The Holy Metropolis of Switzerland, just two years after its establishment by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1982, during the tenure of its first Metropolitan, the late Damaskinos Papandreou, established an organization dedicated to philanthropy under the name “Pastoral and Philanthropic Foundation of the Metropolis of Switzerland of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.”
As its charter title indicates, the Foundation is directly and canonically dependent on the Metropolis of Switzerland of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
This year, the Foundation celebrates its…