Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis (

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: Μακάριος Γρινιεζάκης; born 15 March 1973) is the current archbishop of the

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of Australia and the primate of the

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, succeeding Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.

Studies and career

Prior to serving in the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Makarios completed his elementary studies in his birthplace and at the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of

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. He is a graduate of the Higher Ecclesiastical School of Athens and of the Theological School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He completed postgraduate studies at the Universities of Boston (Master of Sacred Theology),

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(Master of Arts), and

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, (Master of Bioethics), whilst his doctoral dissertation was received and passed as “Excellent” by the Medical School of the University of Crete. The work was published under the title, “Cloning: Social, Ethical and Theological Components”. He became a monk and deacon in 1993, a presbyter in 1997 and an archimandrite in 1998 at the Holy Monastery of Saint George Epanosifi, whilst on Easter Sunday of 2008,

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bestowed upon him the office of Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne. Since 2003, Archbishop Makarios has been teaching at the Patriarchal Academy of Crete. In tandem, he has served as a visiting Professor to various universities, amongst which are the Theological College of Holy Cross in

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, the

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and the Medical Schools of the Universities of Crete, Thessaly and Athens. In May 2015, he was elected the first Dean of the Department of Orthodox Studies of the Autonomous Church of Estonia.

Archbishop of Australia

On 9 May 2019, Archbishop Makarios was unanimously elected as the new archbishop of Australia, by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, succeeding Archbishop Stylianos of Australia, who died earlier that year (on March 25th). On 18 June 2019, Archbishop Makarios arrived in Australia to be enthroned and begin his duties as the archbishop. On 29 June he was enthroned.

References

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