Metropolis of Sweden welcomed visiting computer science professors from Serres
Faculty members of Computer Science from Serres, Greece, attended the services at St. George’s Cathedral in Stockholm during their visit to Stockholm while attending the European program KA102, organized in the framework of the Erasmus + program for vocational training and development entitled “The development of robotics in connection with artificial intelligence ”Sunday, July 17, 2022.
Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia performed the divine liturgy in Chorostasia and before the end of the service he celebrated the sacrament of Christmas for two young native Swedes who had joined the Orthodox Christian faith. After giving a sermon to mark the occasion, he welcomed faculty members visiting from Greece.
Afterwards, at the Museum of Hellenic Christian Heritage, Metropolitan Cleopas personally welcomed the visiting professors; namely Savas Alexandridis, Georgios Albanis, Athanasia Vavaleka, Stefanos Karypidis, Apostolos Klonis, Vaios Kofitsas, Maria Malasidou, Stergiani Mantatzi, Efrosini Petridou, Christos Triantafillou, Philippos Hatzianastasiou and Konstantinos Christodoulou.
The Metropolitan informed its guests about the missionary work taking place in Scandinavia, the complete restoration of St. George’s Cathedral in Stockholm and its decoration with iconography, as well as his vision for the local church, the evangelization of the local population and the spread of the Orthodox Christian faith.
A constructive dialogue ensued, while the visiting faculty members received copies of publications released by the Holy Metropolis of Sweden, including the latest album that chronicled the patriarchal visit in 2019 to celebrate the Holy Metropolis’ centenary.