On Thursday, November 3, 2011, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, presided by His All-Holiness, elected three new Metropolitans at the Patriarchal Church of St. George: Archimandrite Arsenios Kardamakis, former chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of France, was elected Metropolitan of Austria; Bishop Savas (Zembillas) of Troas was elected Metropolitan of Pittsburgh to succeed Metropolitan Maximos; and Archimandrite Constantine Tsilis, former chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Hong Kong, was elected Metropolitan of Singapore.
The members of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate:
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome
Gregory of Thyatira and Great Britain
Ambrose of Karpathos and Kassos
John of Pergamos
Iakovos of Prigkiponissos
Meliton of Philadelfia
Dimitrios of Sevasteia
Gerasimos of San Francisco
Eugenios of Rethymno and Aulopotamos
Ambrose of Korea
Stephanos of Kallioupoli and Madytos
Elpidoforos of Bursa
Photos: OMHKSEA & Nikos Magginas
