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LETTER TO THE NEWLY ELECTED METROPOLITAN GERASIMOS OF PETRA

On the morning of 8th December 2015, have received with great joy and emotion the news of the worthy election of Archimandrite Gerasimos Marmatakis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Agarathos, as the new Metropolitan of Petra and Herronisos, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa communicated with him and sent him a letter, expressing his warm congratulations.

His Beatitude has known the newly elected Metropolitan Gerasimos from childhood, and has fervent feelings of love and appreciation for him, as he is distinguished by his ethos and his virtues, as well as his innate kindness and love, and the mild and cheerful character. The culmination of his active contribution, as well as proof of the honour shown to His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria, is the care shown by the Abbot, now the elected Metropolitan Gerasimos of Petra, for the establishment of a special room within the abbey of the above named Monastery, as a “Museum” named “Patriarch Theodoros II, of Cre

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Bishop Gerasim was born in 1961, in Torrance, California, and raised in Palos Verdes. Growing up, he initially attended the Episcopal Church, and later the Presbyterian. As a child he had a diverse range of interests: sports, history, science fiction, and stamp-collecting, which offered a window to foreign lands and languages. He graduated from University High School in Irvine in 1979, simultaneously taking classes at UC Irvine during his senior year.

He studied Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, later shifting his focus to Spanish literature. Entering university with a conscious Christian identity, he attended Intervarsity Fellowship. There he met James Paffhausen (later Metropolitan Jonah), whose Bible study became an Orthodox Catechism class. He accompanied James to services at Saint Nicholas Church (OCA) in Saratoga. Priest John Newcombe, the new pastor, welcomed them with the words: “So I understand that you want to become monks.” Father John taught them about monastic life at a time when Orthodox monastic life was almost inaccessible in the West.

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Gerasimos Michaleas

This article is about 21st century AD American Greek Orthodox bishop. For other uses, see Gerasimos (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Metropolitan Gerasimos Avlonites.

Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco (born Gerasimos Michaleas; August 2, 1945) is a Greek Eastern Orthodox prelate who became the Metropolitan of San Francisco in the Greek Orthodox Church in 2005.

His spiritual flock comprises 67 Greek Orthodox parishes in Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and Arizona. He was elected to his office by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on February 22, 2005 to succeed Metropolitan Anthony. He was enthroned at the Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland, California on April 2, 2005 by Archbishop Demetrios.

Metropolitan Gerasimos leads over 150,000 Greek Orthodox faithful in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.^[1]

Early Life and education

Gerasimos Michaleas (born Kalamata, Greece, ( 1945 -08-02)August 2, 1945) completed his primary and seco