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His Eminence '''Kyrillos I (Karmpaliotis) of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala''' was the [[metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The metropolis is located in Thessaly in central Greece. Metr. Kyrillos was metropolitan from 1951 to 1967.
==Life==
George Karmpaliotis was born in 1901 in Kalamata, in the southern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. He entered the [[wikipedia:Agiou_Pavlou_monastery|Monastery of St. Paul]] at Mount Athos from high school and was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]], receiving the name Kyrillos. He then enrolled in the Theological School of the University of Athens and also attended courses at its Philosophical Faculty. Additionally, he had entered the [[Holy Orders]].
After his graduation, he was appointed [[Chancellor]] of the Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala, a position he held until the year 1933 when he was transferred to a position as preacher in [[Metropolis of Messenia]]. In 1934, Father Kyrillos was transferred to the Military Academy where he remained until 1942.
