Historic Mount Sinai Monastery Elects New Head

Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos volition beryllium the caller caput of the Greek Orthodox monastery successful Egypt. Public Domain

Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos was elected caller abbot of the Greek Orthodox St Catherine’s Monastery connected Mt Sinai, and volition beryllium ordained arsenic archbishop pending last approval.

At the predetermination of the Sinai Brotherhood, some sides cooperated truthful that of the 20 disposable votes, helium received 19. The 20th was his, and helium formed it blank, pursuing the past tradition.

Following the determination of the General Assembly, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem volition beryllium notified truthful that the process of his ordination arsenic caller abbot and Archbishop of Sinai, Faran, and Raitho whitethorn proceed.

The erstwhile caput of Sinai Monastery resigned past week

The past clip a caller monastery person was elected and ordained archbishop was successful 1973, erstwhile Archbishop Damianos was chosen. Damianos resigned the enactment of the monastery connected September 12, aft 52 years of service.

In a statement, helium expressed his “full consciousness of the extremity of [his] 52-year term” and humbly submitted his resignation. The Archbishop has called connected the Sinai Fathers to “elect the champion and astir susceptible person” to win him, emphasizing the request for “unity and enactment of all, acold from idiosyncratic ambitions and obsessions.”

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis congratulated the archimandrite successful a telephone call, according to a station connected the X platform.

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