Stephen Devrelis

Life

Born

1972

Monastic tonsure

1996

Ordained deacon

27 December 1996

Ordained priest

27 December 1998

Made archimandrite

27 December 1998

Consecrated bishop

15 October 2024

Sees

1. 15 October 2024 – present

   Bishop of Almopia

   Vicar of Edessa · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 15 October 2024 by:

• Joel Phrangakos Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, b. 1949
• Makarios Paulides Bishop of Lampsakos, b. 1937
• Demetrios Bekiares Metropolitan of Goumenissa, Axiopolis and Polykastron, b. 1948
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Theologos Apostolides Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, b. 1967
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Chrysostom Triantaphyllou Metropolitan of Chalkis, Istiaia and Voreion Sporadon, b. 1957
• Nicholas Chatzenikolaou Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika, b. 1954
• Barnabas Tyres Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, b. 1958
• Amphilochios Andronikakes Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino, b. 1964
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Kallinikos Demenopoulos Metropolitan of Paronaxia, b. 1959
• Kallinikos Korombokes Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1967
• Athenagoras Dikaiakos Metropolitan of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis, b. 1951
• Dionysios Siphnaios Metropolitan of Zakynthos and Strophades, b. 1954
• Anthony Avramiotes Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, b. 1957
• Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• Bartholomew Antoniou-Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, b. 1969
• Epiphanios Karageorgos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1971
• Nephon Kapogiannis Bishop of Achelos, b. 1971

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. Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia consecrated 15 October 2024
2. Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952 consecrated 16 December 2001
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
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

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 19 October 2024Sophronios Gutzinis Bishop of Polystylon, b. 1967
• 14 January 2026Andrew Noorhani Bishop of Tartu, b. 1961

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr