Makarios of Qatar

Eastern Orthodox Archbishop

Makarios

Archbishop of Qatar
Church| Eastern Orthodox Church
Archdiocese| Qatar
Installed| 10 March 2013
Orders
Ordination| 1987
Personal details
Born|

Georgios Mavrogiannakis

1968

Charakas, Crete, Greece

Denomination| Eastern Orthodox Church
Alma mater| University of Belgrade

Makarios (Greek: Μακάριος, né Georgios Mavrogiannakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Μαυρογιαννάκης); born Charakas, 1968) is the Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Qatar.

## Biography

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Georgios Mavrogiannitis was born in Charakas, Crete in 1968. He migrated to Jerusalem in 1980, becoming a monk in 1986. He was ordained as a deacon in 1987, and became a priest in 1992. In 1993 he assumed the office of archimandrite. He graduated from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade in 1995. He served as a professor and headmaster of the Patriarchal School of Sion, as a parish priest in Gaza, as an abbot in Fhes, Jordan and from 2004 as a Patriarchal Epitropos of Qatar. On 10 March 2013, he was consecrated as Archbishop of Qatar by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III.[1][2] During the Qatar diplomatic crisis, he said there was an evacuation plan for the Greeks of the country, although he opined that it would not need to be carried out.[3]

## Controversy

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His appointment was contested by the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, which claimed Qatar to be under its own jurisdiction.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Poimin.gr (2020-09-08). "Ηλιούπολη: Ο παλαιοημερολογίτης Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος ιερουργός στην Αγία Μαρίνα". poimin.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
2. ^ "Αρχιεπίσκοπος Καττάρων Μακάριος Μαυρογιαννάκης". markmarkou.sites.sch.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
3. ^ "Αρχιεπίσκοπος Καττάρων: Υπάρχει έτοιμο σχέδιο εξόδου από τη χώρα για τους Έλληνες του Κατάρ". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
4. ^ TEAM, ZARPA (2013-03-16). "Ανεπιθύμητο πρόσωπο ο Ηρακλειώτης Ιεράρχης!". zarpanews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-12-17.