Eleftherios Noufrakis
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ChurchGreek Orthodox Church
Died5 August 1941
Athens
Athens
Eleftherios Noufrakis | |
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| Church | Greek Orthodox Church |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emmanuel Noufrakis 1872/1874 |
| Died | 5 August 1941 Athens |
Archimandrite Eleftherios Noufrakis (Greek: Ελευθέριος Νουφράκης; born Emmanuel Noufrakis (Εμμανουήλ Νουφράκης), 1872 or 1874, Alones, Rethymno, Crete; died 5 August 1941, Athens) was a Greek Orthodox military priest. He is known for performing the first and only Divine Liturgy in the Hagia Sophia since the 1453 fall of Constantinople.[1][2]