Who is your Bishop?

[Knowledge3]

My bishop is Bishop Basil of Wichita,Kansas.

[Mary of Bethany]

Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas and the South (OCA)

Mary

[Knowledge3]

Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas and the South (OCA)

Mary

I live near Ft. Worth, Texas.

But Archbishop DMITRI is OCA.

[EricTheRed]

http://www.dosoca.org/images/vladikaflowers.jpg

[Mary of Bethany]

I live near Ft. Worth, Texas.

But Archbishop DMITRI is OCA.

Yes, your parish is under the Antiochian Bishop.

Mary

[Khaleas]

My bishop is Mercurius - Bishop of Zaraisk (Moscow Patriarchate). The man is HUGE, but so quiet and gentle. He was a pediatrician before he became a bishop.

[Dust and Ashes]

Formerly Bishop BASIL but now Bishop ANTOUN.

[Greg the byzantine]

We are under the Archdiocesan District of the GOA so our Bishop is His Eminence Archbishop Demtrios

[Tsarina]

Bishop Seraphim of the OCA here in Canada is my Bishop. He's the sweetest! :)

http://www.archdiocese.ca/images/bishopBio.jpg

[Michael the Iconographer]

I still consider myself OCA even though I attend an Antiochian Church. The OCA bishop is Archbishop Kyrill, the Antiochian Bishop is Bishop Thomas.

[Knowledge3]

His Grace Bishop Basil.

http://www.stgeorgecathedral.net/images/bb_headshot.jpg

[MichaelArchangelos]

Archbishop Paul Saliba of the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.antiochian.org.au/images/stories/MP.gif (http://www.antiochian.org.au/content/view/4/50/)

[The Prokeimenon!]

Bishop JOSEPH

http://www.antiochian.org/assets/asset.php?type=image&id=753

(Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the West)

[The Prokeimenon!]

Archbishop Paul Saliba of the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.

Is he related to Antiochian Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba of North America?

http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/philip.jpg

[Ilian]

http://www.acrod.org/mn/

[OrthoCanuck]

Bishop Seraphim of the OCA here in Canada is my Bishop. He's the sweetest! :)

http://www.archdiocese.ca/images/bishopBio.jpg
Yup, my Bishop too. I've met him once already (great guy) and he'll be here for just under a week sometime next month.

Peace.

[Tsarina]

Yup, my Bishop too. I've met him once already (great guy) and he'll be here for just under a week sometime next month.

Peace.

Bishop Seraphim is definatley a great Bishop! I met him serveral times and each time he has left me with such a graceful feeling.

The last time i saw him was early last October. Hopefully he will come to the Mission we have started, which he blessed not too long ago.

[Brushstroke]

Formerly Bishop BASIL but now Bishop ANTOUN. I got to meet him in November. Really awesome guy lol.

[Tsarina]

Is he related to Antiochian Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba of North America?

http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/philip.jpg

I saw the picture above before i read what you wrote as to who this person was. I was confused thinking, "Why is this Catholic Pope wearing Orthodox garnments?" Lols!

Btw, i really like that icon behind Metropolitan Philip.

[repentant]

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos>His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of North and South America>His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Fransisco. (GOARCH)

[Ioan cel Nou]

Mine's Metropolitan Iosif, of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe.

James

[Khaleas]

Bishop Seraphim is definatley a great Bishop! I met him serveral times and each time he has left me with such a graceful feeling.

The last time i saw him was early last October. Hopefully he will come to the Mission we have started, which he blessed not too long ago.
Yea, Bp Seraphim is cool! He's been a priest for a little while at New Valamo monastery in Finland a long time ago (IIRC). Have either of you met Hieromonk Vladimir? He was at New Valamo for quite a while and everyone misses him and his goofy sense of humor. He's an iconographer and would have classes for kids and they just adored him.

[Emmanuel-A]

Mine's Metropolitan Iosif, of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe.

James

Metropolitan Joseph has a very good reputation here. My romanian friends like him a lot, he does a lot for his diocese.

My bishop is Innokenti of Korsoun (Innocent of Chersonese), MP.

