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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Panteleimon (Mpezenitis) of Attica''' was the Metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of Attica]], a [[metropolis]] of the [[Church of Greece]], before he was [[deposition|deposed]] in 2005. He had been metropolitan of Attica since 1994.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Panteleimon (Mpezenitis) was born in the island of Chios, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After an education in theology including post-graduate studies in France, he entered the [[Holy Orders]]. In 1961, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and, in 1963, a [[priest]]. <br />
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Before his election to the episcopate, Father Panteleimon served as director of [[Apostoliki Diakonia]], the official publishing house and [[missionary]] arm of the Church of Greece as well as the warden of its theological hostel. After his election to the episcopate in 1977, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the bishop of Zakynthos in the Ionian Islands on [[September 15]], 1977. In 1994, he was transferred to lead the Metropolis of Attica, at the time said to be Greece's richest [[diocese]].<br />
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In early 2005, Metr. Panteleimon was [[deposition|deposed]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece amid charges of financial and sexual scandal.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/feb/19/religion.uk "Sex and fraud woe for Greek church"] from ''The Guardian'', [[February 19]], 2005.</ref> <br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Attiki.html Holy Metropolis of Attiki] <br />
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/greece/current.html#panteleimon_metr_attica His Eminence Panteleimon Metropolitan of Attica]<br />
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[[Category: Bishops]]<br />
[[Category: Bishops of Zakynthos]]<br />
[[Category: Bishops of Attica]]<br />
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