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The hospital announcement is as follows:
“This morning, at the age of 62, His Eminence Metropolitana Langadas, Litis y Rentinis, etc. passed away. John, after a battle with the new coronavirus.
The blessed metropolitan of Lagada, Litis and Rentinis, according to Ioannis Tassias, had tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was hospitalized since Friday, November 13, 2020 at the Covid-19 Clinic, at the Papageorgiou General Hospital in Thessaloniki .
From the first moment, the medical and nursing staff of the Papageorgiou Hospital did everything possible and stood by the Metropolitano’s side, doing everything humanly possible to improve his health.
His condition worsened, he developed a Covid-19 respiratory infection and this morning (06:36) he ended up with cardiorespiratory arrest. The blessed Metropolitan suffered from underlying illnesses ”.
This is the first death of a metropolitan registered in our country.
Karaoglou on the death of Metropolitan Langadas: I lost a friend
A great loss for the Church of Greece, the Diocese, but also the local community, characterizes his death. Metropolitan of Lagada, Litis and Rentinis Ioannis, the Undersecretary of the Interior (Macedonia-Thrace), Theodoros Karaoglou, expressing their condolences.
As the Undersecretary points out in his announcement, it was a “rare case of hierarchy”:
“He was the one who, with the main characteristics of the will and passion of creation, his militancy, an entire Diocese was reborn. He founded churches, served meals, helped those in need. Brilliant, dynamic, emblematic, with a diverse pastoral activity, he dedicated his entire life to the service of the Church and of others. Under his inspired guidance, the Diocese of Langada, Litis and Rentinis was a brilliant point of reference, leaving an indelible mark on its progress and prosperity “, emphasizes Mr. Karaoglou and adds that he lost a friend, a hierarch with whom he had a excellent cooperation, as “our love for our place was connected. May his memory live forever. ”
Who was the Metropolitan Langadas Ioannis – His life and work
His CV says the following:
Ἐγεννήθη εἰς τήν Θεσσαλονίκην τὸ ἔτος 1958. Ἀπεφοίτησε τῆς Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς Παιδαγωγικῆς Ἀκαδημίας Θεσσαλονίκης τὸ ἔτος 1979 τοῦ καὶ Τμήματος Ποιμαντικῆς καὶ Κοινωνικῆς Θεολογίας τοῦ Ἀριστοτελείου უნივერსიტ τημιου Θεσσαλονίκης τὸ 1982.
Τὸ 1982τος 1982 χειροτονεῖται Διάκονος εἰς τὴν Ἱερὰν Μητρόπολιν Θεσσαλονίκης καὶ ἀναλαμβάνει τὴν δικαιθυνσιν τοῦ Γραφείου Νεότητος τῆς⁇ ερᾶς Μητροπόλεως, λαβὼν μέρος καὶ εἰς τὰς ἐργασίας τοῦ Συνεδρίου Νεότητος τῆς Ἱερᾶς .ς
In 1983 he was ordained an Elder, he wrote that Archimandrite office and placed him as Priest in the Holy Temple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, in which he served until 1994 in the days of the head of the receiving country, with all splendor, the inauguration το ⁇ Εροῦ Ναοῦ, στὰ ὁποῖα, ἐκτὸς ἀπὸ πλειάδα Ἀρχιερέων, παρέστη ὁ Πρόεδρος τῆς Δημοκρατίας, τὸι Ὑου chosen
Ἀπὸ τὸ ἔτος 1983 ὑπηρετεῖ Ἡγουμενοσύμβουλος τῆς⁇ ερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίας Θεοδώρας, ἀπὸ τὸ .τος δὲ 1994 ὑνςοραερας Εἰς τὴν ἐν λόγῳ Ἱερὰν Μονὴν, πέραν τῶν μοναχῶν αὐτῆς, φιλοξενεῖ κληρικοὺς προερχομένους ἀπὸ ξένες χῶρες καὶ οἱ ὁποῖοι ἐκμανθάνουν τὴν⁇ λληνικὴν γλῶσσαν καὶ σπουδάζουν εἰς τὴν Θεολογ μετα
Τὸ 1994 τοποθετεῖται εἰς τὸν⁇ ερὸν Ναὸν τοῦ Πολιούχου Ἁγίου Δημητρίου ὡς Προϊστάμενος καὶ ἐκ παραλλήλου ἀναλαμβάνει τὰ καθήκοντα τοῦ Πρωτοσυγκέλλου τῆς⁇ ερᾶς Μητροπόλεως Θεσσαλονίκης.
Ὁ χειροτονήσας αὐτὸν Ἀρχιερεὺς Μακαριστὸς Παντελεήμων ὁ Β καὶ τοποθετήσας αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ὑπεύθυνον θέσιν τοῦ Πρωτοσυγκέλλου, τοῦ ἀναθέτει ἐπίσης καθήκοντα Προεδρεύοντος εὐαγῶν Ἱδρυμάτων τ. Specifically, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτους 1992 μέχρι τοῦ 2004τους 2004 εἰς τὸ Παπάφειον Ὀρφανοτροφεῖον καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτους 1994 μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 2004 τὸ εἰς Χαρίσειον Γηροκομεῖον, εἰς τὸ πνευματικοφιλανθρωπικὸν Ἵδρυμα Πάνίων τῶν ῃν εσιας School Board Byzantine Music of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki the Papadimopoulou Foundation for Public Welfare.
