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Aimilianos (Laloussis) of Harioupolis

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==Life==
Bishop Aimilianos was born June 14, 1901 in in Sparta, Greece and came to the United States in 1930. He pursued graduate studies at graduated from the Episcopal theological [[seminary]] in PhiladelphiaUniversity of Athens.
As a [[priest]]In 1931, he came to the United States to study at the Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, from which he served received a master's degree in theology. He was a missionary in Philadelphia and Canada before moving to Washington in 1934 as [[dean]] priest of the what was then Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sophia in WashingtonAt that time, DCthe church had about 150 members. Over the years, from 1934 Aimilianos Laloussis saw this grow to 1960more than 1,000 members.
Elected [[titular bishop]] of Harioupolis in 1960, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopacy on [[November 6]], 1960, at St. Sophia's. He oversaw the archdiocesan districts of [[Metropolis of Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Metropolis of Atlanta|Charlotte]], respectively, until his retirement in 1973.
Bishop Aimilianos died of heart ailments in August 28, 1992 at 91 years oldat 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.

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