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WORLD RENOWNED RELIGIOUS LEADER AND AUTHOR VISITS METRO DETROIT Metropolitan Nicholas of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit welcomed His Excellency, The Reverend Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, Great Britain, (also known by his lay name, Timothy Ware) at a large gathering of clergy and faithful at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Metropolitan Kallistos is perhaps best known as the author of the book The Orthodox Church, published when he was a layman in 1963 and subsequently revised several times. More recently, he produced a companion volume, The Orthodox Way. His topic yesterday was Preparing For Great Lent in which he related Lent for Christians as a time of spring as the earth renews itself. He declared it a joyous time and opportunity for renewal of soul and body, renewing our relationship with God and a time to dedicate ourselves to almsgiving to the lonely, the poor, and the sick and to our relationships with each other. A scholar and a man of prayer, Metropolitan Kallistos further inspired that God sees us through the eyes of the poor and the needy and that there is a second altar to which we are familiar with in our churches; the altar of the poor and the needy. His brilliant words and message are known to theologians and laypersons throughout the world. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University, and has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the Orthodox Christian faith. Born Timothy Ware in Bath, Somerset, England, Metropolitan Kallistos was educated at Westminster School (to which he had won a scholarship) and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a Double First in Classics as well as reading Theology. In 1958, at the age of 24, he embraced the Orthodox Christian faith (having been raised Anglican), travelling subsequently throughout Greece, spending a great deal of time at the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Patmos. He also frequented other major centers of Orthodoxy such as Jerusalem and Mount Athos. In 1966, he was ordained to the priesthood and was tonsured as a monk, receiving the name Kallistos. In the same year, he became a lecturer at Oxford, teaching Eastern Orthodox Studies, a position which he held for 35 years until his retirement. In 1979, he was appointed to a Fellowship at Pembroke College, Oxford, and in 1982, he was consecrated to the episcopacy as a titular bishop with the tile Bishop of Diokleia, appointed to serve as the assistant to the bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Despite his elevation, Kallistos remained in Oxford and carried on his duties both as the parish priest of Oxford Greek Orthodox community and as a lecturer at the University. Since his retirement in 2001, Kallistos has continued to publish and to give lectures on Orthodox Christianity, travelling widely. Until recently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge. He is the chairman of the group of Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona. He serves on the advisory board of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. On March 30, 2007, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the Diocese of Diokleia to Metropolis and Bishop Kallistos to Titular Metropolitan of Diokleia of Great Britain. WRITINGS: A partial bibliography He has also co-authored, edited, and translated other works. Contact: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit
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