Elias Audi
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut
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Metropolitan Elias Audi (Arabic: المتروبوليت إلياس عوده;[1] born 1941, Enfeh, Koura) is the current Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon since 1980.
Elias | |
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| Metropolitan of Beirut | |
Metropolitan Audi in 2019 | |
| Archdiocese | Antioch |
| See | Beirut |
| Elected | February 5, 1980 |
| Installed | April 9, 1980 |
| Term ended | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1969 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elias Audi 1941 (age 84–85) |
| Denomination | Greek Orthodox |
| Alma mater | University of Balamand Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary |
Biography
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Audi was born in 1941, in the predominantly Eastern Orthodox village of Anfeh, El-Koura, north Lebanon. He has a B.A. in philosophy degree from Lebanon and a B.A. in theology from Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York, in 1969.[2]
In 1969, he was ordained to the priesthood. In 1979, he was elected Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut and appointed Patriarchal Vicar. He was elected by the Holy Antiochian Council on 5 February 1980. On 9 April 1980, he arrived to the Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut in Achrafieh to assume his post.[2]
In 2001, he attended a delegation held by the World Council of Churches in expressing solidarity after the September 11 attacks.[3] In May 2002 he launched a new development project for Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut aimed at opening a trauma center and a children's hospital.[4]
