Upon the recommendation of His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios, the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected the Very Rev. Christophoros Rakintzakis as titular Bishop of Andidon, which was a former Diocese of the Metropolis of Pergis in Asia Minor. His Grace Bishop Christophoros was consecrated Bishop at the Church of St. Nicholas in Scarborough, in a ceremony full of Byzantine majesty and beauty. Along with His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios, who presided at the consecration, the other ordaining Hierarchs who participated in the Consecration Liturgy were: His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Dardanellion and San Francisco; His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Ainos and Pittsburgh; His Grace Bishop Yurij of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada; and His Grace Bishop Vasileios of Trimythountos from the Church of Cyprus. His Grace Bishop Christophoros is much loved and respected, and has been enthusiastically received by all our people. Everyone is over-joyed and pleased at his elevation to Bishop, for he is well educated and a profoundly spiritual man, with a love for the services and liturgical tradition of our Church.