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Born '''Emmanouil Skopelitis''' in April 1939, Irenaios was elected [[primate]] of the [[Church of Jerusalem]] on [[August 13]], 2001 in the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)|Church of the Holy Sepulchre]].
He was enthroned on [[September 15]], 2001, as the 140th ''Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee and Holy Zion'' in the presence of senior church and secular dignitaries, including Archbishop [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos]] of the [[Church of Greece]] and Metropolitan Nicholas of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]].
He was born on the Island of Samos in Greece and came to Jerusalem in 1953 and served for many years as [[exarch]] of the Holy Sepulchre in Athens.
