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Sophronios (Beshara) of Los Angeles

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Sofronios Bishara was born in Syria in 1888. He emigrated to the United States of America on [[November 26]], 1914, through Ellis Island after traveling from Broumana, in Turkish Lebanon, through Piraeus, Greece. After his arrival in the New World, Sofronios associated himself with the Syrian Orthodox mission of the [[OCA|Metropolia]] of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 1917, Sofronios was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] of the Syrian mission by [[Bishop]] [[Aftimios Ofiesh]] who earlier had been [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] an [[auxiliary bishop]] by [[Archbishop]] [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians|Evdokim (Meschersky)]], succeeding in the position of St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]]. After his ordination Fr. Sofronios was assigned, in 1918, to St. George's Church in Los Angeles.<ref>[[Russian Orthodox American Messenger|''American Orthodox Messenger'']], 1918.</ref>
On [[May 26]], 1928, [[Archimandrite]] Sofronios was consecrated the [[Bishop]] of Los Angeles by Archbishop Aftimios (Ofiesh), assisted by [[Metropolitan]] Elias of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and Bp. [[Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn|Emmanuel Abo-Hatab]] (Rizkallah Abouhatab) of the Syrian Orthodox mission of the Russian North American Diocese.<ref>(Abohatab; ''The Word'', March 1981, pp 5-10)</ref>
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