His Grace Metropolitan Anthimos (Roussos) was born in 1934 in Salmoni, Ilia. He has studied Theology and Philology. He was ordained a deacon in 1964 and a priest in 1965. He served as Director of Services and Warden of the Theological Boarding of the Apostolic Diakonia. He was elected and ordained as bishop in 1974. He is the writer of many books.