Christopher of Prague

His Beatitude Christopher of Prague, given name Radim Pulec (born 29 June 1953) is the Orthodox Metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia since 2006 and Archbishop of Prague. He has participated in numerous theological conferences and has represented the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in many venues. Fluent in his native language and also Russian, Greek, German and English, he is well known for his academic pursuits in theology and philosophy, having a doctorate in both. During the Communist regime, he reportedly collaborated with the Czechoslovak State Security.^[1]

Biographical timeline

• 1953: Radim Pulec born in Prague.
• 1974: Ordained to the diaconate and priesthood.
• 1979: Completed theological studies at the Orthodox Theological Faculty, Presov, Czechoslovakia. Went to Moscow Theological Academy.
• 1984: Completed graduate studies at Moscow Theological Academy.
• 1987: Completed additional theological studies at the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens, Greece.
• 1985: Radim was tonsured at Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in Sergiyev Posad (then Zagorsk), Russia, and given the name Christopher.
• 1987: Metropolitan Dorotheus, primate of the Church of Czechoslovakia, elevated Hmk Christopher to archimandrite. Archim. Christopher served at Prague's Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
• 1988: Archim. Christopher was consecrated to the episcopacy, over which Metr. Dorotheus presided, and was elected Bishop of Olomouc and Brno.
• 2000: At repose of Metr. Dorotheus, Bp. Christopher was named Archbishop of Prague and of the Czech Lands, and oversaw the Church's Metropolitan Council.
• 2 May 2006: After repose of Metr. Nikolaj, Abp. Christopher was chosen (by lot of two names) to be Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
• 28 May 2006: Enthronement of Abp. Christopher took place as Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

References

1. ^ Linka do NATO ohrožena - article in the Lidové noviny daily newspaper (in Czech)

External links

• Article at OrthodoxWiki
• OCA press release, May 2, 2006.
• Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia elects a new primate (in Russian).
• Portal-Credo.ru article.