Vatopedi Portrait
15.12.2017
Andronikos Palaiologos, despot of Thessaloniki (1400-1429)
Andronikos was the son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helen Palaiologos. He held the position of despot of...
15.12.2017
Cosmas, Metropolitan of Laodicea
He was elected and ordained bishop of Laodicea in succession to Gregory of Laodicea under Patriarch Gabriel in 1705, preceding him before...
15.12.2017
Former Metropolitan of Nyssa Neophytos
He was appointed as exarch in the fiefdoms of Wallachia under the Monastery. He died in 1739.
15.12.2017
Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Makarios Papageorgopoulos
Makarios was born in Zakynthos in 1465. In 1517 he ascended to the metropolitan throne of Thessaloniki following a transfer from...
