Athenagoras Birdas

Life

Born

1964

Ordained deacon

1994

Ordained priest

1996

Made archimandrite

1996

Consecrated bishop

18 October 2025

Sees

1. 18 October 2025 – present

   Metropolitan of Domenikon

   Vicar of Veroia · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 18 October 2025 by:

• Bartholomew Samaras Metropolitan of Smyrna, b. 1972
• Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Barnabas Tyres Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, b. 1958
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Kallinikos Korombokes Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1967
• George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• Apostolos Kavaliotis Bishop of Tanagra, b. 1965

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. Athenagoras Birdas Metropolitan of Domenikon consecrated 18 October 2025
2. Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975 consecrated 11 October 2015
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

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr