The Holy Metropolis of Austria has announced that the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has unanimously elected Archimandrite Maxim Rudko as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolis.
This decision comes following the proposal of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the request of Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria. Archimandrite Maxim Rudko, who currently serves as the Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Austria, has been appointed with the title of the historic See of Arista.
The Metropolis has extended its best wishes for a successful and blessed ministry to the newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop.