ANTIOKIA-PATRIARKATET OPPRETTER FLERE ERKEBISPEDØMMER I EUROPA

Holy Synod

Antiokiapatriarkatets synode vedtok på sitt møte 15. oktober å opprette tre nye erkebispedømmer og et patriark-vikariat i Europa. Det er Erkebispedømmet i Frankrike, Vest og Syd-Europa; Erkebispedømmet i Tyskland og Sentral-Europa; Erkebispedømmet på De britiske øyer og Irland samt Vikariat i Sverige og Skandinavia. Metropolitt Ignatius (Al Houshi) er utnevnt for Frankrike, Vest og Syd-Europa. Metropolitt Isaac (Barakat) er utnevnt for Tyskland og Sentral-Europa. Metropolitt for De britiske øyer og Irland og biskop for Sverige og Skandinavia vil bli utnevnt senere.





The Synod Fathers discussed the state of the Archdiocese of Europe which became vacant with the
election of His Beatitude to the See of Antioch. They recognized that this Archdiocese had a
growing number of parishes, a widespread territory, a multiplicity of languages used within its
territory, and the increasing number of parishioners. All these factors require the reconsideration
of its territorial boundaries in order to have an effective pastoral care. They decided to establish
three new Archdioceses and a Patriarchal Vicariate in Europe as follows: the Antiochian Orthodox
Archdiocese of France, Western and Southern Europe; the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of
Germany and Central Europe; the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of British Isles and Ireland; the
Antiochian Orthodox Vicariate of Sweden and Scandinavian countries. They elected the following
Metropolitans: Ignatius (Al Houshi), Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of
France, Western and Southern Europe; and Isaac (Barakat), Metropolitan of the Antiochian
Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany and Central Europe. They also delegated the Patriarch to
appoint a Patriarchal Vicar over the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of British Isles and Ireland,
until a Metropolitan is elected.