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His Eminence '''Agathonikos (Filippotis) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki''' was the Metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The [[metropolis]] is located in southeastern Attica in Greece. He was [[metropolitan]] from 1974 to 2004.

==Life==
Metr. Agathonikos (Filippotis)  was born in 1918 in Pyrgos on the island of Tinos located near the geographical center of the Cyclades island complex in the Aegean Sea. He studied theology during his post secondary education and entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1942 when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. In 1949, he was ordained a [[priest]].

In 1974, Father Agathonikos was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Synod]] of Bishops of the Church of Greece and then was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki. He was succeeded as metropolitan following his retirement in 2004 by [[Nicholas (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia|Nicholas (Hatzinikolaou)]].

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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Mesogaia.html  Holy  Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki]
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/greece/bios/bio_agathonikos_philippotis_metr_mesogaia.htm  ORI: Metropolitan Agathonikos (Filippotis) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki] 
*[http://www.geocities.ws/demysaint/metropolis.html  Metropolitan: His Grace mons. Nikolaos Chatzinikolaou.]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Mesogaia]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]