Migrants- Akrasi
| Family Name: | Manetas |
| Name: | Simeon |
| Year of Birth: | 1936 |
| Father's Name: | Ioannis |
| Mother's Name: | Sultana "Susanna" Thalaselli |
| Siblings: | Vasilios, Dimitrios, Irini (Metaxiotis), Eleni (Horiatelli), Evdokia (Armeniatou), Maria (Tsata), Nikolaos |
| Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1987 |
| Sponsor: | Greek Orthodox Archidiocese (Australia and New Zealand) |
| Married: | Evangelia Kourtis1927-1976 (Mozaki, Thessaly) |
| Children: | Ioannis, Eleni, Ekaterina |
| City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
| Livelihood: | Cleric |
Above: A portrait of my mother, Sussana.
Above Right: Here I am with my late wife, Evangelia Kourtis); we are engaged. I had been living in Athens since I was 13 years old, where I worked in factories and construction sites.
Above: Here is a school photograph of my two children, Yiannis and Eleni.
above Right: At my daughter, Katerina’s wedding at St Catherine Orthodox Church, Mascot. From left, we are:Myself, Katerina, Aristotelis Balatsias, Ari’s mother, Paraskevi and his father, Ioannis.
While working in Athens, Simeon undertook studies at the Night Theological College; he was ordained a Greek Orthodox cleric in 1976.