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    Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh Enthroned in St. Nicholas Cathedral

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    By admin on December 10, 2011 Governance Top Stories
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    Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

    PITTSBURGH, Pa – His Eminence Metropolitan Savas was enthroned yesterday Dec. 8, as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh during a magnificent and traditional ceremony at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, presided over the ceremony which was attended by more than 600 faithful of the Metropolis, more than 60 clergymen of the Metropolis and many visitors from across the country.

    The ceremony began at 4 p.m. with the Procession of altar boys, Priests and Deacons vested in red and the entrance of Hierarchs. Metropolitan Maximos was accompanied by Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit and entered the Church just before Metropolitan Savas who entered the Cathedral last. When he reached the Solea he vested the mandyas (a long vestment of crimson silk). Archbishop Demetrios handed Metropolitan Savas the pastoral staff (rabdos), signifying his pastoral and disciplinary responsibilities. Shortly after, Metropolitan Savas ascended to the Episcopal Throne from where he presided over the rest of the service. Bishop-elect Sevastianos of Zela read the Patriarchal Proclamation.

    “You are called to offer love and truth, you are called to offer the presence of God,” said Archbishop Demetrios in his address to the new Metropolitan at the end of the service. He also said that all the years of Metropolitan Savas’ life were leading to this very point in his life, which is a new beginning of bearing spiritual fruits for all the faithful entrusted to his care and for the Glory of God.

    “In accepting the leadership of this Metropolis, I accept the yoke of servant-hood. I do so in conscious imitation of our Ecumenical Patriarch and spiritual father, His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, and of the holy and beloved hierarchs with him in the Great and Holy Synod of Constantinople,” said Metropolitan Savas in his Enthronement Address and at a later point he added: “By the grace of God, new opportunities lie ahead for the Metropolis of Pittsburgh and for our Church in America—new opportunities to encounter our neighbors, new opportunities to evangelize, new opportunities to draw the world into the Apostolic net of salvation. May God grant us the same ambition that burned within Saint Paul, to preach the Gospel where Christ was not previously known.” (see full text here)

    At the conclusion of Metropolitan Savas’ address, Archbishop Demetrios proclaimed the new Metropolitan “AXIOS!” and the faithful responded with the traditional acclamation of “AXIOS!” (Worthy) and chanted the unique prayer of “Many Years” known as the bishop’s Pheme.

    Present in the Enthronement were Metropolitan Maximos (formerly of Pittsburgh), Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit, Bishop Dimitrios of Mokissos, Metropolitan Constantine of the Ukranian Archdiocese of USA (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Bishop Thomas of the Antiochian Archdiocese, Bishop-elect Sevastianos of Zela, the Chancellor of the Carpatho-Russian Diocese Very Reverend Frank Miloro, and ecumenical leaders Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church in USA and Bishop Kurt Kusserowe of the Evangelican Lutheran Diocese of Pittsburgh and other ecumenical and civic representatives.

    A reception for all the faithful and later a banquet, hosted by the Metropolis of Pittsburgh and the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, followed in the great hall of the community center.

    Today, Dec. 9, 2011, His Eminence Metropolitan Savas, assisted by the Clergy of his Metropolis, presided over the Divine Liturgy, for the first time as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh.

    The entire Enthronement ceremony was broadcast Live on the Internet and will be archived for later viewing with a link made available on the home page of the Archdiocese: www.goarch.org

    See full text of the Enthronement Address: http://www.goarch.org/news/savasenthronement-address-12082011

    View a of Metropolitan Savas. http://www.goarch.org/news/metropolitansavasbio-11152011

    A photo gallery is available at http://photos.goarch.org/main.php?g2_itemId=5053.

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