Metropolitan Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli
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Metropolitan Nikiforos (1931 – 4 October 2009) was the metropolitan bishop
of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli from 1988 until his death. A graduate of the Halki Seminary
School and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
, Nikiforos was ordained a deacon in 1956 and a senior priest in 1961.
Nikiforos was investigated in 2005 for alleged sexcapades.
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli from 1988 until his death. A graduate of the Halki Seminary
Halki seminary
The Halki seminary, formally the Theological School of Halki , was founded on 1 October 1844 on the island of Halki , the second-largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara. It was the main school of theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church's Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople until...
School and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek university, and the largest university in the Balkans. It was named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, about 55 km east of Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia...
, Nikiforos was ordained a deacon in 1956 and a senior priest in 1961.
Nikiforos was investigated in 2005 for alleged sexcapades.