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This weekend, the Orthodox Observer\'s Marissa Costidis interviewed Metropolitan Sevastianos - his first as the Metropolitan of Atlanta.

I consider it at once an honorable and forbidding task to compose an obituary for His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios, who died in the early hours of January 25, 2025. The charisma of his demeanor, the softness of his tone, the twinkle in his eye, the acuteness of his wit, the breadth of his vision, his keen capacity to listen, the warmth of his compassion—all these made for untold precious recollections and experiences, which have been sealed in my mind and heart from my time as a student and in my ministry as a clergyman. 

His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta celebrated his first Divine Liturgy as the Shepherd of the Metropolis on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta. The Cathedral, beautifully adorned with detailed mosaic iconography, was filled for the occasion as faithful from the across the Metropolis and the country came to offer well-wishes to their newly enthroned Metropolitan. 

The Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is excited to announce the launch of the Effective Christian Ministry (ECM) Watch Club.

Exclamations of “Axios!” were cried as His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta was enthroned today, January 25, 2025 at the Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and in the presence of hundreds of faithful. Metropolitan Sevastianos, has served as a beloved hierarch in the Metropolis of Atlanta since December 2018. He succeeds Metropolitan Alexios, who served as presiding hierarch of Atlanta since 1997 until November 2024. Metropolitan Sevastianos is the 2nd Metropolitan for the Metropolis, which covers more than 70 parishes in the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina.

By the prayerful and canonical act of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, together with the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, we are gathered today to enthrone the Ruling Hierarch of this God-Saved Metropolis, His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta.

Thank you for honoring me with your presence. As I give thanks to God for all His blessings, I ponder the words of the Psalmist, “What shall I give back to the Lord for all He rendered Me?” (Ps 115:3)

The legacy of Archbishop Anastasios is profoundly significant, not only for his successor but for all of us. He leaves behind the example of a true spiritual father who faithfully proclaimed the Gospel message of peace, justice, solidarity, unity, and reconciliation to the farthest corners of the earth.

On Thursday, January 16 and Friday, January 17, Archdiocesan Chancellor His Grace Bishop Nektarios of Diokleia, with the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, celebrated the Monastery Feastday of St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Florence, Arizona.

The Archdiocesan District Philoptochos Board had the honor of attending an annual Vasilopita cutting with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in the Archdiocese Chapel of Saint Paul yesterday, January 24, 2025.