Metropolitan Panteleimon (Karanikolas) of Corinth
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Metropolitan Panteleimon (Karanikolas) was born in 1919 in Kranidi, Ermionida.
He studied Theology and he has done postgraduate studies in Britain. During the German occupation he was actively involved in the Greek resistance. He was ordained an assistant bishop in 1958.
In 1965 he was elected as Metropolitan of Korinthos. He is the writer of many books. In 1990 he was awarded a honor Doctorate by the Department of Theology of the University of Athens.
In 2005, he was accused of embezzlement of 100 million drachmas.
He died on August 16, 2006 while at his summer house at Sigri, Lesbos.
