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His Eminence '''Iakovos (Pachis) of Argolis''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Argolida|Metropolis of Argolis]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. He has served as the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 1985.
==Life==
Damianos Pachis was born in 1932 in Marousi, a suburb of Athens in Attica. After completing his formal education in theology, Damianos was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1959, with the name Iakovos, followed in 1960 as a [[priest]]. Fr. Iakovos served as Warden of the Metropolitan Boarding facility (Girls Orphanage) in Arta.
In 1985, Fr. Iakovos was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece. On [[November 23]], 1985, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Argolis.
==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Argolis.html Holy Metropolis of Argolis]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Argolidos/Argolidos.html Argolidos] In Greek
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[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Argolis]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
==Life==
Damianos Pachis was born in 1932 in Marousi, a suburb of Athens in Attica. After completing his formal education in theology, Damianos was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1959, with the name Iakovos, followed in 1960 as a [[priest]]. Fr. Iakovos served as Warden of the Metropolitan Boarding facility (Girls Orphanage) in Arta.
In 1985, Fr. Iakovos was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece. On [[November 23]], 1985, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Argolis.
==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Argolis.html Holy Metropolis of Argolis]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Argolidos/Argolidos.html Argolidos] In Greek
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Argolis|
years=1985 - Present|
after=—}}
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[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Argolis]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
