In a letter to His Grace Archbishop Hieronymus II, MECC General Secretary congratulated His Beatitude on his election as the Head of the Autocephalou s Orthodox Church of Greece. ?We are well aware¹ the General Secretary said: ?that your Beatitude¹s dedication to the ecumenical task, your deep knowledge of people¹s concern and difficulties, and your commitment to services based on faith in Christ¹. The former Metropolitan of Thebes and Livadia was elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece by the church's Holy Synod on 7 February. He succeeds Archbishop Christodoulos, who died on 28 January.
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb
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