From his obituary[[Image:Bishopmakris.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Demetrios (Makris) of Olympus]]His Grace, Right Reverend '''Demetrios (Makris) of Olympus''' was a [[hierarch]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He served as Bishop of Olympus in Boston, Massachusetts and in San Francisco, California.
Bishop ==Life==Demetrios T. Makris began his career was born and educated in EuboiaGreece, Greecewhere he also entered the [[Holy Orders]]. He Came Father Demetrios emigrated to the United States of America in 1938 and Worcester (MA.) in 1940. He was Pastor of assigned to St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1940, serving until 1944, and also taught . While at the former Greek Orthodox Seminary in PomfretSt. Spyridon Church, now the Hellenic College Greek Orthodox School of Theology in BrooklineFr. He Demetrios was instrumental in the purchase of the site of the present St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral (in Worcester, MA.). He became a full-time professor also taught at the seminary Greek Orthodox Seminary in Pomfret, Connecticut, the predecessor institution to [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts, becoming a full time professor and because then assistant dean. Bishop Makris Fr. Demetrios was elevated to Bishop in subsequently named [[chancellor]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America On [[September 14]], 1951, with Fr. Demetrios was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Bishop]] of the title Bishop Titular [[See]] of Olympus (Olympos), and served a diocese the First Archdiocesan District that included Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania , and Washington, D.C. He was also assistant From 1955 to 1968, Bishop Demetrios served as the archbishop of North America, based in New York City. He was later bishop of the former diocese fourth district of New England and San Francisco. Then, from 1968 to 1973, he served the former Diocese third district of Boston.{{stub}} {{start box}}{{succession|before=?|title=Bishop of CaliforniaOlympus <br>Titular|years=1951-1973|after=?}}{{end box}} ==Sources==*[http://www.boston.goarch.org/about_us/past_bishops.html Past Bishops]*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30710F93B55177B93C7A81782D85F458585F9 New Greek Bishop Consecrated Here]*[http://sanfran.goarch.org/metropolis/ Metropolis of San Francisco] [[Category: Bishops]][[Category:20th-century bishops]][[Category: Bishops of Olympus]]
