The new Assistant Bishops of Polystylon and Almopia at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

On Monday, 4 November 2024, the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate were visited by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Xanthi, who introduced his newly elected Assistant Bishop, His Grace Bishop Sophronios of Polystylon, and the newly elected Bishop, His Grace Bishop Stephanos of Almopia, Assistant Bishop of Metropolitan Joel of Edessa and Pella.

The newly appointed Assistant Bishops requested and received the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

The Ecumenical Patriarch congratulated them on their election, presented each with an episcopal engolpion and a blessing cross, and wished them a fruitful ministry under their respective Shepherds.

Photographs: Nikos Papachristou