Kos, Greece, June 23, 2025
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Metropolitan Jeremias of Ankara, a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, reposed in the Lord on Friday, June 20.
The hierarch was originally from the Greek island of Kos, where he resided, and in the days before his repose, his health had deteriorated, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency.
He served as a hierarch for 54 years.
The funeral Liturgy and funeral were celebrated today by Metropolitan Nathanael of Kos at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the city of Kos. He was then buried in the city’s old cemetery.
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Met. Jeremias was born in Kos on January 17, 1935.
From 1949 to 1952 he studied at the Patmias Ecclesiastical School. From 1952 to 1959 he studied at the Holy Theological School of Halki. After graduating in June 1959, he was ordained as deacon on August 9 of the same year.
He continued his education in Paris in Liturgics. In 1963, he completed his studies at the Superior Liturgical Institute of Paris, obtaining the title Peritus Sacrae Liturgiae. He also attended Paleography classes at the University of Sorbonne and undertook research on “The Manuscript Tradition on Ordinations According to the Byzantine Rite.”
From 1964, he served the Church organically in France as Protosyncellus (1964), Auxiliary Bishop with the title of the once-glorious Bishopric of Sasima (1971) and Metropolitan (1988-2003).
In January 2003 he became Metropolitan of Switzerland. He served as Vice-President (1992-1997) and President (1997-2003) of the Conference of European Churches (CEC). In January 2002 he was honored by the President of the French Republic with the decoration of Knight of the Legion of Honor.
In July 2018 he was transferred to the historic Holy Metropolis of Ankara.
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