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[[Patriarch]] Athenagoras was born Aristokles Spyrou in Vasilikón, near Ioánnina, Epirus, Greece, on [[March 25]], 1886. The son of the village doctor, his mother died when he was only 13. He attended the [[Theological School of Halki|Patriarchical Theological School]], graduating in 1910. Upon graduating he was [[tonsured]] a [[monk]] and [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[diaconate]] , taking the name Athenagoras. He served as [[archdeacon]] of the [[Diocese of Pelagonia]] before becoming the secretary to [[Meletius IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople|Archbishop Meletius]] of Athens in 1919. He was raised to the [[episcopate]] as the [[Metropolitan of Corfu]] in December 1922, while still a deacon.