HOLY METROPOLIS OF CHALKIS
ISTIAIA & THE NORTHERN SPORADES
THE METROPOLITAN›
THE METROPOLITAN›
Chrysostomos of Chalcis
THE HOLY METROPOLIS›
HOLY MONASTERIES›
Saint David the ElderSaint George ARMAEvangelistria of SkiathosSaint Nicholas GalatakiSaint George IlionSaint Nicholas Ano VatheiaDormition of the Theotokos MakrimalliHonorable Forerunner of SkopelosPanagia Perivleptos PolitikaSaint John the CalybiteEvangelistria of SkopelosPanagia Myrtidiotissa PaliouraPanagia Gorgoepikoos PsachnaSaint Irene Chrysovalantou Rovies
HOLY SHRINES›
Saint John the RussianPanagia Faneromeni
PASTORAL MINISTRY›
GENERAL PASTORAL ACTIVITIES›
MINISTRY OF THE WORDHOLY CONFESSIONFAMILY MINISTRYMINISTRY FOR CANDIDATE CLERGYAGAINST HERESIESFOR PRISONERS:FOR THE SICKMILITARY MINISTRYFOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARINGCLERGY ASSEMBLIESPHILOLOGICAL ASSEMBLIESECCLESIASTICAL BOOKSTORE "THE GUEST QUARTERS FOR BIBLIOPHILES"RADIO STATION "SAINT TIMOTHY OF EURIPUS"ECCLESIASTICAL LIBRARY "SAINT THEOPHYLACT OF OCHRID THE CHALCIDIAN"LOCAL COMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S ISSUES – INTER-METROPOLITAN WOMEN'S NETWORKEVIA PREFECTURE CHANTORS ASSOCIATION "PAPAGIORGIS RIGAS"
YOUTH MINISTRY›
PARISH SPIRITUAL CENTERSPARISH CATECHETICAL ASSEMBLIESYOUTH CAMPSYOUTH CHOIR AND ORCHESTRASCHOOL OF BYZANTINE MUSIC - CHANTING ART "PRIEST PAVLOS OF SKOPELOS"SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR CATECHISTSSPECIAL SCHOOL FOR CAMP STAFFSPECIAL TUTORIAL FOR LEARNING THE GREEK LANGUAGEDRUG PREVENTION CENTERCOOPERATION WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
CHARITABLE ACTIVITY›
General Charity Fund of the Holy MetropolisParish Charity FundsParish Ecclesiastical Soup Kitchens - Houses of Christ's PeaceFood and Clothing BankSocial Clinic - PharmacySupport of the Holy Synod's program for the third child in Thrace
ECCLESIASTICAL INSTITUTIONS›
Pious Institution Saint John the RussianBoys' Orphanage of the Holy Metropolis of ChalcisFamily Support Center (K.E.S.O.)Ecclesiastical Nursing Home of the Holy Metropolis of Chalcis "SAINT JOHN THE RUSSIAN"Vissarioneio Ecclesiastical Nursing Home of the Holy Metropolis of Chalcis in IstiaiaEcclesiastical Camps of the Holy Metropolis of ChalcisCommunicative, Formative, Missionary and Cultural Foundation "SAINT TIMOTHY OF EURIPUS" of the Holy Metropolis of ChalcisMissionary-Philanthropic Center "SAINT MARY MAGDALENE" in IstiaiaInfirmary for the Aged "THE PROPHET ELIAS" of the Parish Holy Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos Limni
ARTICLES-HOMILIES-ARCHIVAL MATERIAL›
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HISTORY›
Local HagiologyChalcis through the passage of historyContribution to the history of the Metropolitan Holy ChurchThe "rich in grapes" IstiaiaThe city of Rovies
Neophytos Adam Kallinikos Kampanis Christoforos Stamatiadis Evgenios Depastas Panteleimon Kriezis Chrysanthos Provatas Synesios Filippidis Grigorios Pleiathos Nikolaos Selentis Chrysostomos Vergis
Chrysostomos Vergis
Chrysostomos Vergis
1974 - 2001
Chrysostomos (secular name Nikolaos) Vergis. He was born in 1924 in Athens. He studied at the Theological School of Athens, receiving his degree in 1952. He was ordained deacon in 1952 and priest in 1953 by Metropolitan Chrysostomos Daskalakis of Messinia. He served as preacher of the Holy Metropolis of Messinia from 1952 to 1962. He served as Director of Confession at the Apostolic Diakonia from 1962 to 1970. At the same time, from 1962 to 1967, he served as Deputy and Spiritual Director of the Theological Boarding School of the Apostolic Diakonia, and as Confession Teacher at the Pneumatikon Frontistirion of Penteli. In 1962 and 1963, he was sent by the Holy Synod to West Germany to attend to the spiritual needs of Greek emigrants. Afterwards, he served as parish priest of the Church of Saint John Gargarettas in Athens from 1964 to 1974. He served as Secretary in the M.S.E./D. of Pastoral Work from 1970 to 1973. From 1974, he served in the Holy Synod as Special Secretary to His Beatitude Archbishop Seraphim (Tikas) and Director of the Personnel of the Holy Synod and Ecclesiastical Protocol. On July 14, 1974, he was ordained Metropolitan of Chalkida. On November 14, 2001, he resigned for health reasons. He fell asleep in the Lord on January 26, 2010.