In 1963, he returned to the Greek Army and served as chaplain in the Evros area.
While at this position he established and organized the Center for Family Support and other public welfare institutions of the Archdiocese of Athens.
As chairman, he translated Greek church texts into Korean and founded the monastery, a seminary and several parishes in Korea and in other places in Asia.
Then in 1991, he was elected an auxiliary bishop of the Metropolis of New Zealand and Exarch of Korea and was given the title of Bishop of Zelon, and after more than a decade in 2004 he was elected first Metropolitan of newly established Orthodox Metropolis of Korea by the Holy Synod of Constantinople.
The Holy Synod of Constantinople accepted his resignation and elected him Metropolitan of Pisidia (Turkey).