Job Getcha
| Job of Telmessos | |
|---|---|
| formerly ruling Archbishop of the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe | |
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| Installed | December 5, 2013 |
| Term ended | November 28, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Gabriel of Comane |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 20, 2003 |
| Consecration | November 30, 2013 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Ihor Wladimir Getcha |
| Born |
31 January 1974 Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Alma mater | Brandon University |
Job of Telmessos (born Igor Wladimir Getcha, Russian: Игорь Владимирович Геча; January 31, 1974 in Montreal, Canada) is an Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who was elected to lead the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe in November 2013. His election was heavily influenced by the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, at the request of the Metropolitan Emmanuel of France. As a consequence, the election of Archbishop Job was achieved after two unknown names were placed on the ballot at a late stage in the election process, inducing the electors to vote for Job Getcha.
Biography
A Ukrainian Canadian, Ihor Getcha was educated at Collège Français (Montreal) and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. He studied theology at St. Andrew's College, Manitoba and the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, Paris from which he was awarded a doctorate, jointly with the Institut Catholique de Paris, in 2003.
On January 9, 2004, he was raised to hegumen, and on July 18 the same year, to archimandrite.
He has worked as a lecturer and professor of church history, liturgy and canon law at various academic institutions including St Sergius, of which he was dean from 2005 to 2007, the Institut Catholique, the University of Fribourg and, since 2009, the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy, Switzerland
Having been tonsured a monk and ordained deacon by Metropolitan Basil of Winnipeg of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Montreal in 1996, Getcha has served mostly in the exarchate. He was ordained priest by Archbishop Gabriel of Comane in 2003.
Criticism
Job Getcha’s tenure as archbishop was marked by deep divisions within the archdiocese concerning the manner in which he has discharged his pastoral responsibilities.
Removal from office by the Holy Synod
On 28 November 2015 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate removed Archbishop Job from the office of Exarch and appointed him as the Patriarchate's representative to the World Council of Churches at Geneva. He remains an Archbishop but does not have any further pastoral or administrative role in the Archdiocese he formerly had in his care.[1]
References
External links
- Curriculum vitae
- CONSECRATION AS A BISHOP OF ARCHIMANDRITE JOB (GETCHA) TO TAKE PLACE ON FEAST OF ST. ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED AT THE PHANAR
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