Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden first arch pastoral visit to Iceland

His Eminence will hold meetings with religious and state leaders

His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia will make his first archpastoral visit to Iceland from Tues. July 19 – Thurs. July 21, 2016. “I am looking forward to this initial spiritual meeting with the Orthodox Christian faithful of Iceland, so I may personally acquaint myself with my fellow Greeks and all other Orthodox brethren living in this region of the Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia,” said the Metropolitan. In addition to greeting members of the Orthodox Christian flock, His Eminence will hold meetings with religious and state leaders. The Greek Orthodox faithful of Iceland are under the jurisdiction and the pastoral care of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia – an Archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople composed of four nations: Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.