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Archbishop

Nikitas (Lulias)
Archbishop; Nikitas (Lulias)
Thyateira and Great Britain
Archdiocese	Thyateira and Great Britain (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
See	Thyateira and Great Britain
Installed	July 27, 2019
Term ended	Incumbent
Predecessor	Gregorios (Theocharous)
Other post(s)	Director, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
Orders
Consecration	December 14, 1996
Personal details
Born	Nikitas Lulias; June 22, 1955 (age 69); Tarpon Springs, Florida
Denomination	Greek Orthodox
Parents	Gus and Kalliope Lulias
Alma mater	University of Florida; Hellenic College/Holy Cross

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Archbishop Nikitas of Thyrateira and Great Britain is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, elected by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 12 June 2019.

Before his election as archbishop, he was the metropolitan of the Dardanelles and director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkely, California. Prior, he served as the first Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He was named to this office by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 14 December 1996. He was enthroned (formally installed as the metropolitan of the metropolis) on Sunday, 12 January 1997 at the Cathedral of Saint Luke the Evangelist in Hong Kong.

Early Life and Education

Nikitas Lulias was born June 22, 1955 to Constantine (Gus) and Kalliope (Kally) Lulias in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he was raised with his brother John. Growing up, he was a parishioner of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and attended Tarpon Springs High School. After high school he matriculated into the University of Florida.

A member of the university honor society Savant, Lulias earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 1976. He was listed in the Who's Who of American Colleges and Universities in 1975 and 1979. Following his undergraduate studies, he attended the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, earning the degree of Master of Divinity in 1980, where he was a Rotary International Graduate Scholar from 1980-1981 and a graduate fellow of the Ministry of the Exterior, Greece, from 1981-1982. Following this, he pursued additional graduate study at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece through November 1982. He also studied Russian language in St. Petersburg, Russia at the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary from late 1992 to mid 1993.

Pastoral Ministry

Nikitas' first assignment upon ordination was Associate Pastor at Sts Constantine and Helen Cathedral in Merriville, Indiana, where he remained until 1987, at which time he became the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese (now Metropolis) of Chicago. During his tenure as Chancellor from 1987 to 1995, he was involved in numerous educational, community service, and interfaith activities. He lectured a course in Orthodox Christian Theology at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois (1988 to 1991). In 1994 he was appointed Director of Development for the International Orthodox Christian Charities and on July 1, 1995 he became Pastor of the St. Demetrios Orthodox Church of Chicago.

Episcopacy

He was consecrated a Hierarch and named Metropolitan of Hong Kong and South East Asia on Saturday, 14 December 1996. This historic event took place in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George the Great Martyr, Phanar, Istanbul. He was enthroned as the first Metropolitan of Hong Kong and South East Asia (the Exarchates of China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore) on Sunday, 12 January1997 at the Cathedral of Saint Luke the Evangelist in Hong Kong.

In March of 2007, His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas was appointed Director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Insitute in Berkeley, California.

In June 2019 he was elected Archbishop of Great Britain by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

References

External links

Ecumenical Patriarchate: Holy Metropolis of Hong Kong

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Gregorios (Theocharous)	Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain 2019 –	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Anthony (Gergiannakis)	Metropolitan of the Dardanelles 2008 – 2019	Succeeded by vacant
Preceded by none	Metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia 1997 – 2007	Succeeded by Nektarios (Tsilis)

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-'''Metropolitan Nikitas of Dardanellia''' is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain under the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]].
+'''Archbishop Nikitas of Thyrateira and Great Britain''' is the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Great Britain under the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]], elected by the Sacred and [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 12 June 2019.
 Before his election as archbishop, he was the metropolitan of the Dardanelles and director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkely, California. Prior, he served as the first Metropolitan bishop of the Greek [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]]. He was named to this office by the Sacred and [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 14 December 1996.  He was enthroned (formally installed as the metropolitan of the metropolis) on Sunday, 12 January 1997 at the Cathedral of Saint Luke the Evangelist in Hong Kong.