Christodoulos Kotsifis

Life

Born

1974

Monastic tonsure

21 July 2001

Ordained deacon

22 July 2001

Ordained priest

26 October 2001

Made archimandrite

2005

Elected bishop

8 October 2026 (elected titular Bishop of Asterion on 2026-10-04; renounced that election on 2026-10-08 and was elected to Neochorion the same day)

Consecrated bishop

11 October 2026

Sees

1. 11 October 2026 – present

   Bishop of Neochorion

   Vicar of Athens · Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 11 October 2026 by:

• Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• Chrysostom Triantaphyllou Metropolitan of Chalkis, Istiaia and Voreion Sporadon, b. 1957
• Nikephoros Eustathiou Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis, b. 1967
• Nikodemos Eustathiou Bishop of Scopelos, b. 1969
• John Karamouzis Bishop of Skiathos, b. 1973
• Theologos Alexandrakis Bishop of Talantion, b. 1974

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Christodoulos Kotsifis Bishop of Neochorion consecrated 11 October 2026
2. Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952 consecrated 22 January 2000
3. Chrysostom Themelis Metropolitan of Messenia, 1918–2007 consecrated 21 November 1957
4. Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005 consecrated 6 February 1955
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr