HIERARCHY 2026: The aftermath of a Convocation with the Archbishop giving the final solutiontranslated

By Nikolaos Zaimis Yesterday, Thursday, October 8, 2026, the proceedings of the Ordinary Convocation of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, which were held under the Presidency of His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, were completed. Hieronymou II.  The Hierarchy convened in the current year 2026 is the first during the days of Archbishop Ieronymos which did not proceed to fill a vacant position of the Holy Metropolis as such a thing did not arise. The only exception is the year 2020 when, due to the corona virus pandemic and the measures in force at the time, the Ordinary Convocation of the Hierarchy was postponed.

However, in this year's Hierarchy, it was proven once again that the Most Blessed Primate of the Church of Greece receives the recognition of the Body of the Hierarchy, with his proposals not falling into a void, but being accepted unanimously, providing solutions to the impasses that are created.

Something like this also happened in the case of the ordination of Bishop-elect Asterios, which has been pending for two years. After the placement with the recommendation of the Metropolitan of Nea Smyrna Mr. Simeon on this specific issue, the...