Dominion/Jurisdiction in Africa). He consecrates and crowns archbishops, metropolitans and Bishops, and delegates several metropolitans and Bishops to enthrone them. He ordains archpriests, priests, archdeacons, deacons, sub-deacons, all minor orders, all ranks of monastics, elevates Bishops to the metropolitan, the archiepiscopal or the patriarchal dignity. He consecrates the Holy Myron. He also bestows the honor of the Great Schema upon the monastics who have achieved the highest degree of asceticism in monastic life or upon those who are to be ordained to the episcopal rank. He anoints, crowns and enthrones Orthodox Emperors and Empresses, Orthodox Kings and Queens. He also consecrates all Church buildings, altars, baptisteries, holy vessels and vestments. He has the First and the Highest Rank of the Episcopal Dignity of the Holy Apostolic Throne of Alexandria. He is the Primate of the second highest Apostolic Throne, in accordance with the Canon Laws of the Ecumenical Council of Nicea (325 AD), after Imperial Rome. The Throne of Alexandria later became third in rank, after the Imperial Cities of Rome and Constantinople, New Rome, in accordance with the Canon Laws of the Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (381AD). Metropolitan archbishops and metropolitan bishops Administrative title of the episcopal rank for a large diocese or eparchy, bestowed upon a diocesan bishop by the patriarch, in recognition for his long service in his diocese/eparchy. It can also be granted due to the extended size of a diocese or an eparchy (by becoming an archdiocese or an archeparchy,) thus forming or is considered as an ecclesiastical province, which requires its prelate to be elevated to the metropolitan /archiepiscopal dignity. The higher title of metropolitan bishop/metropolitan archbishop is granted to the bishop of the metropolis. He may oversee several suffragan bishops (to each his own diocese) within his province, auxiliary bishops (assistant to the hierarch) and/or chori-episcopoi, under his jurisdiction. The title of metropolitan archbishop is granted to the hierarch of the metropolis that has a historical dignity within the throne, and whose bishop ought to have the honorary dignity of a metropolitan archbishop, like metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem, All Palestine and Philadelphia of Jordan and patriarchal exarch of all the Near East and the metropolitan archbishop and patriarchal exarch of the Ancient Archdiocese of Pentapolis in (Cyrenaica), comprising the suffragan dioceses of: (Cyrene), (Appollonia),(Ptolemais), (Berenice) and (Arsinoe), who is also the metropolitan archbishop and patriarchal exarch of the Ancient Archdiocese