Holy Metropolis of Zakynthos and Strophades 

Address  
291 00 ZAKYNTHOS  
GREECE  
Telephone  
0030-695-49109 (Metropolitan)  
0030-695-22233 (Secretariat)  
Fax  
0030-695-22348

The Metropolitan

His Grace Metropolitan Chrysostomos (Synetos) was born in 1939 in the island of Zakynthos. He has studied Theology. He became monk in the holy monastery of Saint Catherine in Mount Sinai. He was ordained a deacon in 1961 and a priest in 1962. He served as abbot of monastery of Penteli in Attica. He was elected and ordained as bishop in 1976. He was elected metropolitan of Zakynthos in 1994.

Institutions/ Foundations

 Ecclesiastical Center for the youth, Ecclesiastical Library, Museum of Ecclesiastical Art and Blood Bank.

Monasteries

1.     For monks

·       Transfiguration and Saint Dionysios in Strofades- Tel: 0695-42859 or 28683

·       Saint George in Krimna -Tel: 0695-31298

·       Panagia Spileotissa- Tel: 0695-31218

·       Saint Prodromos in Langada- Tel: 0695-83442

2.     For nuns

·       Theotokos Eleftherotria in Lagopodi- Tel: 0695-92226