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Maximos (Mastichis) of Evmenia

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His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Maximos (Mastichis) of Evmenia''' is an [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]'s Archdiocese of Belgium.
Bishop Maximos, ''né'' '''Ioannis Mastichis''', was born on [[September 30]], 1935, in Stylis, Greece. In 1958, he successfully graduated with a Master's degree in Theology from the [[Theological Institute School of Halki ]] in Turkey. On [[September 7]], 1958, he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] by Metropolitan Maximos of Stavroupolis, who gave him his name. The same metropolitan ordained him a [[priest]] on [[September 8]], 1958. From 1958 to 1977, he served in the Netherlands.
He was later elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. In 1977, he was unanimously elected by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan of Belgium with the title of ''Bishop of Evmenia''. His [[consecration]] took place in Rotterdam on [[December 11]], 1977. Since 1991, Bishop Maximos has resided in Brussels.
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