On Wednesday morning, April 13, 2022, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia welcomed the new Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Sweden, Solonas Savvas, at the head office of his province in Stockholm.
The Metropolitan welcomed the Ambassador with great joy, guided him to the Cathedral of St.George, informed him about the restoration works carried out there, and received him at a hearing at the Museum of Greek-Christian Heritage.
There, he congratulated him on taking up his new duties, wished him success in his work, and conveyed to him the paternal wishes of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Afterwards, he informed him about the extent and the countries included in the Holy Metropolis as Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, about the work done in each of them, while he did not fail to mention his good cooperation with his predecessors, Savvas, as well as with the other Ambassadors of Cyprus throughout Scandinavia.
Subsequently, the Ambassador thanked the Metropolitan for the welcome and the information and asked for his prayerful support in his new multifaceted duties, while wishing each other well for the coming days of Holy Week and Easter.
Metropolitan of Cleopas offered Metropolitan Savvas the recent editions of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden, courtesy of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece, and Swedish Easter sweets.