[kamikat]

His Beatitude, Met. Herman

http://www.geocities.com/pocmon_ok/metropolitan_herman_OCA.jpg

[Dewi Sant]

ArchBishop Gregorios

[theoforos]

My diocesan bishop is metropolitan Ambrose of Helsinki. Picture found on the following site:

http://www.ort.fi/fi/kirkko_palvelee/hpk/helsingin_hpk/piispa/index.php

My jurisdiction is headed by archbishop Leo of Karelia and all Finland who is under patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

[Eusebios]

His Emminence +JOB, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest (OCA)http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/abp.job.jpg

[eoe]

some of my favorite pictures of my Bishop, His Eminence, +Metropolitan Alexios:

edit: BAH! Pics gone....
http://www.atlantaorthodoxchurches.org/stjohn/Christmas_Dinner/2005/Metropolitan/Met04.jpg
http://www.atlantaorthodoxchurches.org/stjohn/Christmas_Dinner/2005/Metropolitan/Met08.jpg
http://www.atlantaorthodoxchurches.org/stjohn/Christmas_Dinner/2005/Metropolitan/Met10.jpg
http://www.atlantaorthodoxchurches.org/stjohn/Christmas_Dinner/2005/Metropolitan/Met22.jpg
http://www.atlantaorthodoxchurches.org/stjohn/Christmas_Dinner/2005/Metropolitan/Met19.jpg

[Lotar]

Bishop Joseph of LA and the West

[Nickolai]

While I'm home - Archbishop KYRILL of Pittsburgh and Western PA.
http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/abp.kyrill.jpg

While I'm at school - Bishop TIKHON of Philadelphia and Eastern PA
http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/bp.tikhon.m.jpg

[Sacrum Silentium]

Metropolitan Nicholas.

http://www.acrod.org/wcimages/wc0703.04.jpg

[Tsarina]

Yea, Bp Seraphim is cool! He's been a priest for a little while at New Valamo monastery in Finland a long time ago (IIRC). Have either of you met Hieromonk Vladimir? He was at New Valamo for quite a while and everyone misses him and his goofy sense of humor. He's an iconographer and would have classes for kids and they just adored him.

I didn't know that Bishop Seraphim was a Priest for a little while at New Valamo Monastery. I would've known if i read his book that i recently purchased, it's called, "From the Bishop's Desk- writings of Vladyka Seraphim of Canada."

No, i havn't met Hieromonk Vladimir, but i would love to met him. However, Hieromonk Damacene is coming to town in the next couple of months, so i'll be seeing him. It will be very interesting.

[ufonium2]

The Right Reverened MARK, Bishop of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)

[ModernDaySpyridon]

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos (http://sf.goarch.org/about_his_eminence.htm)

He recently visited our parish and he was probably the most wonderful person I have ever met. He just radiated kindness and humility. (He also blessed my daughter who was residing in my wife's tummy at the time, which we both greatly appreciated)

Also, is it ok to mention how much I enjoy the Orthodox practice of having awesome beards? :clap:

[Protoevangel]

The Right Reverend JOSEPH, Bishop of the Antiochian Diocese of Los Angeles and the West

[Bushmaster78FS]

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos>His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of North and South America>His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. (GOARCH)

http://atlanta.goarch.org/bishops%20pictures/Bishop01a.jpg

He gave me a kiss and hug when he saw me attending liturgy in uniform.

I looked all these pictures of your bishops... Wonderful, beautiful people... None has to worry about no sex/gay scandals...

[Knowledge3]

Also, is it ok to mention how much I enjoy the Orthodox practice of having awesome beards? :clap:

;)

[skoi]

Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern PA. We haven't gotten the chance to meet him, since we were all so sick when he came to our church right after Nativity. Maybe next year.

[DavidBryan]

I live near Ft. Worth, Texas.

Really? Where?

Mine's Abp, DMITRI, too...

[choirfiend]

Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern PA. We haven't gotten the chance to meet him, since we were all so sick when he came to our church right after Nativity. Maybe next year.

He's very nice--he's a quiet kind of man.

[repentant]

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos>His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of North and South America>His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. (GOARCH)

http://atlanta.goarch.org/bishops%20pictures/Bishop01a.jpg

He gave me a kiss and hug when he saw me attending liturgy in uniform.

I looked all these pictures of your bishops... Wonderful, beautiful people... None has to worry about no sex/gay scandals...

Metropolitan Alexios is a very nice man. He was my Bishop before I moved.

[silouanathonite]

My Bishop is Bishop Basil. I met a little while ago. Wonderful Bishop.

