Moscow, December 27 (Interfax) - The Holy Synod at its Friday session appointed new head of the Korsun Diocese that unites parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, Spain, France and Switzerland. For this and other notes from the synod, see here.
Bp. Nestor of Kaffa
The diocesan vicar Bishop Nestor of Kaffa was appointed to the see, parishes in Italy were also given to his archpastoral care, the Moscow Patriarchate reported on its official website.
Bishop Nestor, graduate of the Russian State University for Humanities and the Moscow Theological Academy is known as an advocate of active witness to Orthodoxy in the West. Establishing of the recently open Paris Seminary is among his achievements.
Former head of the Russian Church "West-European" see Archbishop Innokenty who administered it for 11 years is transferred to the Lithuanian See instead of Metropolitan Chrysostom of Vilna and Lithuania who retired on medical grounds.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Large Western Europe diocese gets new Orthodox bishop
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ohhhh...he already looks PO'd and he just got elected. :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing. Maybe I could put a quote bubble on it saying, "Is outrage!"
ReplyDeleteLOL! I've been trying to think of a Orthodox Demotivator poster for him. :)
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