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[[File:Evloghios4.jpg|thumb|250px]]==Life=='''Evloghios''', Archbishop of Milan, Klaus Augustin Hessler was born in 1935 in Germany. He studied philosophy, then Theology in Rome. He was tonsured rasophore monk in 1970 than lector, subdeacon - later in 1971 was ordained deacon and in 1971 priest as Hieromonk by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh|Antony (Bloom)]] in the Moscow Patriarchate. In 1975 he became [[Hegumen]] and in 1982 [[Archimandrite]].
He was sent to Italy to organize the religious and pastoral life of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate of Milan, Bologna, Lugano, Bergamo, Genova, Pavia Brescia e Modena.
On 9 September 1984, he became a bishop for the Greek Orthodox Church of the [[Old Calendar]] (Headed by [[Archbishop Auxentios]] of Athens) October 19th Archbishop of [[Milan]].
On 28 September 1990 he was elected as the new Primate of the Autonomous Orthodox Church in Western Europe, now [[Holy Synod of Milan]].
==Sources==
* [http://mediolanum.me/iera_sinodos/ Arcidiocesi Ortodossa di Milano e di Longobardia: METROPOLIA DI AQUILEIA E DELL'EUROPA OCCIDENTALE – OFFICIAL Website: Holy Synod]. Retrieved: 2013-08-14.
