Lemnos]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
==Life==
Hierotheos was born in Athens during 1934. He studied theology in Athens, followed by postgraduate studies at Oxford University in Great Britain. Entering the [[Holy Orders]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1954 and received the name Hierotheos. He served as a member on various conciliar committees and was appointed the editor of "Calendar of the Church of Greece."
Having been ordained to the [[priest]]hood, Father Hierotheos was elected to the[[episcopate]] in 1988. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Lemnos and Saint Eustratios on [[November 22]], 1988.
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Lemnos|
years=1988 - Present|
after=?}}
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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Lemnou/Lemnou.html Lemnos and Agios Efstratios] In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Lemnos.html Holy Metropolis of Lemnos and Agios Ephstratios]
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/metropolitans-new-lands/hierotheos-of-limnos Hierotheos of Limnos]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Lemnos]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
