Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, promoted Abba Athanasius, Bishop of France, to the rank of Metropolitan, during a celebration in St. Mark Church in Klout Bai.
Abba Athanasius is a Dutch citizen who was ordained monk in St. Bishoy Monastery in 1974, and was ordained General Bishop in France on June 19, 1994.
