New Patriarch Elected in Alexandria

Theodoros Horeftakis, the Cretan-born head of the Orthodox church in Zimbabwe, has been elected as the new Patriarch of Alexandria by the church's governing body, becoming leader of hundreds of thousands of Africans in his denomination

By Kenneth ChanMonday, October 11, 2004

The Cretan-born Bishop of Zimbabwe was elected on Saturday as head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa, replacing Patriarch Petros VII, who was killed in a September 11 helicopter accident in northern Greece.

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