His Eminence Gennadios Metropolitan of Botswana (born Stylianos Stantzios) was born in 1969 in Eslingen in the then West Germany. He studied at the Theological Faculty of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. He was tonsured as a Monk by His Eminence Spyridon of Langada and lived for 4 years at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Langada. In 1990 he was ordained Deacon and in 1996 Priest (and on the same day was consecrated to the rank of Archimandrite) by His Eminence Prokopios of Philippon, Neapolis and Thasos. While serving as Parish Priedt in the Nikisianis Parish (Pangaiou), he was seconded from the Holy Metropolis of Eleftheropolis, to the Holy Metropolis of Buenos Aires (Argentina) where he served in the Secretariat of the Metropolis and in two Greek Communities. At the beginning of 2004, by order of the late Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria he travelled to Port Elizabeth in the Holy Metropolis of Cape Town. Returning to Alexandria (by order of His Beatitude), he served in the Patriarchal Registry. Following the tragic accident of 11th September 2004, he was appointed as Chancellor by the Holy Synod, during the Substitution period. On the election of His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II, he was appointed Chancellor of the Holy Synod and Dean of the historic Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria. On the election of His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II, he was appointed Chancellor of the Holy Synod and Dean of the historic Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria. On 1st November 2006, by venerable proposal of His Beatitude he was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nilopolis and his ordination by His Beatitude took place on the 26th of the same month in the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria and he continued to carry out his duties as Chancellor of the Holy Synod. On the 10th October 2010, he was elected as Provincial Bishop of the newly-established Diocese in Botswana, where he served till the end of 2013, when he was elected Metropolitan of Nilopolis, a Diocese which was promoted to Metropolis. He did post-graduate studies through a bursary from the Catholi Church (2008-2010) at the Urbaniana Pontifical University, holds a post-graduate title (Masters) and is a candidate for a Doctorate in Missiology at the Neapolis University Pafos. He is a member of the Mixed International Council on Theological Dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church and of the Patriarchal Synodal Council on Inter-Christians Issues and on the Provinces of the Throne. He speaks English and Italian. By proposal of His Beatitude he was elected as Metropolitan of Botswana by the Holy Synod on 17th November 2016, to the Diocese of Botswana which has been elevated to a Metropolis.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Botswana
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