Background
He was born in Paros in village of Piso Livadi.
He was born in Paros in village of Piso Livadi.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Kantiotes was a defender of traditional Greek Orthodox beliefs. He was a writer of spiritual literature and is credited for the spiritual renewal of Greece, and the establishment of traditional Orthodox theology. He preached countless sermons, which have been recorded and distributed worldwide.
Kantiotes is known for his conservative activism and ideals.
In 1952, he was the leader of a 1500-strong group that protested the "Mission Greece" pageant, denouncing what he saw to be an "exhibition of naked bodies", a "scandal" and an "orgy". Despite support from the Holy Synod of the Greek Church, he was unsuccessful in his campaign to ban beauty pageants.
In fact, the 1952 pageant was attended by many, including former prime minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris, who was a prominent conservative politician, and the Athens Police Chief at the time. Kantiotes died on 28 August 2010 of renal failure while in hospital in Florina for a stroke.