He wrote articles and studies of theological content. Ἔλαβε μέρος διὰ εἰσηγήσεων εἰς Θεολογικὰ Συνέδρια. Ἐδίδαξεν εἰς Κατηχητικὰ Φροντιστήρια ὡς καὶ εἰς τὴν Σχολὴν Μετεκπαιδεύσεως Κληρικῶν τῆς⁇ ερᾶς Μ .ηωςροπό More information
Ἐδίδαξεν ὡς καθηγητὴς εἰς τὴν Ἀνωτέραν Ἐκκλησιαστικὴν Σχολὴν Θεσσαλονίκης καὶ ἐπραγματοποίησεν σειρὰ διαλέξουν ἁγιολογικοῦ περιεχομένου καὶ ἐνδιαφέρτος πέραν τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μητροπόλεως Θεσσαλονίκης καὶ εἰς ἄλλας Ἱερὰς. 18πὶ 18 ἔτη διηύθυνεν τὴν σειρὰν διαλέξουν «Ἀκαδημαϊκοὶ Διαλογοι» εἰς τὴν αἴθουσαν τελετῶν τῆς⁇ εσεα τῶν τῆς⁇ εσεα.
Τὸ 1994 ἱδρύει⁇ ερὸν Ἡσυχαστήριον τῶν⁇ γίων Κυρίλλου καὶ Μεθοδίου. Ὑπηρετεῖ μέχρι καὶ σήμερον ὡς Διευθυντὴς τοῦ Κέντρου⁇ ρθοδόξου Ἁγιολογίας ὑπὸ τὴν Προερίαν τονοκη.
Ἀνεκηρύχθη διδάκτωρ θεολογίας εἰς τὴν Θεολογικὴν Ἀκαδημίαν τῆς ἱστορικῆς πόλεως Οὔζγόροντ τῆς Οὐκρανίας, εἰς τὴν ὁποίαν διδάσκει ὡς ἐπισκέπτης καθηγητὴς περισσότερα βιβλικῆς θεολογίας. Ἐπιμελεῖται τῆς συγκροτήσεως καὶ operasyon բաժ ματος διδασκαλίας τῆς⁇ λληνικῆς γλώσσης εἰς τὴν ἐν λόγῳ Θεολογικὴν Σχολήν, ὁ ὁποία ἀνήκει εἰς τὸ უნივერსიტ τήμιον τῶν Καρπαθίων. Professor Ioannis Kazazis from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki plays a key role in this effort, through the “ἰάσων” program.
Parallel to ἐπιστημονικὸν έργον ἀνέπτυξεν πρότυπον ἔργον εἰς τὸν περιοχή τῆς φιλανθρωπίας μὲ τὴν λειτουργν συσσιτίου διὰ τοὺς ἀστέγους καὶ ἐμπεριστάτους μετανάστας τῆς πόλεως, μὲ τὸ σύνθημα “κανεὶς νηστας τὴς τὴς μσς στοὺς ἐμπεριστάτους ἀδελφοὺς μας.
He was elected on May 10, 2010 by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece as Metropolitan of Lagada. The ordination to the Bishop took place on May 16, 2010 by His Beatitude Archbishop Sr. Hieronymus at the Pentecostal Church of Agios Dimitrios Patrono of Thessaloniki.
Ἔργα του “Ἅ⁇ γιος Δημήτριος”, “Ἡ Βασιλικὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Δημητρίου”, “Ἅ⁇ γιος Γεώργιος”, “Ὁ Ναὸς τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου-Ροτόντα”, “Ἡ Μονὴ Λατόμου”, “Ἱ Ἱερὰ Μονὴ ώρας Ἁκίας Θεο ὡς Κοινωνία τῶν Ἁγίων “,” τὸ νόημα καὶ τὸ περιεχόμενο τῶν ἑορτῶν εἰς τὴν Παλαιὰν Διαθήκην, “” Αἱ ἐξορίαι τοῦ Μεγάλου Ἀθανασίου “,” Ὁ 59ος ψαλμὸς κατὰ τὸν⁇ γιον Μάξιμον τὸν Ἁμολογη »τῆς
Κπεμελήθη τῶν ἐκδόσεων:
- Ditomou Ἁgiologiou Thessaloniki.
- ⁇ Ερὰ Ἀκολουθία Ἀγίων Κυρίλλου καὶ Μεθοδίου.
- Βίος καὶ Ἱερὰ .κολουθία τῆς Ὁσίας Μητρὸς ἡμῶν Θεοδώρας τῆς Μυροβλύτιδος.
- Βίος καὶ Ἱερὰ Ἀκολουθία τοῦ⁇ σίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Δαυΐδ τοῦ ἐν Θεσσαλονίκηίκῃ.
- Ὑμνολογικὸν Λειμωνάριον Ἁγίου Δημητρίου.
- ⁇ Παντα εἰς τὸν⁇ γιον Δημήτριον κατὰ τὴν μεσοβυζαντινὴν περίοδον «Συμεὼν Πασχαλίδη».
- Σὲ ὑπέρμαχον ἡ οἰκουμένη (Ἐπετειακὴ ἔκδοσις Ἱεροῦ Ναοῦ Ἁγίου Δημητρίου).
- Ἐπεσκέψατο ἡμᾶς (Ἐπετειακὴ ἔκδοσις⁇ ερᾶς Μητροπόλεως Θεσσαλονίκης ἀναφερομένη εἰς τὰς Πατριαρχικὰςὰς
