Chrysostomos (Kalamatianos) of Mithymna

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His Eminence Chrysostomos (Kalamatianos) of Mithymna is the Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Mithymna under the administration of the Church of Greece. The Metropolis of Mithymna is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. [1]. Metr. Chrysostomos has been the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 1984.

Life

Kyriakos Kalamatianos was born in 1930 in Chalkida on the island of Euboea in Greece. After he had completed his studies in theology, Kyriakos enter the Holy Orders when he was ordained a deacon in 1954 and received the name Chrysostomos. Dcn. Chrysostomos was ordained a priest in 1967. In 1984, Father Chrysostomos was elected to the episcopate by the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece. He was consecrated Metropolitan of Mithymna on May 6, 1984.

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