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founded=1996|
bishop=Metr. [[Nektarios (Tsilis)of Hong Kong|Nektarios]]|
see=Hong Kong|
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The '''Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia'''(OMHKSEA), headquartered in Hong Kong, is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Metropolitan [[Nektarios (Tsilis)of Hong Kong]] has been elected to hold is the ruling bishop of this [[see]] which includes Hong Kong, the [[Orthodoxy in the Philippines|Philippines]], [[Orthodoxy in Taiwan|Taiwan]], Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar.
==Recent history==
After his transfer to be the director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, the Holy Synod of the [[Church of Constantinople]] elected Archimandrite [[Nektarios (Tsilis)]] as the next Metropolitan of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and essentially divided the metropolis into two separate metropolis'. The Metropolis of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia now encompasses Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, and the new [[Metropolis of Singapore|Holy Metropolis of Singapore]] encompassing Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives Islands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
Metropolitan Nektarios was enthroned on March 1, 2008, by Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
== The Episcopacy ==
The current administrator ruling bishop of the Metropolitanate is the [[Protosyngellos|Chancellor]], [[Archimandrite]] [[Konstantinos (Tsilis)]], but is to be held by Metropolitan [[Nektarios (Tsilis)of Hong Kong]] who was consecrated on [[January 20]], 2008, after his relocation to Hong Kong later this yearand Southeast Asia.
:*The current administrator of the Metropolitanate is the [[Protosyngellos|Chancellor]], [[Archimandrite]] [[Konstantinos (Tsilis)]]
:*Rev Fr [[Nikitas (Mellios)]] is the vicar for the Philippines.
:*Archimandrite [[Jonah (Mourtos)]] is the sole OMHKSEA-affiliated priest in Taiwan.
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====Exarchate of Taiwan====
* [http://www.orthodox.com.tw/ Holy Trinity Orthodox Church] in Taiwan.* [http://flickr.com/photos/90309235@N00/116898662/in/set-72057594089294852/ Orthodox Christian Liturgy in Taipei, Pascha 2004] ====Exarchate of India==== * [http://www.psoc-cal.org/ Philanthropic Society of the Orthodox Church - Calcutta].* [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_india.html History of the Church in India].
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses|Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in China]]
[[fr:Métropole de Hong Kong et de l'Asie du Sud-Est]]
