The Holy Synod of the Church of Constantinople at its meeting on May 19, 2021, elected new bishops, informs оrthodoxtimes.
Bishop Andreas of Krateia as the provincial Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainian presence in Canada under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Ambrosios (Koutsourides), Chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Germany, as Bishop of Argyroupolis, serving in the future the very numerous expatriates in Bavaria as an assistant Bishop of the Metropolitan.
Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Athenagoras (Ziliaskopoulos) to the high title of Nazianzos, as assistant bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarch who placed him at the disposal of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in order that he may continue his current service as the Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod and in the Holy Cross Theological School of Boston.