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His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Makarios (Tillyrides)''' is the Archbishop [[Metropolitan]] of [[Archdiocese of Kenya|Kenya]], in eastern Africa, part of the [[Church of Alexandria]]. His [[see]] is in Nairobi, with jurisdiction over Kenya.
==Life==
For more than ten years, Andreas participated, as a lay-theologian, in inter-ecclesiastical and inter-Orthodox conferences as well as with various religious organizations in the middle east.
On [[July 19]], 1992, Andreas Tillyrides was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]], with the name Makarios and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in the Church of St Nicholas in Riruta, Nairobia by the Patriarchal Exarch of East Africa, [[Metropolitan]] of Axum [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros]]. His ordination as a deacon was followed on the next day, [[July 20]], by his ordination as a [[priest]]. On [[July 25]], 1992, Fr. Makarios was consecrated [[Bishop]] of Riruto by Metr. Petros and Bishop Theodoros of [[Uganda]].
On [[September 13]], 1998, Bp. Makarios was elected Metropolitan [[Archbishop]] of [[Zimbabwe]], and then assigned in February 2001 to the [[see]] in Nairobi of the Archdiocese of Kenya as Archbishop of Kenya.
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Zimbabwe]]
[[Category:Bishops of Kenya]]
