Christodoulos na Athens

**Christodoulos** (17 Janairu 1939 - 28 Janairu 2008) (Girka: , an haife shi **Christos Paraskevaidis**, *Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης*) ya kasance Babban bishop na Athens da Duk Girka kuma saboda haka shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Girka, daga 1998 har zuwa mutuwarsa, a 2008.

## Rayuwa ta farko da aiki
An haifi Christodoulos a Xanthi, Thrace, Arewacin Girka a shekara ta 1939. Sunansa na farar hula shine Christos Paraskevaidis .  Lokacin da yake dan shekara biyu, iyalinsa sun koma Athens don tserewa daga mamayar Jamus da Bulgarian a yankin a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Mahaifinsa daga baya ya koma Xanthi bayan yakin kuma ya yi nasara a matsayin magajin gari.

Christodoulos ya halarci makarantar sakandare a Roman Katolika Marist Leonteion Lyceum na Athens .  Daga nan ya yi karatun shari'a a Jami'ar Athens, ya kammala a 1962, bayan an naɗa shi mai hidima a Cocin Orthodox a 1961.

Ya kuma halarci makarantar digiri a Jami'ar Athens don digiri a fannin tauhidi. An naɗa Christodoulos firist a shekarar 1965 kuma ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar tauhidin a shekarar 1967. Ya yi aiki a matsayin firist na Ikklisiya a Palaio Faliro, wani yanki na Athens, tsakanin 1965 da 1974. A wannan lokacin ya kuma zama Babban Sakataren Majalisar Dattijai Mai Tsarki na Cocin Girka. A shekara ta 1974, an zabe shi bishop na Demetriyas a Volos, Thessaly, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa lokacin da aka zabe shi a matsayin Archbishop na Athens a shekara ta 1998. 

Christodoulos ya kasance Dokta na tauhidin, yana da digiri a Faransanci da Ingilishi, kuma yana magana da Italiyanci da Jamusanci. Shi ne marubucin littattafan tauhidi da yawa kuma ya sami Dokta na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Craiova da Jami'ar Iasi . Saboda Christodoulos ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Katolika, ya ji a bude don tattaunawa tsakanin cocin Orthodox da Katolika bayan sun sami gwagwarmaya a bangarorin biyu.

## Matsayi a matsayin Babban Bishop
Christodoulos ya gaji Archbishop Seraphim  zuwa wurin zama na Prelate na cocin Girka a shekarar 1998.  A shekara 59 da haihuwa, shi ne mafi ƙanƙanta Archbishop da ya jagoranci Cocin Girka. Manyan abokan hamayyarsa a cikin kuri'un sune Metropolitan Anthimos na Alexandroupolis da Metropolitan Ieronymos na Thebes . Wannan na ƙarshe zai gaji shi a cikin 2008.

Da yake tallafawa ayyukan zamantakewar Ikilisiya da ke akwai, ya ƙaddamar da sabbin ayyuka don fuskantar batutuwan zamantakewa kamar jin daɗin masu shan miyagun ƙwayoyi da baƙi, tallafi ga uwaye marasa aure da mata masu cin zarafi, kula da wadanda ke fama da fataucin mutane, kafa jerin wuraren kula da yara da makarantun jarirai, taimakon da aka ba wa iyalai matalauta da iyalai da yara da yawa. Ya kuma kafa "Solidarity", wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Ikilisiyar Girka, wacce ta ba da damar shiga tsakani na Ikilisiya a matakin kasa da kasa a Gabas ta Tsakiya, Afirka, Asiya, da Gabashin Turai. "Solidarity" ya haifar da rikice-rikice da yawa, kamar shari'ar inda ta karbi Yuro miliyan 5.6 daga Jihar Girka don aika taimakon jin kai zuwa Iraki. Maimakon haka, "Solidarity" kawai ya kashe Yuro dubu 740 don sayen abinci, wanda ya ajiye a cikin ɗakunan ajiya ba tare da aika shi zuwa Iraki ba,  kuma ya ajiye sauran a cikin asusun banki. Bayan mutuwar Archbishop Christodoulos, Cocin Girka ya fara bincike kan ayyukan kudi na "Solidarity" kuma ya sami manyan rashin daidaito.

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