Annual Meeting of Orthodox Bishops of Canada
Church of Serbia – 23/6/17
His Grace Bishop Dr. Mitrofan, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, hosted an annual meeting of the Orthodox Bishops’ Conference in Canada, on June 15, 2017.
The meeting was moderated by Metropolitan Soterios of the Constantinople Patriarchate. The following hierarchs participated in the deliberations of the meeting: Bishop Job (the Moscow Patriarchate), Bishop Iovan Kasian (the Romanian Patriarchate), Bishop Daniel (the Bulgarian Patriarchate), Archbishop Ireneus (the Orthodox Church in America), Bishop Elijah from the Albanian Diocese (the Constantinople Patriarchate), Metropolitan Juriy and Bishop Andrey from the Ukrainian Diocese (the Constantinople Patriarchate), Bishop Christoph (the Constantinople Patriarchate) and Bishop of Gregory of the Carpathian Diocese (the Constantinople Patriarchate).
In the spirit of fraternal love and mutual respect, the hierarchs discussed many issues concerning the life of the Church in modern times. The secretary of the Serbian Diocese of Canada, Ptriest Jovan Marjanac, accompanied Bishop Mitrofan.
So very glad to see the faces here, but extremely GLAD to see that our Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal & Canada is NOT among them … Phanar oversight is neither required nor needed! 7 out iof 11 are from the EP! Very “balanced!”