Patriarchate of Alexandria: Honor due to Patriarch Meletios II Metaxakis - The unique ministerial career and the title "of all Africa"translated

On Tuesday, July 28, the day on which ninety-one (91) years have passed since the ecclesiastical death of the venerable Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, Mr. Meletius II, (Metaxakis), a Divine Liturgy was held in the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Agios Savvas the Sanctified in Alexandria, under the patronage of the A.Th.M. of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa etc. Theodorou II. Before the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Holy Memorial Service was held for the repose of the soul of the late Primate, who fell asleep in Alexandria on July 28, 1935, leaving his indelible mark on the history of the Alexandrian Church.

His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch Mr. Theodore II, every year pays the due honor to His honorable Predecessors, recognizing their invaluable contribution to the life and course of the Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark.

The first to officially bear the title of "Patriarch of All Africa" Patriarch Meletios II was one of the most prominent ecclesiastical figures of the 20th century. During his patriarchate in Alexandria, he carried out deep administrative and ecclesiastical reforms, drafted the Organic Law of...