Gennadios (Zervos)

Metropolitan Gennadios (Italian: Gennadios Zervós, pronounced [dʒenˈnaːdjoz dzerˈvɔs]; secular name Tsampikos Zervos, Greek: Τσαμπίκος Ζερβός; 8 July 1937, Rhodes – 16 October 2020, Venice[1]) was the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople covering Italy, Malta, and San Marino.[2]

Metropolita

Gennadios Zervos
Archbishop of Italy and Malta
ChurchGreek Orthodox Church
ArchdioceseItaly and Malta
Appointed26 August 1996
Installed1996
PredecessorArchbishop Spyridon of America
Orders
Ordination28 April 1963
Consecration1979
Personal details
Born(1937-07-08)8 July 1937
Kremasti, Rhodes, Kingdom of Italy
Died16 October 2020(2020-10-16) (aged 83)
Venice
NationalityGreek, Italian
Previous post(s)Bishop of Krateia (1970-1996)

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 Naples 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 Patriarch of Constantinople in Italy. He was Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta from 26 August 1996. First Orthodox bishop in Italy since the Great Schism of 1054, on 26 November 1970 he was unanimously elected on the proposal of Patriarch Athenagoras.[3]

References
  1. "È TRANSITATO AL CIELO IL METROPOLITA GENNADIOS". ortodossia.it. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta. Retrieved March 17, 2021.(in Italian)
  2. "È morto Gennadios, Arcivescovo Ortodosso e Metropolita d'Italia - Gente Veneta". 16 October 2020.
  3. Gabriella Ceraso (October 16, 2020). "La morte di Gennadios, grande promotore dell'unità dei cristiani". vaticannews.va. Vatican News. Retrieved March 17, 2021.(in Italian)
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