Chief Secretary Joachim was elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Metropolitan of Bursa.
Also, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Great Protosyncellus Andreas as the new Metropolitan of Forty Churches.
The Ecumenical Patriarch also announced that:
- Grand Archdeacon Theodore was elected as the Protosyncellus of the Patriarchal Court,
- Deacon Paisios Kokkinakis, Director of the Special Patriarchal Office was promoted to Grand Archdeacon,
- Grand Ecclesiarch, Aetios, was appointed as the new Director of the Special Office of the Patriarchal Court,
According to the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarch,
- the Undersecretary Deacon Grigorios Fraggakis was promoted to Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod,
- The Synodal scribe, Deacon Vosporios Magkafas, became Undersecretary, and
- the Patriarchal Deacon Ecumenios Amanatidis was appointed to perform the duties of the Synodal scribe until further notice
The ordinations of the Elected High Priests, the new Grand Protosyncellus, and the new Chief Secretary will be announced soon.
It should be reminded that the three-day meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate begun today, Wednesday, March 17, to Friday, March 19, 2021, presided by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate meets with its new composition, which is as follows:
- Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon
- Dimitrios of Metres and Athyra
- Ambrosios of Karpathos and Kasos
- Apostolos of Militos
- Alexios of Atlanta
- Joseph of Proconnesus
- Meliton of Philadelphia
- Joseph of Buenos Aires
- Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia
- Maximos of Selyvria
- Makarios of Australia
- Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos