Constantine Papastephanou
Constantine Papastephanou (
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.[1]
Biography
Constantine was born in 1924 in
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. On October 17, he was consecrated at the Monastery of St. Elias in Dhor Al Shwair in Lebanon. After installation, he set out to visit and organize his archdiocese. On October 23, 1969, Metropolitan Constantine arrived in Baghdad to conduct his first liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle. On November 20, he visited the Kuwait parish, celebrating the liturgy on the next day in temporary facilities in the National Evangelical Church. During the following years he established a number of Eastern Orthodox parishes within the Persian Gulf area, first in 1980 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In 1984, he was elected to the Synodal Commission charged with administering the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology and in 1986 he became the administrator of the Institute itself. In 1998, he established an Eastern Orthodox parish in Oman, followed in 2000 with one in Bahrain. In 2010, Metropolitan Constantine was hospitalized in London. Because of bad health and advanced age, he decided to retire on 17 June 2014, and was succeeded by new Metropolitan Ghattas Hazim. Metropolitan Constantine died on 17 April 2016.[2]
See also
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Iraq
- Christianity in Iraq
- Persecution of Christians in Iraq
- Arab Christians
- Christianity in Kuwait
- Christianity in Oman
- Christianity in Eastern Arabia
References
- ^ "His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
External links
- His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
- Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
- Archbishop of Baghdad, Kuwait, and Dependencies Recovers in London Hospital
- Resignation of Metropolitan Constantine of Baghdad and Kuwait accepted
- + Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
- Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou) funeral video
- Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou) funeral photos 1
- Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou) funeral photos 2