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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>His Eminence '''Nicholas (Drosos) of Karpenision''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Karpenision]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The [[metropolis]] is located in central Greece. He has been the metropolitan since 1979.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Metr, Nicholas was born in 1929 in Emporio on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea. He received his theological education at the University of Athens. Entering the [[Holy Orders]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1958 and a [[priest]] in 1959. <br />
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Father Nicholas was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece on [[November 1]], 1979 and [[enthronement|enthroned]] Metropolitan of Karpenision.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Karpenision.html Holy Metropolis of Karpenision]<br />
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]<br />
*[[Wikipedia: Orthodox_Church_of_Greece]]<br />
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[[Category: Bishops]]<br />
[[Category: Bishops of Karpenision]]<br />
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