Paylos G. Apostolidis Mitropolitis Dramas

Metropolitan of Drama, Mr. Pavlos (secular name Alexandros) Apostolidis, was born in Veria in 1963. After completing his general education, he graduated from the Ecclesiastical School of Lamia. He earned his degree from the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki in 1988, obtained a master's degree in 1995, and became a Doctor of Theology in 2002. He was ordained as a deacon in 1983 and as a presbyter-archimandrite in 1988 by the late Metropolitan of Veria, Pavlos. He served as the parish priest of the Holy Church of Saint Anthony in Veria (1988-1991), and he has been the abbot of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Soumela and the first vice president of the Board of Directors of the namesake Panhellenic Foundation (1991-present). He has authored articles in magazines and newspapers, delivered speeches and lectures, and participated in church missions both in Greece and abroad.