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==History==
The migration of Christian Arabs from Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria to different parts of the Americas during the late nineteenth Century and early twentieth century brought the Orthodox Faith to Chile.
[[Image:Mons bio.jpg|right|thumb|200px|His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Sergios (Abad) of Santiago]]
In 1910, the first Orthodox Presbyteros priest arrives to in Chile from Syria. On [[October 24]], 1917, St. George Cathedral in Santiago was inaugurated as the first Orthodox temple church in Chile.
In 1978, His Beatitude Elias IV, Patriarch of Antioch visits Chile with a delegation of [[bishop]]s.
In 1984, Chile receives the visit of His Beatitude [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]], Patriarch of Antioch and a delegation of Orthodox bishops.
In 1996, after being a Patriarchal Vicariate since 1951, the Orthodox Church in Chile was raised to the level status of a MetropoliaMetropolis. His Eminence, the Most Reverend Eminence Sergios (Abad) was elected its first Metropolitan Archbishop.
==Current situation==
The Archdiocese now has six [[parish]]es, and which are served by seven [[priest]]s, four of whom have a degree in Theology. Services are conducted in Spanish, since most of the people that attend the church are Chilean citizens despite their Arab ancestry. There is also an increasing number of non-Arab Chileans who are joining Orthodoxy.
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