HG Bishop Ioan Casian participated in the ordination
HG Bartholomew of Keramos vicar – bishop
(Ecumenical Patriarchate – Canada)
HG Bishop Ioan Casian, the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, participated on Saturday in the ordination of HG Bartholomew (Mostratos) of Keramos on behalf of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada.
The religious service took place on July 25, 2020 at the Holy Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross in Laval, Quebec, Canada, and was presided over by HEm Sotirios, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Canada. Also present were HG Alexander, Bishop of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York, and HEm Irenée, Archbishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA).
At the end of the service, HG Bishop Ioan Casian congratulated the new hierarch, wishing him blessing from God and pastoral accomplishments in the new calling, also giving him an icon and the volume Orthodox Theology in twentieth century and early twenty-first century published by Basilica Publishing House.
(VIDEO) https://youtu.be/4mOISz_yb7M
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