December 8, 2011: His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh blesses the faithful for the first time as their new father and shepherd at the conclusion of his Enthronement Service at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh.

December 8, 2011: His Eminence Metropolitan Savas receives his pastoral staff from His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America in the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos, former Metropolitan of Pittsburgh.