What is Ioannis Tassias?
[[File:Metropolitan Bishop of Lagada Ioannis.JPG|right|200px]] '''Ioannis Tassias''' (1 October 1958 &ndash; 15 November 2020) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] Orthodox bishop. He was the Metropolitan of [[Langadas]] as '''Ioannis of Langada''' from 2010 until his death in 2020. He was born in [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]. On 13 November 2020, Tassias was hospitalized with [[COVID-19]] in Thessaloniki.<ref name=death>[https://orthodoxia.info/news/ektakto-ekoimithi-o-mitropolitis-lagka/ EΚΤΑΚΤΟ: Εκοιμήθη ο μητροπολίτης Λαγκαδά Ιωάννης]</ref> He died two days later from problems caused by the infection at the age of 62.<ref name=death/><ref>[https://www.romfea.gr/epikairotita-xronika/40498-to-ustato-xaire-ston-mitropoliti-lagkada-ioanni-live Το ''ύστατο χαίρε'' στον Μητροπολίτη Λαγκαδά Ιωάννη (ΦΩΤΟ-ΒΙΝΤΕΟ)]</ref> He became the first Metropolitan of the Church of Greece to die from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Greece|pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/561158944/apeviose-o-mitropolitis-lagkada-ioannis/ Απεβίωσε ο Μητροπολίτης Λαγκαδά, Ιωάννης]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://imlagada.gr/default.aspx?catid=72 Ioannis Tassias on the website of the Metropolis of Langada] * [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ioannis_of_Langada Ioannis of Langada on OrthodoxWiki] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tassias, Ioannis}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Greek people]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox bishops]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece]] {{bio-stub}}