His Grace Agathonikos (Nikolaidis) Bishop of Arusha and Central Tanzania was born in Giannitsa in the Pellis Province in 1964. He holds a Degree from the Educational Academy in Florina and from the Theological Faculty of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.

He has been a monk of the Holy Monastery of St Dionysios of Olympos since 1986. He was ordained Deacon in 2001 and Priest in 2003. He served as Preacher in the Metropolises of Florina and Kitrous, and from 2004 to 2011 he served in various Missionary parts of Africa, following a blessing by His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, then as Chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Tanzania.

In December 2013 following an invitation from His Beatitude, he went to Alexandria where he served as Dean of the Saint Athanasios Patriarchal Academy, as Codicographer and Director of the Private Office of His Beatitude. On 17th December 2016 by proposal of His Beatitude the Patriarch, he was unanimously elected as Bishop of the newly-established Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania. HeHe speaks English and the African language Swahili.

See: Arusha

Address:
ΒΙSHOPRIC OF ARUSA AND CENTRAL TANZANIA
P.O.BOX 623 IRINGA, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

Phone: +255744040103

E-mail: agathonikosn@gmail.com