The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened in Phanar, March 6-8, 2018, under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The members of the Holy and Sacred Synod for the six-month period March 1, 2018 to Aug. 31, 2018 are: Geron Metropolitan Athanasios of Chalcedon, Geron Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon, Geron Archbishop Demetrios of America, Metropolitans Panteleimon of Vryoulon, Gennadios of Italy and Meliti, Evangelos of New Jersey, Kyrillos of Rhodes, Amfilohios of Kissamos and Selinou, Amvrosios of Korea, Elpidoforos of Proussa, Arsenios of Austria, and Bartholomew of Smyrna.