HISTORIC VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE
CHRISTODOULOS
ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE
TO BALAMAND
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
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Brief Biography of
His Beatitude
Christodoulos
Archbishop of Athens
Primate of the Church of Greece
His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens & all Greece,CHRISTODOULOS (Paraskevaides), was born at Xanthe in 1939.
In 1962 His Beatitude graduated from the School of Law and in 1967 from the School of Theology. In 1961 His Beatitude was ordained deacon and priest in 1965. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the Church of Dormition of the Virgin Mary at Palaio Phalero for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod.
His Beatitude took part in many religious missions abroad. He is a Doctor of Theology, He has a degree in French and English, and he also speaks Italian and German. He is the author of many scientific and constructive books. He has been writing articles in religious press and in dailies.
His Beatitude was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in 1974 and Archbishop of Athens and all Greece in 1998.
Schedule of the Visit to Balamand of
His Beatitude
Christodoulos
Archbishop of Athens
Primate of the Church of Greece
TUESDAY April 27, 1999
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Time |
Event |
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8:00 AM |
Departure from St. George Monastery in Homeira, Syria |
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9:00 AM |
Meeting at the Border with Lebanon |
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10:00 AM |
Arrival at Balamand Thanksgiving Prayer |
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11:00 AM |
Meeting of the Holy Synod of Antioch |
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12:00 PM |
Official Lunch at Balamand Monastery |
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1:30 PM |
Visiting the Secondary School of Balamand |
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3:30 PM |
Visiting the University of Balamand: Meeting with the University President and Council, and Open Meeting |
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6:00 PM |
Meeting with Professors and Seminarians at the Institute of Theology |
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8:00 PM |
Private Dinner |
