Christodoulos

Christodoulos (born October 21, 1939, Xanthi, Thrace—died January 28, 2008, Athens, Greece) was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece and head of the Orthodox Church of Greece (1998–2008), the youngest man ever to be named head of the church. He was a controversial participant in Greek politics and one of the most popular figures in Greece. The future archbishop was the son of a wholesale food importer and grew up in Athens. In 1961...