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His Eminence '''Eusebius (Pistolis) of Samos and Ikaria''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria]] under the administration of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]. He has been the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 1995.  

==Life==
Evangelos (Pistolis) was born in 1949 in the village Old Karlovasi on the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. After completing his studies in theology, Evangelos entered the [[Holy Orders]]. In 1972, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] with the name Eusebius. In 1976, he was ordained a [[priest]]. Following his ordination he held the position of Dean of the Religious Service of the Greek Police.

In 1995, Father Eusebius was elected to the [[episcopate]] and on [[July 22]], 1995 he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria.   

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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Samos.html   Holy Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Samou/Samou.html   Samos and Ikaria]  In Greek

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Samos]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]