Bishop Irénée attended special session of the Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in Canada
His Grace Bishop Irénée, Administrator of the Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America, took part in the special session of the Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in Canada at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto March 17, 2011.
The entire discussion was focused on the documents related to the organization of Episcopal Assembly in Canada and other common concerns.
In addition to Bishop Irénée, other hierarchs attending the session included His Eminence Metropolitan, Archbishop Sotirios, Chairman (Greek Orthodox Metropolis); His Eminence, Metropolitan Yurij (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada); His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel (Romanian Episcopate OCA); His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae (Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese); His Grace, Bishop Ilia (Albanian Orthodox Church); His Grace, Bishop George (Serbian Orthodox Church); His Grace, Bishop Gabriel (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia); His Grace, Bishop Iov (Russian Orthodox Church MP); and His Grace, Bishop Christophorus (Greek Orthodox Metropolis). Archpriest Panagiotis Avgeropoulos, secretary (Greek Orthodox Metropolis), also attended.
These Episcopal Assemblies have been authorized by the Fourth Preconciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference which met at the Orthodox Centre of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Switzerland June 6-13, 2009.
