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His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Ephraim (Kyriakos)''' is the Metropolitan [[Archbishop]] elect of the [[Archdiocese of Tripoli and Al-koura|Archdiocese of Tripoli, al-Koura and Dependencies ]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. He was the founder and former [[abbot]] of the Holy [[Monastery]] of the Archangel Michael in Biq'aata, Lebanon .
==Life==
Turning to a teaching career, he returned to St. Joseph University where he taught. Later he continued teaching in Dekwaneh and at the National Orthodox High School {Mar-Elias)-al-Mina in Tripoli, Lebanon. He also led the Orthodox Youth Movement center in Beirut.
In 1972, Ephraim left his secular career and entered the [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology]] at the University of Balamand. The on-going civil war in Lebanon in the 1970s caused, in 1975, the transfer of operations of the institute to the Theological [[Academy ]] of [[Thessalonica ]] in Greece. While attending the Institute, Ephraim entered the [[Holy Orders]] when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[August 15]], 1974. He was ordained a [[priest]] on [[October 15]], 1978. After graduating, His Beatitude [[Elias IV (Muawad) of Antioch|Elias IV (Muawad)]], Patriarch of Antioch, asked that Fr. Ephraim return and reopen the Institute of Theology in Beirut. Agreeing, Fr. Ephraim re-opened the institute and served as its Dean from 1978 to 1981.
In Greece, Fr. Ephraim entered the [[monasticism|monastic]] community when he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at the Monastery of St. Paul on [[Mount Athos]] on [[October 16]], 1983. At his tonsure, he received his name "Ephraim", in honor of [[Ephraim the Syrian]], from the Elder Parthanios under whose spiritual direction Fr. Ephraim remained for several years.
title=Archbishop of Tripoli, Koura and Dependencies|
years=2009-present|
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==Sources==s
*[http://www.antiochian.org/fellowship/canam/frephraim Biography of Elder Ephraim (Kyriakos)]
*[http://blog.habr.org/ Who is Tripoli's new Archbishop]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
