The Holy '''Archdiocese of Zimbabwe and Angolaand Southern Africa''' is an [[archdiocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. The territory included in its jurisdiction are the countries of Zimbabwe and Angola.

The Diocese of Zimbabwe archdiocese was established from the [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria|Archdiocese of Johannesburg]] in 1968 with Kyrillos I (CyrilPapadopoulos) Papadopoulos as the ruling hierarch. The bishopric was originally called '''Archdiocese of Rhodesia and Nyasaland''', but was renamed after the end of the British rule in 1980 to '''Archdiocese of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa'''. With the election of Abp Seraphim in 2010, it received its current name. On [[November 1]], 2006, [[Diocese of Mozambique|Mozambique]], that had been part of the Archdiocese of Zimbabwe, was established as a separate diocese .

A missionary center, dedicated to St. NektaroisNectarios, is located in the Zimbabwe capital city of Harare. Another mission center, dedicated to St. Augustine, is under development in the city of Bulawayo. Two new churches are under construction dedicated to St. George and to Christ the Savior.

==Ruling Bishops==*Kyrillos I (CyrilPapadopoulos) Papadopoulos 1968-19861968–1986<small>(vacant)</small>*[[Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos) of Carthage|Crysostomos (Papadopoulos)]] 1990-1997 1990–1997*[[Ioannis (JohnZachariou) of Johannesburg|Ioannis (Zachariou )]] 1997-19981997–1998<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Diocese of Madagascar]])</small>*[[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya|Makarios (Tillyrides)]] 1998-2001 1998–2001<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Archdiocese of Zambia|Diocese of Zambia]])</small>*[[Kyrillos (Economopoulos) of NakratisNaucratis|Kyrillos II (CyrilEconompoulos) Econompoulos]] 2001-20022001–2002*[[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros (Choreftakis)]] 2002-2004 2002–2004*[[George (Vladimirou) of ZimbabweGuinea|George (Vladimirou)]] 2004-20102004–2010<small>(lost territory to the [[Archdiocese of Zambia]] and to establish the [[Diocese of Mozambique]] and the [[Archdiocese of Botswana|Diocese of Botswana]])</small>*[[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]] 2010-Present 2010–Present

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