His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland Participates in the Enthronement of Bishop Gerasim of Dallas and the South

DALLAS, TX — With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, on Saturday, November 14, 2026, His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, Auxiliary Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, participated in the Holy and Divine Liturgy and the enthronement of His Grace Bishop Gerasim as Bishop of Dallas and the South at St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral in Dallas, Texas.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, presided at the Holy and Divine Liturgy and the enthronement. Among the hierarchs concelebrating with His Beatitude were His Grace Bishop Gerasim Bishop-Elected of Dallas and the Diocese of the South, His Eminence Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, His Grace Bishop Nikodhim of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese, His Grace Bishop Benedict of Hartford and New England, His Grace Bishop Vasily of San Francisco and the West, and His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland.

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America elected Bishop Gerasim on November 2, 2026, following his nomination by the clergy and lay delegates of the Diocese of the South at a…