Archbishop of Telmissos is the new Metropolitan of Pisidia – Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Metropolitan Job of Pisidia, born in Montreal, Canada, on January 31, 1974.

He became a monk on May 17, 1998, at the Holy Monastery of Saint Anthony in France (a part of the Simon Petra Monastery on Mount Athos).

He was ordained Deacon in Montreal, Canada, on September 29, 1996, and Presbyter on June 20, 2003, in Paris.

He was ordained Archimandrite on July 18, 2004.

In 2010 he was entered into the Monastic Register of the Holy Monastery of St. George Selinari of the Metropolis of Petra and Heronissos.

From 1992 to 1996 he attended theological studies at St. Andrew’s College in Winnipeg, Canada, and at the same time pursued academic studies at the University of Manitoba.

He holds a Master’s Degree from the Institute of Orthodox Theology of St. Sergius of Paris and a Doctorate in Orthodox Theology from the St. Sergius Institute and in Roman Catholic Theology from the Catholic Institute of Paris.

As a Professor of Liturgical and Church History, he has taught at the St. Sergius Institute, the Higher Institute of Liturgy, and the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Catholic University of Paris. Since 2010 he has been a Professor at the Institute for Postgraduate Studies in Orthodox Theology in Sambesi, Switzerland, where he was appointed Dean on February 20, 2019, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

In 2013 he was elected Archbishop of Telmissos and Patriarchal Exarch of the Russian Orthodox Parishes of Western Europe.

The Metropolitan has a rich pastoral, liturgical, scientific, authorial, and publishing work. He has also offered many services with responsibility and respect for the Holy Canons and the long-standing traditions of the Ecumenical Throne, as a Member of Scientific Institutions and Societies, especially in the fields of Religious Philosophy, Liturgical Theology, in the dialogue between Roman Catholics and Orthodox, and as a Member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.

He is a beloved brother in Christ of Metropolitan Gerasimos of Petra and Heronissos. He is a frequent visitor to the Holy Metropolis, earning the esteem and respect of the Holy Clergy and the pious flock of the Metropolis since he is distinguished for his piety, seriousness, and theological education.

He was elected Metropolitan of Pisidia on July 22, 2022, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.