Holy Metropolis of Messinia 

Address  
Metropolitan Meletios 13  
241 00 KALAMATA  
GREECE  
Telephone  
0030-721-24165 (Metropolitan)  
0030-721-22455 (Secretariat)  
Fax  
0030-721-22994

The Metropolitan

His Grace Metropolitan Chrysostomos (Themelis) was born in 1918 in Istiea, Evia. He has studied Theology. He was ordained a deacon in 1944 and a priest in 1945. He has served as chief secretary of Holy Synod. He was elected and ordained as titular bishop in 1957. He was elected Metropolitan of Messinia in 1965. In 1990 he was awarded a honor Doctorate by the University of Athens. He has written many books.

Publication

"Didachi" monthly newspaper

Institutions/ Foundations

Parishes Centers, Boarding for boys, Lecture Theatre, Camping, Ecclesiastical Library, School for Byzantine music, Home for those suffering chronic ailments, Home for the aged.

Monasteries

1.     For monks

·       Dormition Voulkanou- Tel: 0724-51258

2.     For nuns

·       Saint Constantine and Helen in Kalamata- Tel: 0721-22856

·       Dormition in Dimiovi-Tel: 0721-23115

·       Zoodochos Pigi in Velanidia- Tel: 0721-23150

·       Zoodochos Pigi and Dormition in Ellinika- Tel: 0721-23902

·       Birth of Saint Prodromos in Gardiki- Tel: 0721-32786

·       Dormition in Chrysokelaria