His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis was born in Paphos, Cyprus on the 4th of December 1959. In 1965 together with his family he migrated to Australia.
He studied at St Andrew’s Theological College of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia between 1992-1995.
After completing his studies, he travelled to Mount Athos where he decided to stay at the Monastery of Stavronikita, under the spiritual guidance of Abbot Tychon. In 1996 he was tonsured a monk and was ordained deacon and priest by His Grace Bishop Chrysostomos of Rodostolou.
At the request of the late Archbishop Stylianos, he returned to Australia and in November 1997 he became abbot of the Holy Monastery of St George, in the Blue Mountains in Springvale in New South Wales.
On the Feast of the Monastery in 1998 he was given the title of Archimandrite and received the blessing to be a spiritual father and confessor.
Having served faithfully at the Monastery of St George for nearly 23 years, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios appointed him as the Parish Priest at Parish-Community of ‘The Resurrection of our Lord’ in Kogarah, Sydney on the 7th of June 2020.
On the 30 August 2021, following the proposal by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, was elected unanimously by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Bishop of Sozopolis. On November 13, 2021 he was ordained to the Episcopacy by the hands of Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Church of St Nicholas, in Marrickville in Sydney.
He studied at St Andrew’s Theological College of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia between 1992-1995.
After completing his studies, he travelled to Mount Athos where he decided to stay at the Monastery of Stavronikita, under the spiritual guidance of Abbot Tychon. In 1996 he was tonsured a monk and was ordained deacon and priest by His Grace Bishop Chrysostomos of Rodostolou.
At the request of the late Archbishop Stylianos, he returned to Australia and in November 1997 he became abbot of the Holy Monastery of St George, in the Blue Mountains in Springvale in New South Wales.
On the Feast of the Monastery in 1998 he was given the title of Archimandrite and received the blessing to be a spiritual father and confessor.
Having served faithfully at the Monastery of St George for nearly 23 years, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios appointed him as the Parish Priest at Parish-Community of ‘The Resurrection of our Lord’ in Kogarah, Sydney on the 7th of June 2020.
On the 30 August 2021, following the proposal by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, was elected unanimously by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Bishop of Sozopolis. On November 13, 2021 he was ordained to the Episcopacy by the hands of Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Church of St Nicholas, in Marrickville in Sydney.