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Damaskinos (Gaganyaros)

Archbishop Damaskinos of Jaffa and Arimathea (secular name Anastasios Gaganiaras) is a senior bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem and a current member of the Holy Synod of Jerusalem.

He was born in 1952 in Agia, Larissa. He became a monk in 1968, was ordained Deacon (1970) and Priest (1977), became Archimandrite in 1980, and Archbishop in 1998. He holds degrees from the University of Bethlehem and the University of Thessalonica, and has been on the faculty of the University of Thessalonica since 1984.

Damaskinos

Damaskinos or Damaskenos (, "from Damascus"), is a Greek name, found both as a first name and as a surname. It can refer to:

  • Nikolaos Damaskenos (1st century BC), Greek historian and philosopher
  • John of Damascus (ca. 676-749), named Ioannes Damaskenos in Greek
  • Michael Damaskinos (ca. 1530-1593), post-Byzantine painter from Crete
  • Damaskinos Stouditis (d. 1577), Greek Orthodox bishop
  • Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens (1891-1949), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and Regent of Greece
  • Archbishop Damaskinos of Jaffa (b. 1952), Greek Orthodox bishop
  • Eli Damaskinos (b. d. 2002), Vampire Overlord from Blade II
  • Fr.Damaskinos Abdullah Syrian iconographer (1970)