AXIOS!

It is with great joy that I convey to you that my friend and brother in Christ Archimandrite Jonah, abbot of St John of San Francisco Monastery, Manton CA has been elected Bishop of Forth Worth for the Orthodox Church in America.   I got to know Fr Jonah when Mary and I lived in Redding and he came up from the Bay area to start SS Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Mission in Chico, CA (about 70 miles south of us).

May God grant His servant, Bishop elect Jonah many years!

In Christ,

+Fr Gregory

From the OCA web site:

Archimandrite Jonah (Paffhausen) elected Bishop of Fort Worth and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of the South

Posted 09/04

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] – On Thursday, September 4, 2008, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America issued the following statement.

“On September 4, 2008, the Holy Synod of Bishops of The Orthodox Church in America elected Archimandrite Jonah (Paffhausen) to be Bishop of Fort Worth, and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of the South.

“Details regarding the consecration of Bishop-elect Jonah will be announced later.”