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Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta Resigns

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NEW YORK, NY –

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta has submitted his resignation from the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta for health reasons. The issue was discussed at an extraordinary session of the Holy Eparchial Synod which was held via teleconference, on November 12, chaired by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros.   

According to an announcement by the Chief Secretariat of the Holy Eparchial Synod, “a letter from His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta was also reviewed, in which His Eminence submitted his formal resignation as the Shepherd of the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta. Consequently, the decision was made to forward this letter to the Mother Church, requesting that upon its acceptance, the Throne of this Holy Metropolis of the Sacred Archdiocese of America be declared vacant and the procedures provided by the Charter of the Archdiocese be initiated to fill the vacancy”.

Born Anthimos Panayiotopoulos, His Eminence was born in Ano Soudenika, Patras, on December 25, 1943. He served as administrator of the Diocese of Atlanta from 1997 to 1999 and was elected Bishop of Atlanta on March 13, 1999. On December 20, 2002, following the elevation of the Diocese of Atlanta to a Metropolis, he was promoted to Metropolitan of Atlanta.