Metropolitan Gennadios (, ; secular name Tsampikos Zervos, ; 8 July 1937,

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– 16 October 2020,

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) was the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, a diocese of the

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Biography

Born in the Italian Dodecanese, Zervos was ordained a deacon on April 16, 1960, taking the name of Gennadios, and a priest on April 28, 1963. He carried out a long pastoral service in Italy, as bishop of Krateia with his seat in

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from November 26, 1970, and was lecturer at various Italian universities: for this he received the medal of Commander of the Italian Republic. For a long time he was the representative of the

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in Italy. He was Metropolitan of the

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from 26 August 1996. First Orthodox bishop in Italy since the

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, on 26 November 1970 he was unanimously elected on the proposal of Patriarch Athenagoras.

References

Μητροπολίτης Ἰταλίας, ὑπέρτιμος καί ἔξαρχος Νοτίου Εὐρώπης, κ. Γεννάδιος

Sua Eminenza Rev.ma il Metropolita Gennadios, Arcivescovo Ortodosso d'Italia e Malta
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