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Christodoulos

Greek archbishop
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Also known as: Christos Paraskevaidis
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Michael Frassetto
Independent scholar and adjunct instructor of history at the University of Delaware, Newark. Author of Heretic Lives and others.
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Original name:
Christos Paraskevaidis
Born:
October 21, 1939, Xanthi, Thrace
Died:
January 28, 2008, Athens, Greece (aged 68)
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Christodoulos (born October 21, 1939, Xanthi, Thrace—died January 28, 2008, Athens, Greece) was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece and head of the Orthodox Church of Greece (1998–2008), the youngest man ever to be named head of the church. He was a controversial participant in Greek politics and one of the most popular figures in Greece. The future archbishop was the son of a wholesale food importer and grew up in Athens. In 1961 he became a monk, taking the name Christodoulos (“Slave of Christ”), and was ordained a deacon. He earned a degree in law in 1962, was ...(100 of 570 words)

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