HOLY METROPOLIS OF PATRAS
BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE HOLY METROPOLIS OF PATRAS
The founder and evangelist of the city of Patras is Saint Apostle Andrew, the First-Called, who was martyred at the place where today stand two magnificent churches in his honor.
Gradually, Christianity developed, while the pagan religion declined, according to related testimonies and findings. From the late 3rd century, there is evidence of the existence of a Bishop of Patras. In the 8th century, the Diocese of Patras was elevated to an Archdiocese, and at the beginning of the next century, it became the Metropolis of Old Patras, which remained until the liberation of Greece, except for the period of the Frankish rule (1205–1267), during which Orthodox Bishops were expelled.
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN
CHRYSOSTOMOS
(20-2-2005)
His Eminence Metropolitan of Patras, Mr. Chrysostomos (worldly name: Christos Sklifas), was born in the village of Louka in Mantineia in 1958. His father, Euthymios Sklifas, was a priest. He holds a degree from the Pedagogical Academy of Tripoli and the Theological School of the University of Athens. He served as a preacher for the Holy Diocese of Mantineia and Kynouria. He worked as a teacher in primary education, a professor at the Pedagogical Academy of Tripoli, and for seventeen years as the abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Varsos, Mantineia. In addition to his duties in Tripoli, he served consecutively as a codifier, secretary of the Synodal Committees of the Press and Monastic Life, second secretary, and chief secretary of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. He was elected Metropolitan of Patras on February 19, 2005, and was consecrated the following day at the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. He was enthroned in Patras on April 2, 2005.
His feast day is on January 27 (Feast of the Relocation of the Holy Chrysostom's Relics)."
Holy Metropolis of Patras: Votsi 34, PO Box 3155, 26221 Patras, Greece
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