Loukas Petridis

Petridis was born in 1850 in Madytos, then Ottoman Empire (now Turkey).^[1][2] He became a monk in Karyes of Mount Athos and graduated from the Theological School of Halki in 1878.^[1] Then he served as a deacon of the Metropoly of Thessaloniki and later was appointed as a secretary of the ecclesiastical court.^[1] In 1886 he was elected Metropolitan of Serres.^[1][3][4] During his ecclesiastical career he also served as a Metropolitan bishop in Ainos since 1888, Dropull since 1899 and Veria in 1911.^[1][2][4]

Lastly, he served as a Metropolitan bishop in Philadelphia, where he died on 19 December 1912 at the age of 71 or 72.^[1]