Mount Athos Elder and Metropolitan Justin arrive in Sydney for clergy synaxis

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Metropolitan Justin of Nea Krini and Kalamaria and Hieromonk Chrysostomos, elder of the Holy Cell of Saint Panteleimon at the Skete of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou on Mount Athos, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday, September 23.

The two will take part in the 2nd Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis, scheduled for September 29 to October 1, 2025.

At Sydney Airport, they were welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who expressed “heartfelt gratitude and fraternal love.”

He was joined by Their Graces Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne, Bishops-Elect Athenagoras of Canberra and Christoforos of Kerasounta, clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and members of the Hellenic Lyceum of Sydney.

Bishop Evmenios of Chora accompanied the visiting delegation from Melbourne, Victoria.

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