Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki 

Address  
546 22 THESSALONIKI  
GREECE  
Telephone  
0030-31-228823 (Metropolitan)  
0030-31-229871 or 261216 (Secretariat)  
Fax  
0030-31-230722

The Metropolitan

His Grace Metropolitan Panteleimon (Chrysofakis) was born in 1925 in Athens. He has studied Theology and he has done postgraduate studies in the Roman-Catholic Institute in Paris and in the University of Sorbonne. He was ordained a deacon in 1950 and a priest in 1951. He was elected and ordained as bishop of Samos and Ikaria in 1965. In 1974 he was transferred in the Metropolis of Thessaloniki. He is the writer of many books. In 1996 the Department of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki awarded him a honorary Doctor's degree.

Publication

"Saint Gregory Palamas" periodical.

Institutions/ Foundations

School for parents, Television Station, School for the lay servants of love, Choruses for children and orchestras, Religious Centers, Library, Museum of Ecclesiastical Art, Center of Hagiology, Parish Centers for youth.

Monasteries

1.     For monks

·       Saint Theodora- Tel: 031-220020.

·       Apostoles and Saints Kyrillos and Methodios

2.     For nuns

·       Dormition of Theotokos in Panorama-Tel: 031-341102.

·       Birth of Theotokos in Panorama- Tel: 031-343901.