We have received word that the Holy Synod of Antioch today elected His Eminence, Archbishop JOSEPH (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles as Metropolitan of New York and All North America.
You can read Metropolitan JOSEPH’s biography here.
As of the morning of July 3, the synod is still meeting at the Balamand Monastery in Tripoli, Lebanon, and there may well be additional announcements released today.