Mark Alan Maymon (born June 22, 1958) is an archbishop of the

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and the current Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. Formerly a diocesan bishop of the see of Toledo and the Midwest in the

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, Maymon was received into the OCA after his release by Metropolitan

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Life

Born in

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, on June 22, 1958, and baptized in the

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, he later became a

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Christian, attending an

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church in

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. He attended

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, and for a period of time before his

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to the Orthodox Church taught

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studies there. He later attended

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in Crestwood, New York, where he earned a M. Div. degree. While serving as a

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at St. George Antiochian Cathedral, in Oakland, Pennsylvania, he worked in mental health. Later, he was ordained a

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and

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by Bishop

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in the Antiochian Archdiocese to serve the parish of St. John the Evangelist Antiochian Orthodox Church in

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. He later served at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before he was elected

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by the local synod of the Antiochian Archdiocese and consecrated in Damascus in December 5, 2004, by

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. Maymon was enthroned at the

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of St. George in Toledo, Ohio, on August 25, 2005, by Metropolitan

, succeeding Bishop Demetri (Khoury). His see included Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin and oversaw around 50 parishes and missions. October 22, 2010 at Local Synod of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese majority of the bishops of the synod decided that the best thing was to transfer Bishop Mark to the Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest, but Bishop Mark said he could not live in that part of the country and subsequently requested to be released to the

. This was also after Metropolitan Philip had demoted the bishops from full diocesan bishops back to auxiliary bishops below the Metropolitan. On December 8, 2010 Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) granted a canonical release to Bishop Mark to enter the canonical jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America. Bishop Mark was appointed Auxiliary to OCA Primate Metropolitan

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with the title “Bishop of Baltimore” and administrator the OCA Diocese of the South; effective since January 1, 2011. November 13, 2012, he was appointed

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of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. On March 18, 2014, he was elected by the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America to fill the vacant Episcopal See of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. He was installed on May 10, 2014 in Saint Stephen Cathedral, Philadelphia He was elevated to the rank of Archbishop on Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Holy Synod of Bishops in Syosset, NY.

References

External links

Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest
(Antiochian website) *
The Right Reverend Mark Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
on OCA official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Maymon, Mark 1958 births Living people Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America People from New Albany, Indiana Oral Roberts University alumni Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Protestantism Converts to evangelical Christianity from Roman Catholicism Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch