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[[Image:Sotirios_of_Korea.jpg|left|frame|Metropolitan Sotirios]]
His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Sotirios (Trambas) of Pisidia''' was the first [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'s [[Orthodox Metropolis of Korea]]serving from 2004 to 2008.
==Life==
Sotirios (sometimes ''Soterios'') was born in Arta, Greece on [[July 17]], 1929. After graduating from high school in Arta, he graduated from the Theological School of the University of Athens in 1951. He then served as an army officer for two and a half years, and then as a preacher and [[catechist]] for two years in the middle and high school.
In 1993, the [[holy synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him to be an [[auxiliary bishop]] to the Metropolitan of New Zealand, and he was given the title ''Bishop of Zelon''. In 1995, he oversaw the newly established missionary foundation, the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Korea. In 2000, His Eminence also received a certificate and medal from the mayor of Seoul acclaiming him as an honorary citizen of Seoul.
[[File:Metropolitan Sotirius Trambas.jpg|thumb|200px]]
On [[April 20]], 2004, the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to elevate the Church of Korea to a Metropolitanate and on [[June 20]], 2004, Metropolitan Sotirios was enthroned as the first Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Korea at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul.
After his resignation from the [[See ]] of the Holy Metropolis of Korea, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him as Metropolitan of Pisidia on [[May 28]], 2008.
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{{succession|
before=[[Kallistos (Samaras)]]|
title=Bishop of Zelon|
years=1993-2004|
after=[[Ambrose (Zographos) of Korea|Ambrosios (Zographos)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Methodios (FouyasFouyias) of Pisidia|Methodios (FouyasFouyias)]]|
title=Metropolitan of Pisidia|
years=2008-present|
after=—}}
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==Source==
*[http://orthodoxwww.orpatriarchate.krorg/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/englishmetropolitans-throne/sotirios.htm Orthodox Metropolis -of Korea] ==External link==*[http-pisidia Patriarchae://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/new_zealand/current.htm#sotirios_bishop_zelon ListingSotirios of Pisidia] at the Orthodox Research Institute
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