His Eminence Metropolitan Antony Enthroned as the 4th Metropolitan of the UOC of the USA

Metropolitan Antony was enthroned on January 26, 2013, as the fourth Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.The Enthronement services were attended by more than 500 faithful and about 70 clergymen of the Metropolia and many visitors from across the country from various Orthodox and Catholic jurisdictions.

"Since the day of my election during our Special Sobor on 6 October at our Metropolia Center in New Jersey and the official announcement on 31 October at the Patriarchal Seminary in Halki by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in behalf of the Holy Synod of Constantinople of my election, most of you have already expressed you’re your warm personal greetings and more importantly, have not forgotten me in your prayers as I prepared for this day. I have felt the consequences of those prayers in the form of a peace and comfort – in more than a common way – as the initial trepidation and horror of the prospects of entering into this office have melted away into the certain knowledge that you possess such a desire to walk this path at my side", said the metropolitan in his speech to all people present on the ceremony.

On Sunday, January 27, 2013, His Eminence Metropolitan Antony, assisted by His Grace Bishop Daniel and the Clergy of Metropolia, presided over the Divine Liturgy, for the first time as Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.