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Bishop Athenagoras (Peckstadt) of Sinope
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To add [[bishop]]s to this category, read '''[[Help:How to create a new page|How to create a new page]]''', follow the directions there, and add '''<nowiki>[[Category:Bishops]]</nowiki>''' to the bottom of your new article.  Also, please read [[OrthodoxWiki:Style_Manual_%28People%29#Bishops|Style Manual (People)]] on standard names for article on Bishops.
  
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His Grace Bishop Athenagoras (Peckstadt) of Sinope, (in the world Yves Peckstadt) was born on the 24th March 1962 in Ghent (Belgium), as a son of Archpriest Ignace Peckstadt (Orthodox parish of Ghent) and Marie-Thérèse Janssens. After some years of law school at the University of Ghent, he joins the University of Thessaloniki (Greece), due to a scholarship granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He successfully graduates with a Master degree in Theology. He continues his studies at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey (University of Geneva), graduating with the thesis entitled "History of Orthodox presence in Benelux and its importance to the ecumenical movement".
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It is recommended that only Non-Chalcedonian Bishops should be included in the subcategory [[:Category:Non-Chalcedonian Bishops]] and groups considered schismatic from a [[OW:MCB|Mainstream Chalcedonian]] perspective should likewise be listed in subcategories.
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In November 1989 he was ordained deacon by Metropolitan Bartholomew of Philadelphia, presently the Ecumenical Patriarch, who also gave him the name of Athenagoras in honor of the great Patriarch Athenagoras. Later, Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium ordains him as priest. In September 1996 he is promoted as Archimandrite and then Epsicopal Vicar of the Archdiocese (Benelux). For more than five years he functioned as religion teacher in different high schools in Flanders. At the beginning of 1994, Metropolitan Panteleimon nominated him responsible producer for the Belgium radio and television Orthodox broadcasts in French and Flemish. In the same year, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate nominated him as collaborator of the newly established Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union, located in Brussels. By 1995, Archdeacon Athenagoras Peckstadt had founded with the blessing of Metropolitan Panteleimon, an Orthodox parish in Bruges, under the patronage of the Saint Emperors Constantine and Helen, where he served as the first Dean. He functions as Orthodox Chaplain of the International Airport of Brussels since several years. He is also a member in the Concertation of Christian Churches in Belgium, in the Committee "A Soul for Europe" and President of the E.I.I.R. (International and Interconfessional Association for Meetings of Monks and Nuns), after serving as President of the Interecclesiastical Committee of Brussels. He speaks fluently Flemish, Greek, French, English and German.
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On the 13 May 2003 he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan of Belgium with the high title of “Bishop of Sinope
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Latest revision as of 01:19, December 18, 2012

To add bishops to this category, read How to create a new page, follow the directions there, and add [[Category:Bishops]] to the bottom of your new article. Also, please read Style Manual (People) on standard names for article on Bishops.

It is recommended that only Non-Chalcedonian Bishops should be included in the subcategory Category:Non-Chalcedonian Bishops and groups considered schismatic from a Mainstream Chalcedonian perspective should likewise be listed in subcategories.

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