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DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL

On May 4, 2007 took place the dedication of St Simeon and prophetess Anna cathedral of Tallinn by Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn and all Estonia. He was surrounded by Metropolitan Mikhail of Austria, representing the Oecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, by Metropolitan Proterios of Ptolémaïs, representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria, by Metropolitan Pavlos of Sissania and Siatista, representing the Church of Greece, by Metropolitan John of Nicea (former primacy of the Church of Finland), by Bishop Arseni of Iohensu, representing the Church of Finland, by Archimandrite Kyprianos Milidonis, representing the Church of Cyprus, Igumen Stephanos Rinos and Father Ephrem Triantafilopoulos accompanied the representative of the Church of Greece. About thirty priests and deacons of the Orthodox Church of Estonia were also present.
Were present for the ceremony :
Mr. Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia, accompanied by the Minister of Interior Department, representatives of the diplomatic corps and in particular Germany which chairs the European Union, Russia and Greece. Around Mgr Andres Pöder, Lutheran archbishop, all the representatives of the Council of the Christian Churches of Estonia. Coming especially from Greece Archons of the Oecumenical See Mr Panayotis Korliras and George Aslanidis, surrounded Mr. Tõnis Rüütel, archon from Estonia. The representatives of the schools of theology of Estonia were also present at the ceremony. The iconostasis of the cathedral is the work of “XYLOGLYPTIKI” of Salonique.

The evening was held a reception in the Meriton Hotel of Tallinn. Two hundred people joined around Metropolitan Stephanos.

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