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His Eminence '''Panteleimon (Mertyres) of Lemnos and St. Eustratius''' was the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Lemnos and St. Eustratius]] under the administration of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Lemnos and St. Eustratius is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]. He was the ruling hierarch of the metropolis from 1960 to 1988. 

==Life==
George Mertyres was born in 1908 in Ermione, Argolidos on the eastern part of the  Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Raised by devout parents, his early education was rooted in the Orthodox faith. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1932 at the Monastery of St. Charalambos Leukon before he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] and [[priest]]hood and received the name Panteleimon. 

After completing his theological education in Athens, Father Panteleimon was assigned as [[Chancellor]] of the [[Metropolis of Karystia and Skyros|Diocese of Skyros]]. In the late 1940s, Fr. Panteleimon served as a reserve military preacher in the Greek military forces. Following his discharge in 1951, he served as a spiritual advocate and educator in the schools of the National Foundation in Kos Island in the Dodecannese Islands. In 1956, he was called back by the [[Synod]] to serve the church's ministries.

In 1960, Fr. Panteleimon was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the Synod of Bishops and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Lemnos and St. Eustratius on [[May 12]], 1960. By 1988, Metr. Panteleimon's health began to fail, and on [[August 20]], 1988 he submitted his resignation from the [[see]] of Lemnos and St. Eustratius after more than 50 years service to His Church.

Metr. Panteleimon reposed on [[November 11]], 1998.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/greece/bios/bio_panteleimon_mertyres_metr_lemnos.htm  The Retired Metropolitan of Lemnos, Panteleimon]
*[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_00.htm  Orthodoxia 2000 and earlier]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Lemnos]]
[[Category: 20th-century bishops]]