Timotheos Themelis (1878–1955) was a
clergyman
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who served as
Archbishop of Jordan and later
.
Born in Samos, Greece in 1878, Themelis was a graduate of the
School of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, and studied at
Oxford University
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for four years. In 1931 he founded the
theological
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quarterly ''New Zion''. In 1947 he was appointed
Knight of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
for "his services in bringing the Christian communities of the
Holy Land
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into closer cooperation." He was also an author, writing fifteen volumes on "theological subjects."
References
20th-century Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem
1878 births
1955 deaths
Members of the Order of the British Empire
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