Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago

Greek Orthodox Metropolises
Metropolis of Chicago
Personnel
Metropolitan Nathanael (Symeonides)
Cathedral Annunciation Cathedral of Chicago
Geography
Location Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota Northern Indiana, and Eastern Missouri, United States
Vital Statistics
Total Parishes 61
Total Population ~250.000[1]
Website: chicago.goarch.org
Chicago - Annunciation Cathedral - 1

The Metropolis of Chicago is a metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in the North-Central Midwest, United States, with its see city of Chicago. The mother church of the Metropolis is Annunciation Cathedral in Chicago.

On 7 February 2018, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople unanimously elected Nathanael Symeonides as the metropolitan of Chicago, succeeding Metropolitan Iakovos. He was ordained a bishop on 17 March 2018, in the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City, and enthroned on 24 March 2018 in the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Chicago).[2]

The Metropolis of Chicago consists of thirty-four parishes in Illinois, with another twenty-four parishes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, northern Indiana, and eastern and central Missouri. The general offices of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago are located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

  1. ^ Pappas, Gregory (2015-11-29). "Chicago's Greek Orthodox Metropolis Wants the World to Recognize Annihilation of Middle East's Christianity as "Genocide"". The Pappas Post. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ "Metropolitan of Chicago | The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago". Metropolis of Chicago. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-03-01.