He came face to face with the enormous problem of the diminishing of the Greek flock of the Patriarchate in Egypt . He transferred the patriarchal See from the Holy Monastery of St Savv to the building of the Tositsas School in Alexandria , reorganized the Archdiocese of Alexandria and improved the infrastructure of the ecclesiastical institutions. He established the Metropolises of Good Hope ( Cape T ow n ) and Zimbabwe . He ordained the first three Africa n Orthodox Bishops. He fell asleep on 10th July 1986 in Russia , during an official visit.
