Sweeping Change for Greek Orthodox: Leadership Vacancies

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will meet from 9-11 May 2019 in Constantinople, and seldom has their pastoral agenda been weightier.Three vacancies at the Archbishop level need to be addressed, with the death of Archbishop Stylianos of Australia in March,plus the resignations of Archbishop Demetrios of America and Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain signaling a major generational shift.
Archbishop Demetrios returned home Saturday night to be greeted by his office staff and other intimates with considerable depth of feeling.Indeed, the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Bishop Andonios has resigned as well.
It has been well-known that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has felt the need for change at the Archbishop level for some time now,as Archbishop Demetrios,91,and Gregorios,90,became nonagenarians.*
We pray for our Church, that God will guide us, through our new leaders,
to ever more success in witnessing to the Orthodox faith and preserving Hellenism on our respective continents.Amen.