Archbishop Spyridon of America
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His Eminence Spyridon |
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| Archbishop of America | |
| Installed | July 30, 1996 |
| Term ended | August 19, 1999 |
| Predecessor | Iakovos |
| Successor | Demetrios |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | George Papageorge |
| Born |
September 24, 1944 Warren, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality | American, Greek |
| Denomination | Greek Orthodox |
| Residence | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Parents | Clara and Constantine George |
| Alma mater | Theological School of Halki, University of Geneva |
Archbishop Spyridon of America (born George Papageorge) is a retired Greek Orthodox bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who was the archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America from July 1996 to August 1999. Internal conflicts within the church caused his resignation in 1999, after which he went into retirement, without accepting his subsequent assignment as Metropolitan of Chaldia.
Archbishop Spyridon was born on September 24, 1944, in Warren, Ohio and was the son of Clara and Constantine George.
Spyridon attended elementary school in both Steubenville, Ohio, and Rhodes, Greece and graduated from Tarpon Springs High School in 1962.
He studied at the Theological School of Halki where he graduated in 1966 and he then attended graduate school at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, specializing in The History of the Protestant Churches. Awarded a scholarship by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, he then studied Byzantine Literature at Bochum University in Germany from 1969 to 1973).
Following graduation, he served as secretary at the Permanent Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches from 1966 to 1977 and later served as secretary of the Orthodox Center in Pregny-Chambésy, Geneva where he was the director of its well-known news bulletin "Episkepsis". In 1976, Spyridon was assigned as dean of the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Andrew in Rome, where he served until 1985.
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