Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey


The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey is one of the Metropolises of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with 55 parishes.
The Metropolis of New Jersey comprises 55 parishes that serve the faithful Orthodox Christians in New Jersey, the Greater Philadelphia area, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
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History

The first Greeks arrived in New Jersey in the 19th century. The first church in New Jersey, Saint Nicholas Church in Newark, was built in 1901.
In 2020 the diocese was suspended by Archbishop Elpidophoros with intents of integrating it into the Direct Archdiocesan District, however this was reversed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in 2022 and the diocese was restored.
On July 24, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos upon the recommendation of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was unanimously elected by the members of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.
On September 16, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey was enthroned at the Cathedral of St. John the Theologian in Tenafly, New Jersey.

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