Symeon Voliotes

Life

Born

9 May 1977

Monastic tonsure

August 2002

Ordained deacon

2011

Ordained priest

2011

Made archimandrite

2012

Consecrated bishop

11 February 2018

Made metropolitan

11 October 2019

Sees

1. 11 February 2018 – 11 October 2019

   Bishop of Thespiai

   Vicar of Athens · Church of Greece

2. 11 October 2019 – present

   Metropolitan of Phthiotis

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 11 February 2018 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Alexios Leontaritis Metropolitan of Diavleia, b. 1964
• John Sakellariou Metropolitan of Thermopylai, b. 1940
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• George Vladimirou Metropolitan of Conakry and Guinea, b. 1966
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Chrysostom Triantaphyllou Metropolitan of Chalkis, Istiaia and Voreion Sporadon, b. 1957
• Anthimos Koukourides Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Traianopolis and Samothrace, b. 1962
• Eugene Antonopoulos Archbishop of Crete, b. 1968
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• Athenagoras Dikaiakos Metropolitan of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis, b. 1951
• Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• Stephen Tolios Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, b. 1960
• Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• Paul Athanatos Bishop of Neochorion, b. 1941
• Christopher Rakintzakis Bishop of Andidon, 1931–2020
• Anthony Avramiotes Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, b. 1957
• Iakovos Bizaourtis Bishop of Thaumakos, b. 1948
• 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. Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis consecrated 11 February 2018
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 12

• 12 February 2018Constantios Panagiotakopoulos Bishop of Androusa, b. 1960
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 24 March 2019Theokletos Doulias Bishop of Tegea, 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
• 16 October 2019Philotheos Theodoropoulos Bishop of Rogon, b. 1963
• 26 October 2019Prodromos Xenthakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, b. 1979
• 17 October 2021Gregory Papathomas Metropolitan of Peristerion, b. 1960
• 13 February 2022Nektarios Kabuye Bishop of Gulu and Northern Uganda, b. 1982
• 8 October 2022Nikephoros Eustathiou Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis, b. 1967

Sources

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