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[[Image:Emilianos of Kos.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Metr. Emilianos]]
His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Emilianos (Zacharopoulos) of Kos''' is (1915 - September 8, 2011) was a [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] serving on the Greek island of Kos.
Metr. Emilianos, ''né'' '''Emilianos Zacharopoulos''', was born in 1915 in Halki, Turkey. In 1936, he successfully graduated with a Master's degree in Theology at the [[Theological School of Halki]]. In 1937, he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] for the Parish of Ss. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] in Constantinople. He later served as a deacon in the Patriarchate. [[Patriarch]] [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras I]] named him Great [[Chancellor]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and ordained him to the [[priest]]hood.
