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In 1931, he came to the United States to study at the Episcopal Divinity School He was ordained deacon in Philadelphia, from which he received a master's degree in theologyJune 1925 by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Karystia.
He was a missionary in Philadelphia and Canada before moving to Washington in 1934 as priest In 1929 he graduated from the Theological School of the University of what was then Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox CathedralAthens. At that time, In the church had about 150 members. Over same year he was ordained priest by the years, Aimilianos Laloussis saw this grow to more than 1,000 memberssame Bishop.
Elected [[titular bishop]] of Harioupolis in 1960In 1931, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] came to the episcopacy on [[November 6]]United States to study at the Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, 1960, at St. Sophiafrom which he received a Master's. He oversaw the archdiocesan districts of [[Metropolis of Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Metropolis of Atlanta|Charlotte]], respectively, until his retirement Degree in 1973Theology.
Bishop Aimilianos died He was a missionary in Philadelphia and Canada before moving to Washington in 1934 as priest of heart ailments in August 28what was then Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. At that time, 1992 at 91 the church had about 150 members. Over the years old at his residence in New York City, Aimilianos Laloussis saw this grow to more than 1,000 members. Between 1955 and 1960 he was dean of same Cathedral.
*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/former2.htm#emilianos_bishop_charioupolis Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute
* [http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/aimiliano-n-laloussis/90931643 Aimiliano N Laloussis (1901 - 1992)]
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Bishop '''Aimilianos (Laloussis) of Harioupolis''' (or ''Emilianos of Charioupolis'', Αιμιλιανός Λαλούσης) was an a [[titular bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] serving in the United States.
==Life==
Bishop Aimilianos was born June 14, 1901 <ref name=ancientfaces>[http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/aimiliano-n-laloussis/90931643 Aimiliano N Laloussis (1901 - 1992)]</ref> in in Sparta, Greece. He graduated from the University of Athens.
He was elected [[titular bishop]] of Harioupolis in 1960, and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopacy on [[November 6]], 1960, at St. Sophia's and appointed to oversee the archdiocesan districts of [[Metropolis of Chicago|Chicago]]. From 1964 until his retirement in 1974 he oversaw the archdiocesan district of the [[Metropolis of Atlanta|Charlotte]]<ref>http://www.atlantametropolisphiloptochos.org/about/</ref>. Bishop Aimilianos died of heart ailments on August 28, 1992 at 91 years old<ref name=ancientfaces/> at his residence in New York City. In 1998, the Washington City Council named a park across from St. Sophia's Cathedral in the Bishop Aimilianos' honor. The park is maintained by the ''Bishop Laloussis Foundation'' of Bethesda, Maryland.
==Sources==
* "Install New Greek Bishop in Ceremony," ''Chicago Tribune'', November 20, 1960, page 28. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/622544512.html?dids=622544512:622544512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+20%2C+1960&author=RICHARD+PHILBRICK&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=28&desc=INSTALL+NEW+GREEK+BISHOP+IN+CEREMONY (abstract)]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1023656.html Bishop Aimilianos Laloussis Dies; Led Greek Orthodox Cathedral] // The Washington Post; September 5, 1992
* "Monument Unveiled Honoring Bishop Aimilianos," ''The Orthodox Observer'', December 2000-January 2001, page 24. [http://www.goarch.org/en/news/observer/pdf/2001/00-Dec-01-Jan.pdf (PDF)] == Reflist =={{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31261 Bishop Aimilianos Laloussis]
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