Newly-elected Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros participates in a mass in Istanbul, Sunday, May 12, 2019. Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros has been selected as the new archbishop of America to replace Demetrios who stepped down earlier this month. in Istanbul. Elpidophoros, 52, was born in Istanbul in 1967 and from August of 2011 had served as the abbot of the Monastery of Holy Trinity in Halki. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)