Meeting on Wednesday 28th January in Heraklion, the Holy Synod of the Church of Crete elected two new metropolitans to fill the vacant seats in the Regional Units of Chania and Rethymnon. Titus Tabakakis, Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Petra and Hersonissos, is the new Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronas, and Ioachim Karandinos, Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Gortyna and Arkadia, is the new Metropolitan of Lampi, Syvritos and Sfakia.