[Xpycoctomos]

Archbishop Mecurius (MP)

[michaeldimmickjr]

Metropolitan Herman
Archbishop Kyrill

[Bushmaster78FS]

So far I have seen only one person under my metropolis. We (TAW) are spread widely around the world I guess...

I wish we had people from Korea, Japan, and all that... (my special wish would be Turkey but...)

[Ioan cel Nou]

So far I have seen only one person under my metropolis. We (TAW) are spread widely around the world I guess...

I wish we had people from Korea, Japan, and all that... (my special wish would be Turkey but...)
I'm not absolutely certain, but I think that there is someone on TAW from Turkey. I recall someone posting about rising numbers of Orthodox Christians in Constantinople and it certainly sounded as though they were one of them from the way the post was written.

James

[Bushmaster78FS]

I'm not absolutely certain, but I think that there is someone on TAW from Turkey. I recall someone posting about rising numbers of Orthodox Christians in Constantinople and it certainly sounded as though they were one of them from the way the post was written.

James

I hope they post again soon.

[Michael the Iconographer]

His Emminence +JOB, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest (OCA)http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/abp.job.jpg
My former bishop.

[Michael the Iconographer]

While I'm home - Archbishop KYRILL of Pittsburgh and Western PA.
http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/abp.kyrill.jpg

While I'm at school - Bishop TIKHON of Philadelphia and Eastern PA
http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/bp.tikhon.m.jpg
I am a HUGE fan of AB Kyrill.

[Michael the Iconographer]

My 30th bday fell on a sunday, and at that time we were attending an ACROD parish and Metropolitan Nicholas happened to be visiting the parish on my bday and he sang me "God grant you many years." I thought that was most cool!

[Bushmaster78FS]

Don't we have so many Archbishops in a small territory? Like east and west PA?

[Michael the Iconographer]

Don't we have so many Archbishops in a small territory? Like east and west PA?
Being a bishop 25 years makes you an Archbishop, and AB Kyrill has been a bishop since about 1965.

[DonVA]

I rememeber receiving a blessing from Metropolitan PHILIP (when he was Archbishop PHILIP Saliba) when I was a wee little boy (I must have been six or seven). I didn't know anything about him, I just knew he was a holy man.

My bishop here is Evangelos, who I've yet to meet.

[Bushmaster78FS]

Being a bishop 25 years makes you an Archbishop, and AB Kyrill has been a bishop since about 1965.

I had a talk about territories with our parish priest on new year's eve, we were invited to his house. My question was somewhat, AB Alexios authority, as far as I know, is not only covering Georgia, but other states as well. But states like NY, NJ, we have more ABs in one small area. One other thing he complained was that GOA, OCA, AOCA have ABs in the same territory, not sure but he mentioned about something it used to be one AB in one territory long ago.

[Michael the Iconographer]

I had a talk about territories with our parish priest on new year's eve, we were invited to his house. My question was somewhat, AB Alexios authority, as far as I know, is not only covering Georgia, but other states as well. But states like NY, NJ, we have more ABs in one small area. One other thing he complained was that GOA, OCA, AOCA have ABs in the same territory, not sure but he mentioned about something it used to be one AB in one territory long ago.
I understand your concern. It is a real issue that there are 5 canonical Orthodox bishops in Pittsburgh. The Antiochians did not make matters any better when they recently put Bishop Thomas over Pittsburgh. To me this is a uncanonical mess which really needs cleaned up, and will take time and humility to fix.

[Michael the Iconographer]

I rememeber receiving a blessing from Metropolitan PHILIP (when he was Archbishop PHILIP Saliba) when I was a wee little boy (I must have been six or seven). I didn't know anything about him, I just knew he was a holy man.

My bishop here is Evangelos, who I've yet to meet.
I had the joy of having coffee with AB KYRILL one afternoon, and have met him a few other times. Like I said, I have met Met. NICHOLAS more than once, and also have met AB JOB who paid me a huge compliment when we met.

[Greg the byzantine]

Being a bishop 25 years makes you an Archbishop, and AB Kyrill has been a bishop since about 1965.

:scratch: Since when does a bishop automatically become Archbishop when they are a bishop for 25 years. I thought a person was elected Archbishop.

[Mary of Bethany]

:scratch: Since when does a bishop automatically become Archbishop when they are a bishop for 25 years. I thought a person was elected Archbishop.

Same here. I haven't heard that before.

Mary

[irishseventysix]

Mine's Metropolitan Gerasimos of the GOA Metropolis of San Francisco. Very nice man.

