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Metropolitan '''Antonio De (de Rosso)''' is was the current head of the former [[Old Calendarist]] [[Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia]] ("Orthodox Church in Italy]] ") and the [[Metropolitan ]] of [[Ravenna (Italy)|Ravenna]] and [[Italy]].

'''Metropolitan ==Life==Metr. Antonio''' was born in on [[February 8]], 1941 in [[Farra di Soligo]] (near Treviso, Veneto). In 1968 he was [[Trevisoordination|ordained]], a [[Venetopriest]]) and in 1968 was ordained priest of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Then he converted In 1986, after his conversion to [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] and in 1986 he became was named [[bishop ]] of Aprilia and Latium under the [[jurisdiction ]] of Metr. [[Cyprian of Metropolitan Fili|Cyprian ]] of Oropos and Fili, a leader of the [[Greek Old Calendarists]] movement. In 1991 he founded the [[Orthodox Church in Italy]]. In 1993 bishop Antonio joined [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] and in 1995 It was enthroned bishop of [[Ravenna]] and [[Italy]]from Metr. After 1997 the [[Orthodox Church in Italy]] remained linked with Patriarch Pimen's [[Bulgarian Alternative Synod]] and bishop Antonio became Metropolitan of [[Ravenna]] and [[Italy]]Cyprian that Metr. In the same year Metropolitan Antonio became a full member of Pimen's Saint Synod, as the head of the autonomous derived his [[Orthodox Church in Italyapostolic succession]].

In 1991, he founded the Orthodox Church in Italy. In 1993, Metr. Antonio joined the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] and, in 1995, was enthroned bishop of Ravenna and Italy. After 1997 the [[Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia]] remained linked with [[Patriarch]] Pimen's [[Bulgarian Alternative Synod]] and under whom Bp. Antonio became Metropolitan of Ravenna and Italy. In the same year Metr. Antonio is also became a good friend full member of Pimen's [[Metropolitan MihailoHoly Synod]] , as the head of the autonomous Orthodox Church in Italy.  In 1993 he introduced the [[MontenegroRevised Julian Calendar|reformed Julian calendar]] and into the Orthodox Church in Italy, thus ending any association with the [[Patriarch FilaretOld Calendarist]] of movement. He died on [[UkraineFebruary 20]], 2009, after a long illness. ==Source==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_De_Rosso Antonio De Rosso (Wikipedia)] ==External link==*[http://www.chiesaortodossa.it/metropolia.html Ortodossia Italiana] (Italian)

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