Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium
Appearance
Metropolitan Panteleimon (Greek: Μητροπολίτης Παντελεήμων, born Nikolaos Kontoyiannis, Greek: Νικόλαος Κοντογιάννης; born February 7, 1935 in Chios, Greece), was the Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of The Netherlands and Luxembourg, under the spiritual leadership of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He retired in 2013.[1]
He is a graduate of the Theological Institute of Halki seminary, Istanbul. In 1982, he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the Head of the Holy Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Belgium, based in Brussels.
References
Literature
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
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- 1935 births
- Living people
- Bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Eastern Orthodox bishops in Europe
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Belgium
- Eastern Orthodoxy in the Netherlands
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Luxembourg
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece
- Theological School of Halki alumni
- Bishops in Belgium