1. Metropolitan Methodios of Boston was born on George Tournas on November 19,1946 and is a metropolitan bishop and spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston.
13 Facts About Methodios Tournas
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Methodios Tournas graduated from the Greek Orthodox Cathedral Parochial School in New York City and the McBurney School in Manhattan.
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Methodios Tournas received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Hellenic College in Brookline in 1968 and the Bachelor of Divinity Degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in 1971.
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Metropolitan Methodios Tournas is a member of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States, served on the executive board of the National Council of Churches and is a member of the Massachusetts Commission on Christian Unity and the New England Consultation of Church Leaders.
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Methodios Tournas is listed in Who is Who in Religion, is a member of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas and serves on various other religious boards and organizations.
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Methodios Tournas was enthroned as the Bishop of Boston on April 8,1984, following his election to that post by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar, Constantinople, Turkey.
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In July 1989, Bishop Methodios Tournas assumed the presidency of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, a position he held until 1995.
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Methodios Tournas's see remained a diocese until December 2002.
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In 1986 Metropolitan Methodios Tournas established the Philoxenia House which offers hospitality to patients and those who accompany them who come to Boston for medical reasons and cannot afford to stay in hotels.
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Metropolitan Methodios Tournas is assisted by the Philoptochos Women and the faithful throughout the Metropolis in this ministry.
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Methodios Tournas has been awarded the "Good Neighbor" Award by the Mishkan Tefila Brotherhood in Chestnut Hill.
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In late July 2017, Methodios Tournas gained local media attention after firing longtime priest Father Nicholas Kastanas of the St Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington, Massachusetts.
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On October 8,2020, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that Metropolitan Methodios Tournas was suspended from his duties until Christmas 2020 on account of "canonical transgressions".