Metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Vice-moderator of the WCC central committee.
Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima
Professor of Orthodox Theology and Canon Law at various universities, he served as Deputy Director of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches from 1998 to 2006. He also held the roles of Co-Chair of the International Orthodox-Lutheran Theological Dialogue, Co-Secretary, and Member of the International Joint Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, as well as Co-Chair of the Orthodox-Methodist-Baptist Theological Preparatory Commission. Additionally, he served as a member of the Presidium and the Governing Council of the Conference of European Churches. Since 2002, he has been a member of both the Executive and Central Committees of the World Council of Churches. From 1983 to 1993, he was part of the Faith and Order Secretariat of the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
