In 1998, he ceased his role in the Polish army. In January, due to an illness suffered by Metropolian Bazyli, the Holy Synod made Archbishop Sawa the Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan throne. On [[May 12]], 1998, the Holy Synod unanimously elected Archbishop Sawa as Archbishop of Warsaw, Metropolitan of All-Poland. The enthonement took place on [[May 31]], 1998.
==External link==
*[http://www.bialystok.telbank.pl/Orthodox/en/sawa.htm Biography] at the [http://www.bialystok.telbank.pl/Orthodox/en/info.htm Orthodoxy in Poland] website
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