Bulletin:Ecumenical Patriarchate Elects New Archbishops - Revised

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has filled two vacancies at the Archbishop (Primate) level:
His Grace the Right Reverend Makarios,Bishop of Christoupolis,a scholar in the field of bioethics with several advanced degrees,has been elected Archbishop of Australia.He is a native of Heraklion,Crete.He has a Master's degree in Bioethics from Monash University,Australia;a Master's in the History of Science from Harvard University and an STM (Master of Sacred Theology) from Boston University.
His Eminence the Most Reverend Elpidoforos,Metropolitan of Proussa (Bursa,Turkey) and Igoumenos (Abbot) of Holy Trinity Monastery,Halki,has been elected Archbishop of America.Born in Constantionople (Istanbul),he is fluent in English and represents the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches and the European Council of Churches.Metropolitan Elpidoforos is about 52.

Episcopal Consecration of Astoria's Abbot Ierotheos Scheduled

The consecration to the episcopacy of the Rt.Rev Archimandrite Ierotheos Zacharis,Abbot of the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St.Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria,New York,has been set for Orthodoxy Sunday,5 March 2017.It will take place at the St.George Cathedral in the Fanar,the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople/Istanbul,Turkey.Archimandrite Ierotheos was elected to be Bishop of Evkarpia by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate.Evkarpia is located on the outskirts of Thessaloniki,Greece,in the New Lands of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.*
The festive occasion will begin with Great Vespers on Saturday evening,presided by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.The following day,the first Sunday of Lent,which is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy,the Synodical Divine Liturgy and consecration will be presided at the cathedral by His Eminence Bartholomew,who is the new Metropolitan of Smyrna/Izmir,Turkey and Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod.