Metropolitan Elias Audi ( ar, المتروبوليت إلياس عوده; born 1941,

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, Koura) is the current

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of the

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for the Archdiocese of Beirut in

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. Elias Audi was born during 1941, in predominantly

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village of

Anfeh Enfeh ( ar, انفه), or Enfe, Anfeh, Anfe, is a town in the Koura district of the North Governorate of Lebanon at Latitude 34°21'0"N and Longitude 35°44'0"E. Enfeh borders the towns of Chekka, Al-Qalamoun, Barghoun and Zakroun. It is ...

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, north

. He has a

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; he also has a

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(

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, New York, 1969).His Eminence Bishop Elias Audi, Metropolitan of Beirut for Greek Orthodox
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Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut and Exarch of Phoenicia is the head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and Exarchate of Phoenicia in the Syrian-based patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Antioch. The present Archbishop is E ...

and appointed Patriarchal Vicar

. He was elected by the Holy Antiochian Council on 5 February 1980. On 9 April 1980, he arrived to the Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut in Achrafieh to assume his post.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080820002722/http://www.wcc-usa.org/resources/living-letters/05-nov-01.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20071021002437/http://www.stgeorgehospital.org/STGHB/PDF/june2002%20issue4.pdf Eastern Orthodox Christians from Lebanon Living people 1941 births Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch Christian clergy in Lebanon {{Lebanon-reli-bio-stub