Our Synod

Headquarters

Greece:

Old Calendar Orthodox USA

Holy Monastery of the Holy Archangels
Togani P.O. Box 3421, Keratea 19001, Attica, Hellas

United States of America:

St. Nectarios Monastery
162 River Street, Richford, Vermont 05476, USA

Holy Synod — Leadership

President: His Beatitude Archbishop Michael of America

Vice President: Metropolitan Seraphim of Caesarea, Exarch of Greece

Members (Metropolitans):

  1. Metropolitan Damaskinos of Smyrna, Exarch of all Asia
  2. Metropolitan Lazarus of Vermont

Protosyncellus (Chancellor): Very Rev. Protopresbyter Fr. Theodoros Papaphilippopoulos — Virginia

General Vicar for North America: Metropolitan Lazarus of Vermont

Synodal Committees & Offices

A) Synodal Committee on the Chancery

  • President: Archbishop Michael
  • Members: Metropolitans Seraphim & Damaskinos, Metropolitan Lazarus
  • Chief Secretary: Very Rev. Fr. Georgios Tzilivakis
  • Secretary: Monk Fr. Matthias

B) Synodal Services

  • Archive/Protocol Office: Archbishop Michael, Metropolitan Seraphim
  • Committee on Divine Worship & Pastoral Work: Pres. Archbishop Michael; VP Metropolitan Seraphim;
    Members: Metropolitan Damaskinos,
  • Committee on Foreign Affairs & Inter-Orthodox Relations: Pres. Archbishop Michael; VP Metropolitan Seraphim; Members: Metropolitan Damaskinos, Metropolitan Lazarus
  • Financial Committee: Pres. Archbishop Michael;
    Member: Metropolitan Seraphim
  • Ceremonies & Events Committee: Archbishop Michael; Emmanouil Mallios (educator); Georgios Papaleloudis (nurse); Panagiota Galati
  • Calendar Publication Committee: Pres. Metropolitan Seraphim; Secretary: Fr. Matthias; Member: Konstantinos Sotiropoulos (Reader)

C) Ecclesiastical Synodal Courts

  • Presided by Archbishop Michael, with Metropolitans Seraphim, Damaskinos, and Lazarus; Secretary in each case is the Chief Secretary of the Synod (Fr. Georgios Tzilivakis)

D) Press & Public Relations Office

  • President: Metropolitan Damaskinos; Member: Fr. Matthias

Ε) Committee on Canon Law Matters

  • President: Archbishop Michael; Members: Metropolitan Damaskinos

Diocesan Sees / Parishes / Monasteries

  • Vermont (Episcopal See): Metropolitan Lazarus, abbot/exarch
    Holy Monastery of St. Nektarios, 162 River Street, Richford, VT 05478. Tel: 001 (802) 848-7320
  • Holy Synodal Monastery of the Holy Archangels (Keratea, Attica): Abbot Metropolitan Seraphim of Caesarea.
    Tel: (0030) 22990-42815, Fax: (0030) 22990-42160
  • Gethsemane Skete (Richford, VT): Metropolitan Lazarus, abbot/exarch
  • St. John the Evangelist (New Jersey): Priest, Protopresbyter Fr. Vasilios Avramidis
    Pittstown, NJ 08867 Tel: (908) 367-7393
  • Australia (Sydney) — Holy Cross Monastery