Attalah Hanna
| Archbishop of Sebastia | |
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Theodosios
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| Incumbent: Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia since December 24, 2005 |
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| Diocese | Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
| Formation | 1st Century AD |
| Website | http://www.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/eng |
Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He is often named in Western news sources as Atallah Hanna,Atallah and Theodosios both meaning "gift of God" in Arabic and Greek, respectively. Theodosios, who was ordained on the 24 December 2005 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is the second Palestinian to hold the position of Archbishop in the history of the diocese.
Archbishop Theodosios was born Nizar Hanna to Eastern Orthodox parents in the village of Rameh, Upper Galilee region of northern Israel.
Archbishop Theodosios studied Greek in Jerusalem, continuing his studies in Greece where he earned his Master of Theology from University of Thessalonica School of Theology in 1991.
That same year, 1991, Nizar Hanna returned to Jerusalem, where he was tonsured a monk with the name Theodosios and received ordination as a deacon. Also in 1991 he was elected a member of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1992 Theodosios was ordained a priest at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A few days later he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite and placed in charge of the Arab section of the Patriarchate.
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