{"id":3957,"date":"2015-06-01T11:51:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T08:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:54:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\u201cThe center of the world has shifted toward the East, and it is there that Orthodoxy must also direct its attention and missionary activity, in order to put into practice the universality that we proclaim when we chant:
\n\u2018Their voice has gone out into all the earth\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/span>
His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea<\/h5><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/span>

Holy Metropolis
\nof New Zealand<\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Holy Metropolis of New Zealand was established in 1970 through its separation from the Archdiocese of Australia, under whose jurisdiction it had previously belonged. It comprises New Zealand, the South and South Pacific islands of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, together with the smaller island groups surrounding them.<\/p>\n<\/div>

READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/span>

Holy Metropolis
\nof Hong Kong<\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

It was established in 1996 through its separation from the then Metropolis of New Zealand and was officially recognized by the Government of Hong Kong in the same year. Its jurisdiction comprises the People’s Republic of China, Macau, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.<\/p>\n<\/div>

READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/span>

Holy Metropolis
\nof Korea<\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Holy Metropolis of Korea was established by an Act of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 20 April 2004, within the boundaries of what had until then been the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Korea, which was under the jurisdiction of the Holy Metropolis of New Zealand. Its jurisdiction comprises both South and North Korea, as well as Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>

READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/span>

Holy Metropolis
\nof Singapore<\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Holy Metropolis of Singapore was established by an Act of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at its session of 9 January 2008, through its separation from the Holy Metropolis of Hong Kong. Its jurisdiction comprises Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Timor-Leste, and the Maldives.<\/p>\n<\/div>

READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/span>

Latest Activities \u2013 News<\/h2><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>