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His Beatitude '''Irenaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine''' (né '''Emmanuel Skopeliti''' in April 1939) was elected [[primate]] of the [[Church of Jerusalem]] on [[August 13]], 2001 in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)|Church of the Holy Sepulchre]].
He was enthroned on [[September 15]], 2001 as the 140th Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee and Holy Zion in the presence of senior church and secular dignitaries, including Archbishop Christodoulos of the [[Church of Greece]] and Metropolitan Nicholas of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovak Orthodox ChurchSlovakia]].
He was born on the Island of Samos]] in [[Greece and came to Jerusalem in 1953 and served for many years as [[exarch]] of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens.
