Stephen Tolios

Life

Born

1960

Monastic tonsure

1984

Made archimandrite

1984

Ordained deacon

15 February 1984

Ordained priest

27 December 1984

Elected bishop

6 October 2017

Consecrated bishop

8 October 2017

Made metropolitan

8 October 2017

Sees

1. 8 October 2017 – present

   Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 8 October 2017 by:

• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Apostolos Voulgares Metropolitan of Miletus, b. 1948
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Christodoulos Moustakas Metropolitan of Avlona, b. 1951
• Theokletos Koumarianos Metropolitan of Vresthena, b. 1953
• Theophylaktos Tzoumerkas Metropolitan of Caesarea, b. 1945
• Theoleptos Phenerles Metropolitan of Iconium, 1957–2026
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Hierotheos Tsoliakos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, b. 1945
• Christodoulos Saridakes Metropolitan of Eleutheroupolis, 1943–2021
• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Anthimos Koukourides Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Traianopolis and Samothrace, b. 1962
• Barnabas Tyres Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, b. 1958
• Theodore Demetriou Metropolitan of Heliopolis, b. 1953
• John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• Demetrios Grollios Bishop of Thermai, b. 1939

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. Stephen Tolios Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos consecrated 8 October 2017
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 7

• 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
• 16 October 2022Dorotheos Papares Metropolitan of Drama, b. 1957
• 9 November 2023Paul Kitsos Metropolitan of Corinth, b. 1967

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr