Dorotheos Dbar

The Very Reverend Father
Dorotheos Dbar
Born(1972-01-18)January 18, 1972
Mgudzirkhua, Gudauta District, AASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Abkhazia, Georgia )
NationalityAbkhazian
CitizenshipAbkhazia
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
ReligionEastern Orthodoxy
ChurchAbkhazian Church

Archimandrite Dorotheos (Greek: Αρχιμανδρίτης Δωρόθεος Ντμπάρ, Abkhaz: архимандрит Дараҭ Дбар, born Dzhuma Dbar, January 18, 1972) is the archimandrite of Holy Metropolis of Goumenissa, Aksiupol and Policastro under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and a chairman of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia (HMA).[1][2]

He is an author of two scientific monographs, several books, more than 150 publicistic articles and the chief editor of the religious and educational magazine “Alasharbaga” and the head of the cultural and educational center “Aduney”. Archimandrite Dorotheos also translated Liturgical texts from Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, the Church Slavonic language into Abkhazian and Russian.

  1. ^ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (11 January 2012). "Ecumenical Patriarchate to consider status of Abkhazian Orthodox Church at Synod's sitting". Caucasian Knot.
  2. ^ "Ставленническая грамота о возведении в сан архимандрита — Дорофею (Дбар) | Официальный сайт Священной Митрополии Абхазии". anyha.org. Retrieved 2023-03-20.