Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston
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| Metropolis of Boston | |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Metropolitan | Methodios (Tournas) |
| Total Metropolitan Priests | n/a |
| Permanent Deacons | n/a |
| Monastics | n/a |
| Geography | |
| Location | New England, United States |
| Cathedral | Annunciation Cathedral |
| Vital Statistics | |
| Total Parishes | 63 |
| Total Orthodox Population | 200,000 |
| Total Population | 14,239,724 |
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston is an ecclesiastical territory or metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church in the New England region of the United States. It is part of the Archdiocese of America and is led by a metropolitan who serves as the priest of the mother church, Annunciation Cathedral in the City of Boston. Right Reverend Metropolitan Methodios was enthroned as the Bishop of Boston on April 8, 1984, following his election to that post by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar, Constantinople, Turkey.
[edit] Bishops / Metropolitans of Boston
- 1923-1930 - Bishop Ioakim (Alexopoulos) of Boston
- 1938-1949 - Bishop Athenagoras (Kavadas) of Boston
- 1950-1954 - Bishop Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Nazianzus
- 1954-1960 - Bishop Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Elias
- 1961-1962 - Bishop Meletios (Tripodakis) of Christianoupolis
- 1962-1967 - Bishop Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos
- 1968-1973 - Bishop Demetrios (Makris) of Olympus
- 1974-1978 - Bishop Iakovos (Garmatis) of Apameia
- 1979-1983 - Bishop Anthimos (Drakonakis) of Boston
- 1983-Present - Metropolitan Methodios (Tournas) of Boston
