Babban Birnin Christoforos na Ostiraliya

Christoforos Knitis (Girkanci; 17 Disamba 1872, a Samos, Girka - 7 Agusta 1959, a Samos), ya kasance firist na Girka kuma bishop na Orthodox na Girka a cikin Metropolis na Ostiraliya da New Zealand daga 1924 zuwa 1928.

 Bayani na gaba ɗaya 
An haifi Knitis a ranar 17 ga Disamba 1872 kuma an yi masa baftisma Charidemos . An haife shi kuma ya girma a Vathi, a tsibirin Samos, kuma ɗan Charidemos Knitis ne da matarsa Fioritsa . Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Athens, kuma ya yi karatun tauhidi a Makarantar tauhidi ta Halki .

An sanya shi dikon a ranar 19 ga Yuli 1898 kuma ya ɗauki sunan Christoforos . Ya zama malami a tsohuwar makarantar sakandare, Pythagoreion Gymnasion, a Samos . A shekara ta 1905, ya shafe shekara guda yana karatun tauhidin da Ingilishi a Jami'ar St Andrews, Scotland, kuma ya koma Jami'ar Oxford inda ya kammala a 1909.

An naɗa shi firist a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1910, an ɗaga shi zuwa matsayin Archimandrite sannan a ranar 12 ga Disamba ya zama bishop na Stauropolis. A shekara ta 1918 an ɗaukaka shi zuwa bishop na Serrai .

 Birnin Australia da New Zealand 
Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya a Constantinople ta kafa Metropolis na Australia da New Zealand a 1924 kuma ta nada Christophoros a matsayin shugaba. Metropolitan Christophoros ya isa Ostiraliya a ranar 8 ga Yulin 1924 don fara aikin guguwa. Archimandrite Irenaios Kasimatis, wani firist wanda ya yi watsi da babban birni kuma ya rubuta labarai masu tayar da hankali a cikin jaridar Girka. Rikici da fushi sun hana Knitis samun abubuwa da yawa, kuma rarrabuwar da ke cikin cocin ya sa matsayinsa ba zai yiwu ba. A watan Fabrairun 1928 an dawo da shi zuwa Girka.

An aika Uba Theophylactos Papathanasopoulos zuwa Sydney a matsayin mai gudanarwa har sai sabon bishop ya zo. Metropolitan Timotheos Evangelinidis ne ya gaje Knitis a hukumance a 1931.

 Birnin Bizye 
An ba shi taken Metropolitan na Bizye (East Thrace) kuma ya shafe mafi yawan ragowar rayuwarsa a Samos, inda ya mutu a ranar 7 ga watan Agusta 1959. 

 Manazarta 

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