His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos, known to the entire Orthodox world for his deep spiritual wisdom gathered from his years close to several contemporary saints such as St. Iakovos of Evia, St. Paisios the Hagiorite, St. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia, and St. Evmenios the New, as well as his long service to the Church as a Shepherd of souls. He was born on January 21, 1962 in the village of Ano Zodhia. In 1987, he was tonsured a monk with the name Neophytos. In 1998 he was elected in the throne of the Metropolis of Morphou, Cyprus.