In November, 1996, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate founded a new Metropolitanate (Archdiocese). The Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia. The new Metropolitanate was detached from the Orthodox Metropolitanate of New Zealand.
Under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong are all the Orthodox Communities, Parishes, Foundations and Philanthropic Projects in the following Countries:
S.A.R. Hong Kong, S.A.R. Macau, China, Taiwan R.O.C., Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Mongolia.
Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Timor, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afganistan.
In January, 2008, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate founded the new Metropolitanate of Singapore and South Asia. Under the spiritual jurisdiction of the new Metropolitanate are all the Orthodox Communities, Parishes, Foundations and Philanthropic Projects in the following Countries:
Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brunei, Timor, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
The First Orthodox Metropolitan of Singapore was elected by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 3rd, 2012 and was ordained by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on November 21st, 2012.
By establishing the Metropolitanate in Hong Kong, the Apostolic and Ecumenical Throne of Constantinople demontrated that the Great Mother Church of Constantinople lives and envisions the catholicity or universality of the Church, fulfilling the commnad of Christ to preach His message to all people.
The Metropolitanate of Hong Kong joins other Orthodox Dioceses throughout the world in uniting diverse and different people into a single family of faith.