His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea

His Grace Bishop Elpidios (Karalis) of Kyanea was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1971 where he attended St. Marks Catholic College.

He attained a Bachelor of Business Degree from Edith Cowan University in Perth and then went on to study at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney where he obtained a Bachelor of Theology Degree followed by a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry. Following his Theological Studies he pursued a Diploma in Secondary Education from the Australian Catholic University (ASU) in Sydney. Following his studies, Bishop Elpidios then taught Orthodox Studies at St Andrew’s Grammar in Perth from 2006 until 2019.

Bishop Elpidios was ordained to the Diaconate in January of 2007 by Archbishop Stylianos of Australia and in November of the same year he was ordained to the priesthood by His Grace Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaiou (now Metropolitan of Eirinoupolis). Both ordinations took place at the Holy Monastery of St John of the Mountain in Perth. In 2011 he was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite.

In 2008 Bishop Elpidios was assigned as parish priest to the Parish/Community of Saints Constantine and Helene, Perth, which he served up until the end of 2019. In July of the same year he was appointed Archiepiscopal Vicar of Perth by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and on the 28th of November 2019 was elected Bishop by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the honorary title of Kyanea.

On the 18th of January 2020 he was ordained into the Episcopacy by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Redfern, Sydney.