What is Iakovos Garmatis?
[[File:Iakovos Garmatis (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Garmatis in March 2014]] [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] '''Iakovos of Chicago''' ('''Michael Garmatis'''; April 4, 1928 &ndash; June 2, 2017) was a Greek [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christianity]] religious official and theologian. He was born in [[Athens]], Greece. He served as [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago|Metropolitan of Chicago]] under [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] from 1997 until his death in 2017. Garmatis died on June 2, 2017 at a hospital in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] following surgical complications at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/leader-of-greek-orthodox-church-in-chicago-dead-at-89/|title=Leader of Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago dead at 89|date=June 3, 2017|access-date=June 3, 2017|publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|author=Matthew Hendrickson|archive-date=June 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617193053/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/leader-of-greek-orthodox-church-in-chicago-dead-at-89/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://chicago.goarch.org/MetIakovos.html Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006060909/http://chicago.goarch.org/MetIakovos.html |date=2006-10-06 }} from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago *[https://www.goarch.org/-/metropolitan-iakovos-of-chicago-falls-asleep-in-the-lord Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago Falls Asleep in the Lord] from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America *[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/goarch/current.htm#iakovos_metr Listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510211030/http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/goarch/current.htm#iakovos_metr |date=2017-05-10 }} on the Orthodox Research Institute {{DEFAULTSORT:Garmatis, Iakovos}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Archbishops]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical c