Metropolitan Saba Receives Archbishop Christophoros at Archdiocesan Headquarters
During his visit to the Anticochian Archdiocese of North America headquarters, Archbishop Christophoros presented Metropolitan Saba with an icon of the Resurrection of Christ, brought from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Photo credit: antio
ENGLEWOOD, NJ — His Eminence Metropolitan Saba of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Christophoros of Amman, Jordan, to the Archdiocesan Headquarters during the Archbishop’s visit to the region on June 2.
In a gesture of brotherly esteem, Archbishop Christophoros presented Metropolitan Saba with an icon of the Resurrection of Christ, brought from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
The meeting was attended by Archimandrite Seraphim Daoud, Archdeacon Emile Sayegh (Chancellor), and Mr. Majed Nesheiwa (honorary member of the Board of Trustees) from the Antiochian Archdiocese. Archbishop Christophoros was accompanied by Archimandrite Saba Hourani, Mr. Ammir Rabadi, and Mr. Ray Khouri.
Previously, UOJ reported on the relics of St. Raphael of Brooklyn being enshrined at the Antiochian Village in Pennsylvania.
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