Stephanos of Tallinn

Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn and All Estonia (born April 29, 1940) is the current primate (elected in 1999) of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church.

Life

Metropolitan Stephanos was born Christakis Charalambides in Bukavu, which today forms part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] His parents were of Cypriot ancestry.

The future metropolitan undertook a year of study towards a medical degree at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, but elected in 1960 to switch to divinity studies. He transferred to the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, simultaneously pursuing studies at the University of Paris. He was awarded the degree of Master of Theology from St. Sergius and the degree of lector from the University.

Charalambides was ordained to the diaconate on January 6, 1963 and to the priesthood on November 17, 1968 for service in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France. He was appointed in 1972 as protosyngellos (i.e., episcopal vicar) for the southern region of France, with his base in Nice. Fr. Stephanos was consecrated on March 25, 1987 to the episcopacy with the titular title of Bishop of Nazianzus. While continuing his previous responsibilities, he took on new assignments: secretary of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France, lector at St. Sergius, and professor of patrology at the Roman Catholic seminary of Nice.

In 1996, the Ecumenical Patriarchate restored the Estonian Orthodox Church as an autonomous entity under its protection, following the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union. A General Assembly of the church elected Bishop Stephanos as Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia.^[2] The new metropolitan was installed on March 21, 1999.

See also

• Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church

References

1. ^ "Orthodox leader granted Estonian citizenship for special services". BBC News (pay-per-view). August 21, 2004. http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BBAB/lib00589,104A74680F359782.html. Retrieved May 28, 2010. 
2. ^ "The Orthodox Church in Estonia". Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.vm.ee/?q=et/node/5686. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 

External links

• Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik (Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church homepage)
• Biography of Metropolitan Stephanos at the website of the Estonian Orthodox Church

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