(NEW YORK, NY) — The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese announced the election of His Eminence, Archbishop Joseph Zahlawi as the new Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
His Eminence was elected on Thursday, July 3, 2014 inside the historic Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery in Koura, Northern Lebanon.
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph was consecrated to the Holy Episcopacy on June 30, 1991 at the St. Mary Cathedral in Damascus, after many years of serving as a deacon and a priest. He was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1950.
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