Spyridon na Amurka

Archbishop Spyridon na Amurka (an haife shi George Papageorge, Girkanci: ) shi ne bishop na Orthodox na Girka da ya yi ritaya na Ecumenical Patriarchate wanda ya kasance babban bishop na Archdiocese na Orthodox na Amurka daga Yuli 1997 zuwa Agusta 1999. Rikicin cikin cocin ya sa ya yi murabus a 1999, bayan haka ya yi ritaya, ba tare da ya yarda da aikinsa na gaba a matsayin Metropolitan na Chaldia ba.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Archbishop Spyridon a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 1944, a Warren, Ohio kuma ɗan Clara ne da Constantine Papageorge, iyayen kabilun Girka na Amurka.

Spyridon ya halarci makarantar firamare a duka Steubenville, Ohio, da Rhodes, Girka kuma ya kammala karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Tarpon Springs a shekarar 1962.

Ya yi karatu a Makarantar tauhidi ta Halki inda ya kammala karatu a 1966 sannan ya halarci makarantar digiri a Jami'ar Geneva a Switzerland, ya ƙware a Tarihin Ikklisiyoyin Furotesta. An ba shi tallafin karatu daga Ecumenical Patriarchate, sannan ya yi karatun wallafe-wallafen Byzantine a Jami'ar Bochum a Jamus daga 1969 zuwa 1973).

Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya yi aiki a matsayin sakatare a Wakilin Dindindin na Ikklisiya na Ikklisiyar Duniya daga 1966 zuwa 1977 kuma daga baya ya yi aiki da sakatare na Cibiyar Orthodox a Pregny-Chambésy, Geneva inda ya kasance darektan sanannen labarai "Episkepsis". A shekara ta 1976, an sanya Spyridon a matsayin dean na Greek Orthodox Community na St. Andrew a Roma, inda ya yi aiki har zuwa shekara ta 1985.

Babban birni na Italiya

Kasancewarsa a Italiya, inda Katolika ke da shahara, ya haifar da nadin sa na 1984 a matsayin Babban Sakatare na Hukumar Inter-Orthodox don Tattaunawar tauhidi tsakanin Ikklisiyoyin Orthodox da Roman Katolika.

A shekara ta 1985, Majalisar Dattijai Mai Tsarki ta Ikilisiya ta zabe shi a matsayin bishop na Apamea, ta sanya shi a matsayin mataimakin bishop ga Archdiocese na Orthodox na Girka na Austria da Exarchate na Italiya, kamar yadda aka sani a lokacin. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1991, a kan kirkirar Archdiocese na Italiya da Exarchate na Kudancin Turai, Majalisar Dattijai mai tsarki ta zabi Spyridon a matsayin Metropolitan na farko.

A shekara ta 1992, an nada shi shugaban Hukumar Inter-Orthodox don Tattaunawar tauhidi tsakanin Cocin Orthodox da Tarayyar Lutheran ta Duniya. Ya kasance wakilin Ikklisiya na Ikklisiya Bartholomew a Majalisar Dattawa ta Musamman ta Bishops na Roman Katolika a Turai wanda ya faru a Roma a 1991 inda jawabinsa game da tattaunawar tauhidi tsakanin Orthodox na Gabas da Katolika ya sami yabo sosai.