[Jacob4707]

http://www.dosoca.org/images/vladikaflowers.jpg

Ditto.

(P.S. He loves hot sauce, so if you ever meet him, bring a bottle or jar of some exotic hot sauce or salsa to give him!)

[Nickolai]

:scratch: Since when does a bishop automatically become Archbishop when they are a bishop for 25 years. I thought a person was elected Archbishop.

It's different in Greek Tradition Churches. The order of ranking for the Russians is:

Bishop - Archbishop - Metropolitan

I believe the Greek ranking is:

Bishop - Metropolitan - Archbishop

I also think that once a Greek Bishop receives a full diocese they make him a Metropolitan, but I don't know this for sure.

[Nickolai]

I had the joy of having coffee with AB KYRILL one afternoon, and have met him a few other times. Like I said, I have met Met. NICHOLAS more than once, and also have met AB JOB who paid me a huge compliment when we met.

I just saw Vladyka KYRILL last week. He was a bit quiet this time, but he's up and walking now. Let's just pray he'll be able to serve again.

[Kristos]

His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago

[Akathist]

His Emminence +JOB, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest (OCA)http://www.oca.org/Images/HolySynod/portraits/abp.job.jpg

My Bishop too!

He comes at least once a year to our little parish and always has time to meet with the "Adult Education" group for questions and answers. He also visits with the local Orthodox Student group at times. He is a wonderful man and it is always a blessing to spend time around him as he has such a peaceful and humble nature that he is a great inspiration.

[The Virginian]

It's different in Greek Tradition Churches. The order of ranking for the Russians is:

Bishop - Archbishop - Metropolitan

I believe the Greek ranking is:

Bishop - Metropolitan - Archbishop

I also think that once a Greek Bishop receives a full diocese they make him a Metropolitan, but I don't know this for sure.

My Bishop is His Grace Bishop BASIL Essey of Mid-America and the Southwest.
As far as I'm aware there is no difference in ranking of hierarchy, regardless of jurisdiction. It is Bishop, Archbishop, Metropolitan (whose ecclesiastical/liturgical rank is archbishop), and Patriarch.

an unworthy sinner

[choirfiend]

Virginian, Nickolai is right. It's just a swapping of titles--a Metropolitan is over a city, Archbishop over a larger area--and the reverse for Slavs.

[Michael the Iconographer]

:scratch: Since when does a bishop automatically become Archbishop when they are a bishop for 25 years. I thought a person was elected Archbishop.
The OCA promotes bishops to Archbishop after 25 years, as was the case with AB JOB a couple years ago.

[Michael the Iconographer]

I just saw Vladyka KYRILL last week. He was a bit quiet this time, but he's up and walking now. Let's just pray he'll be able to serve again.
I should see about making an arrangement to have coffee with him again. He is such a joy to be arround. Fr. Petrim is cool, too!

[Knowledge3]

http://www.hts.edu/seminary/news/images/nypublib.jpg

Greetings to the respective clergy and officials of Holy Trinity Orthodox seminary. :wave: :priest:

[Knowledge3]

http://www.pravoslavie.ru/htdocs/sas/image/hierarchalsobor.jpg

To ROCOR and the Synod of Russian bishops and clergy, I send you my formal greetings in the brotherhood. Farewell :) :wave:

[RobNJ]

Metropolitan Herman, on the right. Fr. David (my priest), on the left.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/NJRob/FrDavidMetHermancopy.jpg

[Grand_Duchess-Elizaveta]

Metropolitan Nicholas.

http://www.acrod.org/wcimages/wc0703.04.jpg

He's my bishop, too.:)

ETA: His proper title is His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS of Amissos, and he is the presiding hierarch of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese.

[Michael the Iconographer]

He's my bishop, too.:)

ETA: His proper title is His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS of Amissos, and he is the presiding hierarch of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese.
I love his Emminence. He is such a delightful man to be arround!

[EmperorConstantine]

Right now, it is Metropolitan Herman (OCA) who is the "Locum-Tenens of the Diocese of the West".

But soon it will be Bishop Benjamin as soon as they figure out a date for consecration along with other bits of paperwork. :D

[ProfChrysostomos]

Here is our (Philothei's and mine) most beloved Metropolitan Maximos. He is truly a spiritual man of wisdom and great humility. One only sees Christ when he or she looks upon him. Many, many years!:liturgy:

+ Prof.