Metropolitan Elias Audi


Metropolitan Elias Audi is the current Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon. He was elected by the Holy Antiochian Council on 5 February 1980.
Elias Audi was born during 1941, in predominantly Eastern Orthodox village of Anfeh, El-Koura, north Lebanon. He has a B.A. in Philosophy Lebanon; he also has a B.A. in Theology.
In 1969, he was promoted to the priesthood. In 1979, he was elected Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut and appointed Patriarchal Vicar Lebanon.