{"id":203501,"date":"2018-08-22T15:08:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=203501"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:08:37","slug":"metropolitan-maximos-was-enthroned-at-chambesy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/metropolitan-maximos-was-enthroned-at-chambesy\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned\u00a0at Chamb\u00e9sy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The greek Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned as Metropolit of Switzerland on 18 August\u00a0at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chamb\u00e9sy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Very Reverend Archimandrite Maximos Pothos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Switzerland, has been elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 10 July 2018 Metropolitan of Switzerland in replacement of Metropolitan Jeremiah who had been elected on the same day Metropolitan of Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>Thus Metropolitan Maximos succeeds Metropolitan Jeremiah as Director of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chamb\u00e9sy, near Geneva, Switzerland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecupatria.org\/2018\/08\/20\/metropolitan-maximos-of-switzerland-new-director-of-the-orthodox-centre-of-chambesy\/\">informs<\/a> ecupatria.org.<\/p>\n<p>The ordination of Metropolitan Maximos of Switzerland took place at the see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Phanar on 22 July and was presided by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.<span id=\"more-945\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his ordination address, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said to the newly elected Metropolitan concerning the Orthodox Center of Chamb\u00e9sy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFight for the Orthodox Center so that it functions according to this original destination. Let it be a dynamic place of dialogue, congresses, ecumenical meetings and other events in the service of unity, the promotion of Orthodoxy and Orthodox culture, through the emergence of the Center\u2019s Museum. The Orthodox Center in Chamb\u00e9sy is a historic and sacred site. As the Head of this Center you take great responsibility. The Holy and Great Synod was accomplished. The life of the Church continues and the Center is called upon to play, with a fresh breath and contemporary organization, its inter-Orthodox, inter-Christian, inter-religious role at the service of peace and dialogue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: ecupatria.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greek Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned as Metropolit of Switzerland on 18 August\u00a0at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chamb\u00e9sy. 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