Holy Synod Elects His Grace Bishop Gerasim (Eliel) as Bishop of Dallas and the South On Monday, November 2, 2026, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, canonically elected His Grace Bishop Gerasim (Eliel) as Bishop of Dallas and the South. In a letter informing the clergy of the Diocese of the South of the election, Metropolitan Tikhon directed that Bishop Gerasim be commemorated immediately as Bishop of Dallas and the South at all divine services, following the commemoration of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. The enthronement of Bishop Gerasim will take place on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Saint Seraphim Cathedral in Dallas, TX.