Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos

1945

September 2026 [A' . Biographical Summary](https://nafpaktou-hierotheos.org/index.php/en/?view=article&id=13:01-en&catid=9) <https://nafpaktou-hierotheos.org/index.php/en/?view=article&id=13:01-en&catid=9> ### [<u>B. Analytical Biographical Note: Ecclesiastical Activity and Theological Research</u>](https://nafpaktou-hierotheos.org/index.php/en/?view=article&id=46:001-en&catid=9) # A' . Biographical Summary Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios (secular name George Vlachos) was born in Ioannina in 1945 and studied at the Theological School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. He was ordained Deacon (1971) and Priest (1972) by Metropolitan Kallinikos of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, now included in the calendar of saints of the Orthodox Church. He was transferred as Diocesan Preacher to the Metropolis of Thiva and Levadia by the decision of the then Metropolitan Hieronymus, now Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (February 1987). Subsequently he was transferred to the Holy Archdiocese of Athens (October 1987), by the decision of the then Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Archbishop Seraphim, with whom he collaborated closely (1987-1995), and he was also appointed Director for Youth. He was elected, ordained and enthroned as Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios in 1995. Since then he has lived and worked in Nafpaktos. ### *

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