The Sacred Metropolis of Switzerland or Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Switzerland (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Ελβετίας) is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, founded on 2 October 1982, with its seat at Pregny-Chambésy, a commune in the canton of Geneva.
[1] Its territory includes the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein.
The first Greek immigrants arrived in Switzerland in the 18th century, but only until 1925 was the first church built in Lausanne.
In 1982 the Patriarch of Constantinople created the diocese of Switzerland, with its first bishop being Damaskinos Papandreou.
[2] The incumbent Metropolitan bishop is Maximos Pothos, who is also Director of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy[3] and President of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.