HIS EMINENCE
METROPOLITAN PANTELEIMON
OF BELGIUM

BIOGRAPHY :

His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium, (in the world Nikolaos Kontogiannis)  was born on the 7th February 1935 in Chios (Greece). In 1957 he successfully graduates with a Master degree in Theology at the Theological Institute of Halki (Turkey). On 28 November 1954 he was ordained deacon by Metropolitan Iakovos of Ikonium, who also gave him the name of Panteleimon. The same metropolitan ordained him as priest on 18 October 1957. He serves since 1957 in Belgium and created different parishes.  He was promoted as Archimandrite and then Epsicopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of France for Belgium and Luxemburg. When the Ecumenical Patriarchate created the Archdiocese of Belgium and Exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxemburg he was nominated the first chancellor of it.  In 1974 he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan of Belgium with the high title of “Bishop of Apollonia”. In December 1982 he he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Metropolitan of Belgium.   

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Nameday: July 27

Date of ordination: August 18, 1974