The Enthronement of Metropolitan Moses as Metropolitan of Toronto

On Sunday, July 1/14, 2013 His Eminence Metropolitan Moses of Toronto was enthroned in the Cathedral of St. Nektarios, Toronto, Canada.

The enthronement was performed by His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia, the representative of the Holy Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. The enthronement took place during the Divine Liturgy just before the Thrice-Holy Hymn at the synthronon according to a 14th century Book of Rubrics of the Diocese of Karpasia, Cyprus.

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