The Great Message of the new New Jersey Metropolitan Athenagorastranslated

The Great Message for his election to the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey was given this morning at the Pansept Patriarchal Church of Agios Georgios in Fanari by the new Metropolitan Mr. Athenagoras.

Yesterday, Thursday, October 1, 2026, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Mr. Athenagoras from Nazianzus as Metropolitan of New Jersey.

The enthronement of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of New Jersey Mr. Athenagoras will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 11:00 am, at the Metropolitan Church of Saint John the Theologian in Tenaflai, New Jersey. The following day, Sunday, November 8, His Eminence will celebrate his first Divine Liturgy as Metropolitan of New Jersey in the same church.

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