The Enthronement of Metropolitan Savas

The newly enthroned Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh receives a pastoral exhortation from His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Pittsburgh.

The Enthronement of Metropolitan Savas

September 12, 2001

Metropolitan Savas (at the time Father Savas) accompanies his Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America to Ground Zero to conduct a Trisagion Service for the souls lost in the terrorist attacks.

September 12, 2001

Real Break 2009

Metropolitan Savas accompanies young adults and college students on a pilgrimage to Constantinople

Real Break 2009

Memory Eternal

Metropolitan Savas, with Patriarch Bartholomew looking on, offers prayers for the souls of family members of Archbishop Iakovos during a visit to Imvros in June, 2008.

Memory Eternal

Lenten Retreat

Metropolitan Savas conducts the Fifth Annual Lenten Retreat on the grounds of Saint Basil Academy for the Archons of the Order of Saint Andrew in June, 2008

Lenten Retreat

Metropolitan Savas Elected

His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew convenes the Holy Synod for the election of Metropolitan Savas on November 3, 2011

Metropolitan Savas Elected

Bishop Theodosios of Ancona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His Grace, the Very Reverend Theodosios (Sideris) of Ancona was an auxiliary bishop of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch. He served both the Sixth (Pittsburgh) Archdiocesan and the Ninth (Canadian) Archdiocesan Districts of the Archdiocese before his retirement in 1973.

 

Vasilios L . Sideris was born on July 20, 1903 in Vryoula, Smyrna, in Asia Minor of the then Ottoman Empire. He attended and graduated from the Rizarios Teacher's College in Athens, Greece. He then entered the Theological School of the University of Athens from which he received a degree in Orthodox Theology in 1935.

 

While he was attending school, Vasilios entered the Holy Orders in 1926, receiving the name Theodosios, when he was ordained a deacon. As a deacon he was assigned to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Piraeus for seven years. In 1933, he was ordained a priest and served the Church of St. Alexandros of Palaio Faliro, Athens. For the years of 1936/1937 he served as a teacher and assistant dean at the theological school of Mount Athos.

 

Father Theodosios arrived in the United States of America on November 3, 1937 and was assigned to serve the Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen in Richmond, Virginia. While in Richmond Fr. Theodosios pursued theological studies at the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, and from which he received, in 1942, his Master's Degree in Theology. He continued his studies and received his Doctorate in Theology from the Union Seminary in 1947.

 

In 1954, Fr. Theodosios was assigned as priest at the Church of the Three Hierarchs in Brooklyn, New York. On September 13, 1960, Fr. Theodosios was consecrated Bishop of Ancona by Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) at Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York City.

 

Following his consecration, Bp. Theodosios served as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp. Iakovos and was assigned to the Sixth Archdiocesan District with his see in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In December, 1967 he was moved to the see in Toronto, Canada to serve as the bishop of the Ninth (Canadian) Archdiocesan District as the first hierarch of the Ninth district.

 

Bp. Theodosios retired on November 1, 1973 at the age of 70. During his retirement, he has served occasionally at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Belleville, Ontario.

 

Source: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Theodosios_%28Sideris%29_of_Ancona

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