13. Honorary Distinctions

The Administrative Council of the Society of Nafpaktian Studies, by a unanimous decision, proclaimed him an Honorary Member (2013).

The City of Edessa, by a unanimous decision of the City Council, declared him an Honorary Citizen (2016). The declaration was made “as a sign of deepest honour and respect for his person [His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos] for his abundant religious, social and philanthropical work” in the city and province of Edessa, which he left in 1987, but the memory of his work and his presence there remains.    

The Administrative Council of the Society for Epirotic Studies, by a unanimous decision, proclaimed him an Honorary Member (2018).

The Greek Red Cross, by the decision of its President and Administrative Council, declared him Honorary President of its Local Branch in Nafpaktos, for the services that he has rendered to it, as he was its President for about twenty-five years (2024).

The City of Agrinio, by a unanimous decision of the City Council, declared him an Honorary Citizen, referring to “the special ongoing links [of His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos] with Agrinio since his youth, his exalted spirit and exceptional personality, his timeless spiritual contribution from all the degrees of the priesthood, his distinctive presence as a Bishop with pastoral responsibility for parts of the municipality of Agrinio, such as the municipal unit of Parakampylia, for his service as Bishop in Charge of the Metropolis of Aitolia and Akarnania … and the inestimable multi-faceted spiritual, ecclesiastical, social and academic work that distinguish His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios” (2024). (Extract from the Minutes of the Sessions of the City Council of Agrinio).