Metropolitan Ambrosios Aristotelis Zographos was enthroned on July 20 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Seoul as the Church’s second metropolitan, reports the Union of Catholic Asian News. Around 450 clergy and laypeople of the Orthodox Church from South Korea and abroad attended.
The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, which is under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has about 3,000 members with eight local clergymen, including two deacons, and two nuns, the news site reported. It administers seven churches and one monastery.
In his enthronement speech, the new metropolitan spoke of the Orthodox Church’s “unknown treasure” of patristic traditions. He called on all members of the Church in South Korea to bear faith witness through its liturgical and spiritual traditions. “Nowadays, many non-Orthodox Christians around the world recognize the uniqueness of Orthodox spirituality and seek to learn it,” he said.
More on the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea here.
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