Epiphanios of Vryoula
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Epiphanios of Vryoula was an archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
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Born Constantine Perialis in Ithaca, New York
, he taught high school and college, until his ordaination to the priesthood in 1984. He became the first archbishop of Spain
and Portugal
until his retirement in 2007.
Greek Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament...
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Born Constantine Perialis in Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York
The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...
, he taught high school and college, until his ordaination to the priesthood in 1984. He became the first archbishop of Spain
Spain
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and Portugal
Portugal
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until his retirement in 2007.