Berkeley, CA — The Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (PAOI), a GTU affiliate, has announced the appointment of Metropolitan Tarasios of Rhodopolis, Primate and Exarch of Lazica, as its new director. PAOI exists to educate, communicate, promote, and sustain the traditions, values, teachings, and culture of Orthodox Christianity. As an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union, PAOI supports GTU MA and doctoral students pursuing studies in Orthodox Christian traditions. An inter-Orthodox endeavor that represent the diversity of Orthodox Christianity in America, PAOI also hosts academic...