Reposed Metropolitan of Gortyna & Megalopoli Jeremiah laid to rest

An exodios funeral service was held today for the reposed Metropolitan of Gortyna & Megalopoli, Jeremiah. The service was held at St. Nicholas Cathedral, in the city of Megalopoli, in the central Peloponnese.
The beloved hierarch reposed in the Lord on Tuesday evening at the age of 80.

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has appointed the Metropolitan of Monemvasia & Sparta, His Eminence Eustathios, as the locum tenens until the election of a new Metropolitan to succeed reposed hierarch Jeremiah. His Eminence represented the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, at the funeral service and the interment.

Metropolitan Eustathios spoke to the Orthodoxia News Agency on the life and works of reposed Metropolitan Jeremiah, a native of the town of Nafpaktos.

The beloved Metropolitan had been plagued by health problems for some time, but remained unwavering in his pastoral duties, such as officiating at Church services, preaching to the faithful and writing.

As an associate of the St. Maximos the Greek Institute, the reposed hierarch was heard on radio programs aired on the online platform Pemptousia and also published articles on both the Pemptousia and Orthodoxia News Agency (OPE) sites.

According to reports, Jeremiah had been hospitalized over the recent period due to serious heart ailments. It was also noted that reposed Metropolitan Jeremiah was not infected with the Covid-19 virus and was fully vaccinated, including a third dose.

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