Nathanael Symeonides
Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago, secular name Constantinos Symeonides (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Συμεωνίδης; born May 23, 1978) is the Metropolitan of Chicago since 2018.[1] BiographyNathanael was born in 1978 in Thessaloniki to Irene and Vasilios Symeonides. In 2003 he graduated from Hellenic College and became a deacon, and in 2010 he was ordained as a priest. In 2016 he served as the director of the Office of Inter-Orthodox for the Interfaith Relations at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations.[2] He was elected Metropolitan of Chicago in February 7, 2018, and was ordained a bishop on March 17, 2018 and enthroned March 24, 2018.[1] As bishop, Nathanael has called for more active engagement of the church with the youth.[3][4] On September 7, 2024, two days before the one year anniversary of the opening of Chicago's first casino, Nathanael denounced legalized gambling, stating it "disrupts our brain, [and] degrades our dignity".[5] References
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