Nikolaos Selentis. The late Metropolitan of Chalkida, Nikolaos (Selentis), was born on the sacred island of Tinos in 1931. After completing his secondary education, he entered, following successful examinations, in October 1949, the Theological School of the University of Athens. During his studies, he joined the Christian Brotherhood “Η ΖΩΗ,” residing in its dormitory while also engaging in missionary work through catechism schools, sermons, and talks both during winter and summer periods in his homeland, preaching in churches and monasteries. After graduation, he served in the Hellenic Army as a second lieutenant while continuing his preaching duties with the permission of local Metropolitans. During his service, he also served at the Infantry School of Chalkida, preaching at the nearby Church of Saint Paraskevi. After his discharge, he became a member of the Brotherhood “Η ΖΩΗ,” initially serving at the Hellenic Evangelical Student Center in Piraeus and subsequently as head of the Student Dormitory “Apostolos Paulos” in Athens, where he left a lasting mark through his missionary zeal and service to the youth. On April 22, 1962, after previously being tonsured a monk, he was ordained Deacon on Palm Sunday at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Agia Paraskevi, Attica, by the late Metropolitan Meletios of Patara, and from October of the same year, he was appointed Preacher of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaliotida and Phanariophersalon. On September 22, 1963, he was ordained Priest and received the rank of Archimandrite by the late Metropolitan Kyrillos of Thessaliotida and Phanariophersalon, at the Metropolitan Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Karditsa. He served as preacher in Karditsa until the summer of 1964, when due to health reasons (fibrous pleuritis), he returned to Athens, remaining until March 1966, when he was appointed preacher of the Church of the Great Grace of his native Tinos. He was appointed to the Holy Institution of Evangelistria of Tinos by Metropolitan Dorotheos I of Syros and Tinos on March 16, 1966, and remained until November 19, 1968, when he was elected by the Holy Synod as Metropolitan of Chalkida, succeeding the also Tinian Metropolitan and uncle of then Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos I, the late Grigorios Pleiathos (+1971). He was ordained on Sunday, November 24, 1968, at the Church of the Great Grace of Tinos by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, together with Metropolitans Damaskinos of Nafpaktia and Evrytania, Stylianos of Nikopolis and Preveza, and Dorotheos of Syros, in the presence of numerous clergy and countless devout Christians. From December 8, 1968, when he was enthroned in the Holy Metropolis, until July 11, 1974, when he was removed from his throne by the 7th Legislative Act of the then regime, he diligently shepherded the clergy and faithful of his diocese through continuous offering of the Divine Eucharist, intense and unceasing prayer, constant proclamation of the Word of God, establishment of numerous ecclesiastical institutions, works of philanthropy and charity, care for the youth, and devoted exercise of proper ecclesiastical administration. He passed away at only 44 years of age on January 19, 1975, hospitalized in London following surgery, and was buried with popular participation of the faithful of Chalkida at the Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas Ano Vatheia, in the cemetery of the hierarchs of Chalkida, which he himself had established.