Holy Metropolis of Peiraeus 

Address  
Akti Themistokleous 198  
185 39 PIREAS  
GREECE  
Telephone  
0030-1-4514930 (Metropolitan)  
0030-1-4519503 or 4538650 or 4514833 (Secretariat)  
Fax /E-mail  
0030-1-4512049  
imp@hol.gr

The Metropolitan

His Grace Metropolitan Kallinikos (Karousos) was born in 1926 in Valtholomio, Ilia. He has studied Theology. He was ordained a deacon in 1956 and a priest in 1959. He served as abbot of Varlaam monastery in Meteora, dean of Apostoliki Diakonia and principal of the "Ecclesiastical Truth", the official newspaper of the Church of Greece. He was elected and ordained as titular bishop in 1975. He was elected as metropolitan of Pireas in 1978.

Institutions/ Foundations

Schools of Byzantine Music and Hagiography, Youth Centers, Choirs, Camping for boys and girls, Primary School, Schools for Parents, Radio Station, Theatrical Group, Blood Bank, School of Volunteers, Home for the aged.

Publication

"Piraiki Ecclesia" monthly periodical