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His Eminence '''Emmanuel (Sigalas) of Polyani and Kilkis''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis]] under the administration of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]. Metr. Emmanuel has been the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 2009. 

==Life==
Metropolitan Emmanuel (Sigalas) was born in 1953 on the island of Syros in the Cyclades. After completing his basic education he entered the Theological School of Aristotle University of Thessalonica from which he graduated in 1976. He then entered graduate school. 

In 1980, he entered the [[Holy Orders]], being [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] with the name Emmanuel, followed during the same year by his ordination to the [[priest]]hood by [[Bishop]] Gabriel of Thera, Amorgos and the Isles. Fr. Emmanuel remained as a preacher and teacher with the [[Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos, and Nisoi|Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos and the Isles]] until August 1983 when he transferred to the [[Metropolis of Thebes and Levadeia|Metropolis of Thebes]] as preacher and professor in the schools of the historic city of Thespies (ancient Thespiae) in central Greece. In 1986, Fr. Emmanuel was promoted to a position of Director of Schools of Thespies. In 1992, he was appointed Director of the Thespies High School, a position which he served for 17 years.

On [[October 12]], 2009, Fr. Emmanuel was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of Bishops of the Church of Greece. On [[October 17]], 2009, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] bishop by [[Archbishop]] [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]] of Athens and All Greece, assisted by 15 bishops, in the Church of the [[Patron saint|patron saint]] of Athens, St. [[Dionysius the Areopagite]]. He was [[enthronement|enthroned]] at his [[cathedra]] in Kilkis as Metropolitan of [[Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis|Polyani and Kilkis]], on [[November 11]], 2009, by Archbishop Ieronymos II and assisting hierarchs.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.impk.gr/index.jsp?CMCCode=100501&extLang=   The Metropolitan Polyanis and Kilkisiou]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm   Holy Synod]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Polyani]]
[[Category: 21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: Theological School of Aristotle University of Thessalonica Graduates]]