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− | Nikiforos (Archagelidis) was born in 1931 in Feres, Evros in Greek Thrace. He received his theological education at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica and the [[Theological School of Halki]]. He was elected to the episcopacy and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Didymotichon, Orestias and Soufli in 1988. Metr. Nikiforos was succeeded by Metr. Damaskinos (Karpathakis) in 2009. | + | Nikiforos (Archagelidis) was born in 1931 in Feres, Evros in Greek Thrace. He received his theological education at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica and the [[Theological School of Halki]]. He was elected to the episcopacy and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of Didymotichon, Orestias and Soufli in 1988. Metr. Nikiforos reposed on [[October 4]], 2009 and was succeeded by Metr. Damaskinos (Karpathakis) in 2009.[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_09.htm Orthodoxia 2009] |
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'His Eminence Nikiforos (Archagelidis) of Didymotichon was the Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Didymotichon, Orestias and Soufli under the administration of the Church of Greece. The Metropolis of Didymotichon, Orestias and Soufli is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. [1]. He was the ruling hierarch of the metropolis from 1988 to 2009.
Life
Nikiforos (Archagelidis) was born in 1931 in Feres, Evros in Greek Thrace. He received his theological education at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica and the Theological School of Halki. He was elected to the episcopacy and consecrated Metropolitan of Didymotichon, Orestias and Soufli in 1988. Metr. Nikiforos reposed on October 4, 2009 and was succeeded by Metr. Damaskinos (Karpathakis) in 2009.Orthodoxia 2009
Nikiforos (Archagelidis) of Didymotichon | ||
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Preceded by: Agathangelos (Tampouratzakis) |
Metropolitan of Didymotichon 1988-2009 |
Succeeded by: Damaskinos (Karpathakis) |
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