{"id":162,"date":"2025-06-09T22:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gomos.se\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:39:59","slug":"about-the-metropolis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gomos.se\/en\/about-the-metropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ae921cd2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d0fa141f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia is composed of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, and its see is based in Stockholm. It was established on August 12, 1969, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, through the issuing of a Patriarchal and Synodical Tome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metropolitan<\/strong>: His Eminence Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mailing Address of the Holy Metropolis:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-section-bg-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">His Eminence, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Birger Jarlsgatan 92, 114 20 Stockholm,  Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metropolitan\u2019s tel.<\/strong>: +46735303591.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metropolitan\u2019s e-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:metropolitancleopas@gmail.com\">metropolitancleopas@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metropolis e-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:metropolisofsweden@gmail.com\">metropolisofsweden@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropolisofsweden.se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">www.metropolisofsweden.se<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gomos.se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">www.gomos.se<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facebook page:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/metropolisofsweden1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Metropolisofsweden1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia is composed of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, and its see is based in Stockholm. 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