Agathonicus Nikolaidis

Life

Born

1964

Monastic tonsure

1986

Ordained deacon

2001

Ordained priest

2003

Consecrated bishop

11 December 2016

Made metropolitan

7 October 2025

Sees

1. 11 December 2016 – 7 October 2025

   Bishop of Arusha and Central Tanzania

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

2. 7 October 2025 – present

   Metropolitan of Arusha and Central Tanzania

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

Consecration

Consecrated 11 December 2016 by:

• Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954
• Apostolos Voulgares Metropolitan of Miletus, b. 1948
• George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• Demetrios Zacharengas Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, b. 1965
• Nephon Tsavaris Metropolitan of Pelusium, b. 1959
• Narkissos Gammoh Metropolitan of Pelusium, b. 1968
• Meletios Koumanis Metropolitan of Carthage, b. 1970

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 14 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Agathonicus Nikolaidis Metropolitan of Arusha and Central Tanzania consecrated 11 December 2016
2. Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969 consecrated 1 June 2015
3. Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932 consecrated 23 January 2000
4. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
5. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
6. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
7. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
8. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
9. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
10. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
11. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
12. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
13. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
14. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
15. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr