Since 2019, he has been staying at an institution of the Archdiocese in Dilesi, Boeotia, and recently he was being treated at a private clinic in Ampelokipi.
The former Patriarch of Jerusalem Irenaios, who was being treated in a private clinic in Ampelokipou, fell asleep at 8:00 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. His statue, according to information, will be transferred to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
As soon as the sad news became known, the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew held a trisage in his memory, in the Patriarchal Church of Agios Georgios.
The blessed Patriarch Irenaeus I (born Emmanuel Scopelitis) was born on April 17, 1939 in Samos. In 1953 he went to Jerusalem. In 1959 he was ordained Deacon and Elder.
He graduated from the Theological School of Athens in 1966 and in the same year he was given the office of Archimandrite. On March 29, 1981, he was ordained Archbishop of Hierapolis. He was Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher in Athens from 1979 to 2001. In 1994 he was promoted to Metropolitan.
After the death of Patriarch Diodorus there followed an eight-month gap with an intense diplomatic background, with the Israeli government rejecting five of the candidates, some of whom were among the mainstream. On August 13, 2001, Irenaios was finally elected Patriarch of Jerusalem, with 7 votes out of a total of 17.
Following the invitation of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos and the interventions of the Greek government, the former Irenaeus of Jerusalem traveled on August 29, 2019 to Greece and was hospitalized.
He was then admitted to the Center for Gerontology and Providential Support of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens “Agios Porphyrios”, in Dilesi Boeotia, following the invitation of the Archbishop of Athens himself, where he was accommodated until his death.
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