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[[Image:DemetriosOfAmerica.jpg|right|frame|His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America]]
His Eminence the Most Reverend [[Archbishop]] '''Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America''' is the current [[primate]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He is also the Chairman of the [[Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America]].
==Life==
From 1965 to 1971, on scholarship from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Archbishop Demetrios studied [[New Testament]] and Christian Origins and was awarded a Ph.D. "with distinction," in 1972.
In 1968, he was elected [[Metropolitan]] of Attika [[Metropolis of Attica|Attica]] and MegarisMegaridos, but refused the post for reasons related to the [[Canons of the Orthodox Church|canonical]] order of the Church and to the political conditions in Greece at that time.
Later in 1977, he earned a Th.D. in Theology from the University of Athens.
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==SourceSources==
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/archbishop/demetrios/biography/ Biographical profile of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://goarch.org/news/goa.news422 Ecumenical Patriarchate Elects Metropolitan Demetrios of Vresthena (Greece) New Archbishop for America]
==External links==
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Modern Writers]]
[[Category:University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]
