George Chrysostomou

Life

Born

3 August 1964

Ordained deacon

1989

Ordained priest

1990

Elected bishop

27 February 2014

Consecrated bishop

1 March 2014

Made metropolitan

1 March 2014

Sees

1. 1 March 2014 – present

   Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 1 March 2014 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Ignatios Lappas Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1946–2018
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Basil Kolokas Metropolitan of Elassona, 1953–2014
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Athanasios Nikolaou Metropolitan of Limassol, b. 1959
• Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Symeon Koutsas Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, b. 1945
• Joel Phrangakos Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, b. 1949
• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Nicholas Chatzenikolaou Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika, b. 1954
• Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama, 1963–2022
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Athenagoras Dikaiakos Metropolitan of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis, b. 1951
• Theodoritos Polyzogopoulos Metropolitan of Laodicea, b. 1948
• Demetrios Charbak Bishop of Banias, cons. 2011
• Elias Toumeh Bishop of Arthousa (Pyrgou), cons. 2011
• Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976

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. George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon consecrated 1 March 2014
2. Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996 consecrated 5 October 1996
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 16

• 29 June 2014Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• 13 August 2014Arsenije Glavčić Bishop of Niš, b. 1978
• 28 September 2014Jeronim Močević Bishop of Jegar, b. 1969
• 12 October 2014David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 December 2016Agathonicus Nikolaidis Metropolitan of Arusha and Central Tanzania, b. 1964
• 4 June 2017Serapheim Amelchenkov Bishop of Istra, b. 1985
• 27 September 2017Andrew Borkowski Bishop of Supraśl, b. 1974
• 7 October 2017Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• 8 October 2017Stephen Tolios Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, b. 1960
• 19 November 2017Basil Kodseie/Qoudsiah Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, cons. 2017
• 17 October 2021Gregory Papathomas Metropolitan of Peristerion, b. 1960
• 3 November 2023Ignatios Sotiriades Bishop of Salona, b. 1961
• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972
• 19 October 2024Sophronios Gutzinis Bishop of Polystylon, b. 1967
• 18 October 2025Athenagoras Birdas Metropolitan of Domenikon, b. 1964

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

Also in: Wikidata