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Bishop '''Seraphim of Apollonias''' is currently the Titular [[titular bishop|Titular Bishop]] of Apollonias, [[auxiliary bishop]] assistant to [[Archbishop]] [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]], serving in the First Archdiocesan District of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], and sub-dean of [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]].
==Positions==
*Sub-Dean and full-time lecturer in Liturgical Studies, St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College.
*Chair of the First Circuit Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, NSW District.
*Editor of ''[[The Voice of Orthodoxy]]''.
*Member of the Board of Directors, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust.
*Member of the Board of Directors, St Basil's Homes.
*1949: Born in Athens. Went on to complete secondary education at Halandri of Attica, then theology at the University of Salonika (earning a BD), doing honours in the faculty of practical theology at University of Salonika.
*1975: [[ordination|Ordained]] [[deacon]], then [[priest]].
*1976: Fr . Seraphim served in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]].*1980: Fr . Seraphim was transferred to Holy [[Metropolis of Nea Krini and Kalamaria]], served as [[parish]] [[priest ]] of Church of St . Paraskevi.*1986: Archbishop Stylianos invited Fr . Seraphim to Australia. Appointed parish priest at Archdiocesan Church of St . Eustathios, Melbourne, where Bishop [[Ezekiel of Dervis]] was serving.*1991 [[March 12|Mar 12]]: Fr . Seraphim elected Bishop of ApolloniasApollonia.::[[March 30|30]]: Consecrated Bishop of Apollonia. Appointed to First Archdiocesan District of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, based in Sydney, as Assistant Bishop to Archbishop Stylianos.
==External links==
*[http://homewww.itgreekorthodox.comorg.au/~jgrapsasgeneral/pagesaboutus/Their_Graces.htm assistantbishops Biography on Archdiocesan website]*[http://www.sagotcpatriarchate.edu.auorg/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/CVassistant-bishops/B_Seraphim_CVseraphim-of-apollonias Ecumenical Patriarchate: Seraphim of Apollonias] {{start box}}{{succession|before=''unknown''|title=Bishop of Apollonia|years=1991-present|after=—}}{{succession|before=Rev. Dr.htm Brief CV on [[John Chryssavgis]]|title=Sub-Dean of St. Andrew's Faculty Website]Greek Orthodox Theological College|years=1995-present|after=—}}*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/current2.htm#seraphim_bishop Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute{{end box}}
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