Justin Bardakas

Life

Born

1969

Monastic tonsure

1993

Ordained deacon

1993

Ordained priest

1996

Made archimandrite

1996

Elected bishop

26 May 2015

Consecrated bishop

1 June 2015

Made metropolitan

1 June 2015

Sees

1. 1 June 2015 – present

   Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 1 June 2015 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Hesychios Condogiannis Metropolitan of Capitolia, b. 1944
• Ignatios Alexiou Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1945
• Ignatios Lappas Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1946–2018
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Hierotheos Vlachos Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, b. 1944
• Damaskinos Gaganiaras Archbishop of Joppa, b. 1952
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Theokletos Koumarianos Metropolitan of Vresthena, b. 1953
• Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Paul Tsaousoglou Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, 1943–2019
• Joel Phrangakos Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, b. 1949
• Chrysostom Avagianos Metropolitan of Eleutheroupolis, b. 1947
• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Barnabas Tyres Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, b. 1958
• Chrysostom Sklephas Metropolitan of Patrai, b. 1958
• Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama, 1963–2022
• Paul Ioannou Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1947–2019
• Jeremiah Phountas Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis, 1941–2021
• Theodore Demetriou Metropolitan of Heliopolis, b. 1953
• Isaiah Kykkotis Metropolitan of Tamasos and Orini, b. 1971
• Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• Nicholas Xioure Bishop of Amathus, b. 1969
• Demetrios Charbak Bishop of Banias, cons. 2011
• Elias Toumeh Bishop of Arthousa (Pyrgou), cons. 2011
• Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021

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. Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria consecrated 1 June 2015
2. Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932 consecrated 23 January 2000
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 12

• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 11 December 2016Agathonicus Nikolaidis Metropolitan of Arusha and Central Tanzania, b. 1964
• 20 October 2018Paisios Larentzakes Bishop of Apamea, b. 1978
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 3 July 2021Ambrose Koutsourides Bishop of Argyropolis, b. 1968
• 22 October 2023Eireneos Laftsis Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1974
• 3 November 2023Ignatios Sotiriades Bishop of Salona, b. 1961
• 27 September 2025Athenagoras Karakonstantakis Bishop of Canberra, b. 1984
• 28 September 2025Christopher Krikelis Bishop of Kerasounta, b. 1981
• 18 October 2025Athenagoras Birdas Metropolitan of Domenikon, b. 1964
• 20 October 2025Theologos Alexandrakis Bishop of Talantion, b. 1974

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr