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Joachim (Phoropoulos) of Pelagonia

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In 1907 Patriarch [[Joachim III of Constantinople|Joachim III]] referred the matter of the [[Baptism]] and [[Ordination]] of Robert Josias Morgan (Fr. [[Raphael Morgan]]) to [[Metropolitan]] Joachim for his report. Robert Morgan had been sent from America with two documents of support from the Greek Orthodox Community of Philadelphia, recommending that he be baptized and [[ordination|ordained]] into the [[priest]]hood.
Metropolitan Joachim examined Robert, noting that he had a ''"deep knowledge of the teachings of the Orthodox Church"'', and that he also had a certificate from the President of the Methodist Community, duly notarized, stating that he was a man ''"of high calling and of a religious life"''. Metropolitan Joachim recommended that, according to the Biblical exhortation ''"...the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out"'' (John 6:37), that Robert be received. In early August 1907 before some 3000 people, Metropolitan Joachim officiated at Robert's [[baptism]], who received the name "Raphael". Subsequently on [[August 12]] he ordained Fr. Raphael to the [[deacon|diaconate]], and on [[August 15]], 1907, the feast of the [[Dormition]] of the [[Theotokos]], to the priesthood.
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