Honorary event for the oldest active cleric of the Diocese of Koreatranslated

On Sunday, July 5, 2026, after the Divine Liturgy, an event was held in the hall of the parish of Apostle Paul in Injon in honor of the archpriest of the Ecumenical Throne Fr. Daniel Na, who is the oldest active clergyman of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. The event was organized by the community members to express their gratitude to their spiritual father for his many years of ministry.

The event began with a special prayer for the health and long life of Fr. Daniel, by the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan, Mr. Ambrosios, who conveyed to the honoree the paternal wishes and blessings of His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr. Bartholomew, but also the grateful thanks of all the clergy and lay members of the Church in Korea.

As the Metropolitan said in his greeting, "Fr. Daniel, after his studies at the School of Theology of the Holy Cross in Boston, returned to Korea and worked with zeal and self-sacrifice near the blessed archimandrite at the time, and later the bishop of Zelos and the metropolitan of Korea, Mr. Sotirios. His exemplary obedience to the Church should be an example to all of us...