The Metropolis of Spain and Portugal announced that the enthronement of the new shepherd of Spain, Metropolitan Bessarion, will take place at the Holy Metropolitan Church of Saints Andreas and Demetrius in Madrid, on Saturday, March 27, at 13:00.
The enthronement ceremony will take place in accordance with all the health protocols in force in Madrid, so a limited number of believers will be able to attend the ceremony.
Archimandrite Bessarion (Komzias) was elected on January 14, 2021, the new Metropolitan of Spain and Portugal by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The ordination of the newly elected Metropolitan took place on January 25 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.