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Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden’s Pastoral Visit to the Örebro Parish

On Saturday morning, 1 February 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, accompanied by Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis, Parish Priest of the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm, Economos Fr Vasilios Khalil, Cleryman of the Patriarchate of Antioch, and Economos Fr George Arvanitidis, Parish Priest of the Saints Dimitrios and Nestor Parish of Örebro, Sweden, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the newly established parish. During the Divine Liturgy, the hymns were chanted in Greek, Swedish, English, Slavonic and Arabic.

In his sermon, the Hierarch of the Scandinavian Countries commemorated the feast of Saint Tryphon. At the end of the service, he welcomed the attendees, beginning with the visiting co-celebrants Fr. Vasilios, Fr. Bartholomew, the members of the Byzantine Choir of the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm, directed by Ms. Eliana Antoniou. He also congratulated Fr. George, the Parish Council, and the volunteers of the parish, who later hosted a meal in the adjacent hall.

In the afternoon, His Eminence and his entourage returned to Stockholm by train.

Source: Metropolis of Sweden