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THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

 

The Metropolitan Council is the executive body of the Italo-Greek Orthodox Holy Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Americas and Canada. The Council is comprised of the Metropolitan as Chairman and President, the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, the Chancellor, the president of the College of Consultors, the president of the Presbyteral Council, the president of the Diaconal Council, the president of the Monastic Council, the Chief Operating Officer of the Archdiocese, the president of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, the president of the Archdiocesan Finance Council, the Archdiocesan Secretary, the Archdiocesan Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Archdiocesan General Counsel, the Chief Canon Lawyer, and six members of the laity. The scope of responsibility of the Metropolitan Council is defined by the Constitution of the Italo-Greek Byzantine Orthodox Church in the Americas and Canada.

The purpose of the Council is to advise the Metropolitan on all matters which pertain to the temporal and material affairs of the Archdiocese. Also, in certain instances, the Metropolitan is prohibited from taking certain actions without the prior consent and approval of the Metropolitan Council. These include entering into contracts; abandoning, selling, or leasing Archdiocesan property; encumbering the Archdiocese financially or legally; or entering into any transaction or activity that is not consistent with the Church's divine mission and purpose. 

 

 

 

The Italo-Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas & Canada

 

The Archdiocese is the geographical ecclesiastical district of the Italo-Greek Byzantine Orthodox Catholic Church. The Archdiocese, missionary by nature, seeks to build up the Kingdom of God on earth by calling all people to the conversion of heart, mind, and spirit; to the fulness of the Apostolic Faith; and to membership and life in the Body of Christ.

 

The canonical territory of the Archdiocese encompasses the continental United States, Canada, South America, and the United States Protectorates. Utica, New York is the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese as well as the home of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos - Our Lady of Grace, Mother Church and the Metropolitan Throne of the Archdiocese, and the Chancery Office.

 

The Archdiocese is led by His Eminence, Stephen, Archbishop of Siracusa and Ortigia, and of All Sicily, Southern Italy, and Magna Graecia, Metropolitan of the Americas and Canada of the Italo-Greeks, Bishop of Utica, and Primate of the Italo-Greek Byzantine Orthodox Catholic Church.

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