The burial of the hierarch, after his personal desire, will take place in the centefine of the blessed Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Church of St. Gregory of Palamas
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymus will be held today at 12 noon at the Cathedral and Pilgrimage Holy Temple of God of Wisdom, his funeral sequence Metropolitan of former Thessaloniki, Anthimoswho died on Thursday at the age of 91.
At the Holy Temple of God of Wisdom, where the scene of the blessing was put on Thursday night for worship. Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Mr. Anthimosthere was a hierarchical tragedy with the bell mourning and a multitude of clergy and people flocking to bid farewell to the late shepherd of the city.
On the morning of Friday, the Divine Liturgy was held before the scene of the Metropolitan Metropolitan, followed by the Greetings of the Virgin Mary in the afternoon, followed by the Greetings of the Virgin Mary and at night.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Thursday afternoon, after M. Proven to the Patriarchal Temple, a Trisagio was in favor of resting the soul of the blessed Metropolitan of the former Thessaloniki Anthimos, surrounded by the Hierarchs of the Throne of the Throne, the Clergymen of the Patriarchate.
In the exterior sequence of the late hierarch, the Metropolitan of Vryoula, Mr. Panteleimon, will be represented by Panagiotis.
The Metropolitan of Serres and Nigrites, Theologos and Citrus, Katerini and Platamon Georgios, were held before the scene of the scene of the blessed Metropolitan of the former Thessaloniki Anthimos.
The burial of the Hierarch, after his personal desire, will take place in the centefine of the blessed Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Church of St. Gregory of Palamas.
“The blessed Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Anthimos was an emblematic personality for the whole of the Church of Greece and an excellent pastor and the Holy Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, which he decorated during his youth, but also in the Holy Metropolis” said the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Philotheos, announcing the pride of the Metropolitan of former Thessaloniki Anthimos.
“With sadness today we have experienced the fact of his sleep, his exit from the present life, but at the same time with the emotions of hope because we know that he does not walk in a state of non -existence, but according to the faith and teaching of our Church, he is moving towards our resurrected Christ. All of us in the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki, we ask for his wish so that by his example the bright one can move forward from the rest of the years that the love of God has given us. “ added.
The blessed Metropolitan of the former Thessaloniki, Mr. Anthimos (worldly Dionysios Roussas) was born in Salmonis in the Prefecture of Ilia on October 26, 1934. He studied Philology and Theology at the University of Athens. He fulfilled his military obligations, serving as a reserve officer in the Greek Air Force. In 1964 he was ordained a deacon by the blessed Metropolitan of Thira, Kiro Gabriel and a senior by the same High Priest in 1965, when he received Archimandrite’s offshore.
As a pastor and boss, he served in the Holy Temple of St. Basil of the Great (Metsovo Street) of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, where he remained until 1974, developing remarkable action as a preacher and spiritual, worker.
During the same period, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece entrusted him with the pension of the weekly constructive booklet “Voice of the Lord”. He was appointed Principal of the Apostolic Ministry, Liturgy and the responsibility of the publications and printing house, while he was appointed Director of the Student Theological Boarding House of the Apostolic Ministry of the Church of Greece.
On July 13, 1974, he was elected and the following day, July 14, 1974, he was ordained Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Trajanoupolis and Samothrakis, where he was prone to thirty years, developing rich and multi -faceted, spiritual, charity.
During his days, thirty -five new sacred temples and two monasteries were erected. Organized and launched the Ecclesiastical Museum of Alexandroupolis. Under his personal care, the bi -monthly ecclesiastical magazine “acquaintance” was published for thirty years. Foundations were also erected and operated by four standards of social offering and solidarity institutions, and others were maintained and upgraded.
On April 26, 2004, the September Hierarchy of the Church of Greece elected him Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, in succession by the blessed Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Panteleimon II. His enthronement on June 18, 2004 at the Cathedral and Pilgrimage Church of the God of Sophia Thessaloniki, in the presence of the blessed Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Mr. Christodoulou, representatives Church of Greece. Also present, all the authorities of the city, representatives of foreign doctrines, the pious clergy, monastic battalions and the faithful people of the city.
In the Apostolic throne of Thessaloniki, continuing his hierarchical ministry, he ordained new clergymen, continued to participate in the worship life of the parish, preach and spoke incessantly, completed the erection of temples, renewed the social and charity work, The needy students, through student boarding schools, renewed the dynamics of the two historical institutions of the city, in which he presided over, the “Elderly Care Foundation” Harisio Nursing Home “and” The Center for Children’s Care ” I. Metropolitan of Thessaloniki “Saint Gregory of Palamas”, recommended and operated the Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki, edited the renovation and maintenance of the Diocese, while continuing his writing and publishing activity.
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