Patriarch Irenaios, Date of Birth

Patriarch Irenaios

Greek Orthodox patriarch

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1939

Profession: minister, high priest

Nationality: Greece, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Irenaios Skopelitis (born 17 April 1939) was the 140th Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 2000 to 2005, though the dismissal was disputed.
As Patriarch, he was styled Patriarch Irenaios or Irenaios I. Irenaios was appointed locum tenens in 2000 and elected patriarch on 13 August 2001 in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He was enthroned on 15 September 2001 as "Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee and Holy Zion" in the presence of senior church and secular dignitaries, including Archbishop Christodoulos of the Church of Greece and Metropolitan Nicholas of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church.