Fell asleep at 8:00 on Tuesday morning 10 January 2023 the patriarch ex-Jerusalem Irenaeus, who was being treated at a private clinic in Ampelokipi
Fell asleep at 8:00 on Tuesday morning 10 January 2023 the patriarch ex-Jerusalem Irenaeus, who was being treated at a private clinic in Ampelokipi. His plot, According to reports, will be transferred to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
Blessed Patriarch Irenaeus I (by name Emmanuel Scopelitis) was born in 17 April of 1939 in Samos. The 1953 he went to Jerusalem. The 1959 ordained Deacon and Elder.
He graduated from the Theological School of Athens in 1966 and in the same year he was given the office of Archimandrite. At 29 Of March 1981 was ordained Archbishop of Hierapolis. He was Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher in Athens from 1979 until 2001. The 1994 was promoted to Metropolitan.
After the death of Patriarch Diodoros there followed a gap of eight months with a strong diplomatic background, with the Israeli government rejecting five of the candidates, some of whom were among the most prominent. At 13 August 2001 Irenaeus was finally elected Patriarch of Jerusalem, with 7 total votes 17.
Following the invitation of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos and interventions by the Greek government, the former Irenaeus of Jerusalem traveled to 29 August 2019 in Greece and was hospitalized.
Then he was admitted to the Gerontology and Providential Support Center of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens "Agios Porphyrios", in Dilesi, Boeotia, following the invitation of the Archbishop of Athens himself, where he stayed until his death.