Makarios Philotheou

Life

Born

1952

Ordained deacon

1977

Ordained priest

1981

Consecrated bishop

16 December 2001

Sees

1. 16 December 2001 – present

   Metropolitan of Siderokastron

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 16 December 2001 by:

• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Prokopios Tsakoumakas Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, 1939–2017
• Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, 1929–2008
• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938
• Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Ignatios Alexiou Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1945
• Eusebios Pistoles Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, b. 1949
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Cyril Christakes/Chrestakes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, 1938–2015
• Theokletos Koumarianos Metropolitan of Vresthena, b. 1953
• Nikodemos Korakes Metropolitan of Kassandreia, b. 1942
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Peter Daktylides Metropolitan of Christoupolis, 1927–2012
• Theologos Apostolides Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, b. 1967

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron consecrated 16 December 2001
2. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 32

• 9 October 2005Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama, 1963–2022
• 24 February 2008Cyril Katerelos Metropolitan of Krinis, b. 1956
• 17 October 2009Emmanuel Sigalas Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, 1953–2021
• 24 October 2009Serapheim Kalogeropoulos Bishop of Rentina, 1945–2016
• 16 May 2010John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• 6 October 2012Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 28 June 2014Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• 30 June 2014Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 12 October 2014David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 12 March 2016George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• 7 October 2017Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• 8 October 2017Stephen Tolios Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, b. 1960
• 10 February 2018Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 12 February 2018Constantios Panagiotakopoulos Bishop of Androusa, b. 1960
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 13 October 2019Hieronymos Karmas Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1966
• 14 October 2019Eustratios Kalogeropoulos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, b. 1962
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 9 October 2021Platon Krikres Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, b. 1962
• 17 February 2022Nikodemos Totkas Metropolitan of Nigeria, b. 1975
• 9 October 2022Damaskenos Kiametes Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, b. 1975
• 29 October 2023Epiphanios Karageorgos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1971
• 3 November 2023Ignatios Sotiriades Bishop of Salona, b. 1961
• 4 November 2023Alexios Psoinos Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, b. 1963
• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972
• 19 October 2024Sophronios Gutzinis Bishop of Polystylon, b. 1967
• 12 January 2025Damaskinos Olkinuora Bishop of Haapsalu, b. 1985

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr