Archbishop of Mount Sinai and Raithu
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The following is a list of Orthodox
Archbishops of Mount Sinai
and Raithu
. It is an autocephalous (possibly autonomous, given that the Archbishop, and abbot of the monastery, is appointed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem) Julian Calendar Orthodox Church.
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Archbishops of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai , also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa, Gabal Musa , Jabal Musa meaning "Moses' Mountain", is a mountain near Saint Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. A mountain called Mount Sinai is mentioned many times in the Book of Exodus in the Torah and the Bible as well as the Quran...
and Raithu
Raithu
Raithu is the former name of El-Tor, the capital of South Sinai.----Raitu in Telugu language means Farmer.* Raithu Bidda, a 1939 Telugu film....
. It is an autocephalous (possibly autonomous, given that the Archbishop, and abbot of the monastery, is appointed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem) Julian Calendar Orthodox Church.
- Eugenios (1567-1583)
- Anastasios (1583-1592)
- Laurentios (1592-1617)
- Ioasaf (1617-1661)
- Nektarios II (1661)
- Ananias (1661-1671)
- Ioannikios I (1671-1702)
- Kosmas (22 Apr 1703-13 Feb 1706)
- Athanasios IV (1708-1720)
- Ioannikios II (1721-1728)
- Nikiphoros (1728-1747)
- Konstantios I (1748-1759)
- Kyrillos II (28 Oct 1759-Jan/Feb 1790)
- Dorotheos II (1794-1797)
- Konstantios II (1804-9 Jul 1859)
- Kyrillos III (7 Dec 1859-5 Sep 1867)
- Kallistratos (1867-1884)
- Porphyrios I (21 Aug 1885-7 May 1904)
- Porphyrios II (7 May 1904-Jul 1926)
- Porphyrios III (29 Jul 1926-24 Nov 1968)
- Grigorios II (4 Jan 1969-11 Sep 1973)
- Damianos I (10 Dec 1973-present)