The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church elected Bishop Arseniy of Znepole as the brand new Metropolitan of Sliven, BGNES reported.
He acquired the votes of seven of the clergy.
Gregory of Velikoturno, Ignatius of Pleven, Nikolai of Plovdiv, Antony of Western and Central Europe, Naum of Ruse, Kyprian of Starozagorsk, Yakov of Dorostol voted for Arsenius.
Gerasim’s candidacy was supported by Grigoriy of Vrachan, Gavriil of Lovchan, John of Varna, Seraphim of Nevrokop, Daniil of Vidin.
We all know him effectively and consider that he will likely be a worthy shepherd of the Sliven Diocese for a lot of summers, stated the Synod
There have been two candidates for the submit of Metropolitan of Sliven – Bishop Arseniy of Znepole and Gerasim of Melny.
Bishop Arsenius of Zneopol is 37 years previous. He was ordained a bishop by the late Sliven Metropolitan Ioanikiy.
Arseny is the youngest bishop within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
He was born on November 18, 1986 in Stara Zagora with the actual identify Atanas Dimitrov Lazarov. He graduated from the Sofia Theological Seminary “St. John Rilski” in 2006. He was then admitted to the School of Theology of the Sofia College “St. Kliment Ohridski”. He continued his research on the Plovdiv College “Rev.
Paisii Hilendarski” – specialty “Theology”, which he graduated in 2009. Obtained monastic tonsure with the identify Arsenius from Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolay on August 11, 2007 within the Kuklen Monastery “St. St. Cosmas and Damian”. He was ordained as a hierodeacon and hieromonk in 2008. He was elevated to the rank of archimandrite on December 6, 2009 within the Assumption Cathedral in Plovdiv by Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolay.
From 2008 to 2010, Arseniy was a parish priest within the villages of Borets and Govedare, Plovdiv Religious District. Since 2009, he has been the director of Plovdiv Orthodox Tv. Since 2010, he has been appointed because the religious supervisor of the Plovdiv Diocese, and since 2012, because the chairman of the metropolitan church “St. Marina” in Plovdiv.
On July 2, 2014, by determination of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, he was named Bishop of Znepol, and on July 6, 2014, within the metropolitan church “St. Marina” in Plovdiv was ordained and from the identical date he was appointed vicar of the Metropolitan of Plovdiv.
Then Arseny was 28 years previous. In accordance with the statutes of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, a cleric who has reached the age of 35 might be ordained as a bishop. Since Arsenius has handed the opposite levels within the canonical ministry, his ordination to the episcopal workplace passed off with the choice of the Holy Synod and the blessing of Patriarch Neophyte.
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