Demetrios of America

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Demetrios von Amerika (birth name Demetrios Trakatellis ; Greek Δημήτριος Τρακατέλλης ; born February 1, 1928 in Thessaloniki , Greece ) is a former Elder Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch from the Atlantic to the Pacific .

Life

Demetrios' parents were Georgia and Christos Trakatellis. He began his training at the Theological College of Athens University , where he graduated with honors in 1950. In 1960 he became a deacon ordained and 1964 priests ordained . In 1965 he went to the United States , where he graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and received his Ph.D. acquired. He later returned to the University of Athens, where he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1977 . He then served from 1967 as an auxiliary bishop for the Archbishop of Athens . In 1968 he refused an appointment as metropolitan of the dioceses of Attica and Megaris , as the Greek military dictatorship was spreading at this time .

From 1983 to 1993 he was professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins at the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline (Massachusetts) and was visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School (1984-85 and 1988-89). In 1993 he returned to Athens to work in the Orthodox Archdiocese of Athens .

On September 18, 1999, he was installed in the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity as a primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America . The cathedral on New York City's Upper East Side serves as the Archdiocese's national cathedral .

On November 26, 2015, the Archdiocese announced the elevation to the Gerontiki Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate .

After three unsuccessful attempts on the part of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomäus I in 2017/18 to persuade Demetrios to resign as a consequence of the scandal surrounding the new building of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church , Demetrios announced his resignation at the beginning of May 2019. Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa was elected as his successor on May 11th

Academy and Holy Synod

Demetrios was elected a member of the Academy of Athens in November 2002 and was admitted in 2003. On February 19, 2004 he was elected to the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Demetrios offered prayers at the Democratic National Convention on August 27, 2008 and at the Republican National Convention on September 4, 2008, and also delivered the blessing at the Presidential Inaugural Luncheon on January 21, 2013.

family

The brother, Antonios Trakatellis , is a member of the European Parliament for the Greek Nea Dimokratia .

Publications

Demetrios has published six books and hundreds of articles and essays in various magazines.

A selection:

  • Presence of the Holy Spirit , 1984.
  • Authority and Passion , 1987.
  • The Transcendent God of Eugnostos , 1991.
  • Christ, the Pre-existing God , 1992.
  • The Fathers performer , 1996.
  • A Call to Faith , 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Official biography of "His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America". ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. November 16, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goarch.org
  2. ↑ Nadine Brozan: Orthodox Archbishop Enthroned in a Majestic Ceremony. The New York Times September 19, 1999
  3. ^ Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
  4. ^ Thomas E. FitzGerald: The Orthodox Church: Student Edition. Denominations in America Greenwood Publishing Group 1998. ISBN 0275964388 , 9780275964382
  5. ^ Archbishop Demetrios of America Receives the High Title of "Geron". ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America November 16, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goarch.org
  6. ↑ Archbishop Demetrios of America Resigns , The National Herald, May 6, 2019, accessed January 18, 2020
  7. ↑ Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa elected unanimously Archbishop of America
  8. ^ Archbishop Demetrios Offered Benediction at Presidential Inaugural Luncheon. ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Goarch.org  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goarch.org

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predecessor Office successor
Spyridon of America Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America
1999–2019 		Elpidophoros
personal data
SURNAME Demetrios of America
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trakatellēs, Dēmētrios; Demetrios Trakatellis (maiden name); Δημήτριος Τρακατέλλης (Greek); Demetrios, Archbishop of America; Trakatellis, Demetrius Christ .; Demetrius Christ Trakellis; Demetrios, Archbishop of America
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Orthodox Bishop in America
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Thessaloniki , Greece