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NEW YORK � Following his Nov. 10-12 weekend pastoral journey to the Dio-cese of Detroit, Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew came to New York on Nov.13 to receive an award from one of thenation�s oldest environmental organiza-tions for his work in advocating Christianstewardship for the earth and its resources.

His All Holiness also met with clergyfrom the region and other parts of thenation and with Archdiocese staff, and at-tended the opening of the Jaharis Galler-

DETROIT�Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew successfully concluded hisfirst pastoral visit to the Diocese of Detroitthe weekend of Nov. 10-12.

The Ecumenical Patriarch�s 2½ daysin the area included visits to four commu-nities and two hospitals, a doxology and agreat vespers service, a youth rally, tree-planting ceremony.

He also attended breakfasts, lun-cheons and dinners with thousands offaithful, received nu-merous bouquets andheld young children inhis arms.

Throughout hisvisit, he expressed theMother Church�s loveand care toward thefaithful in America insome 15 speeches andaddresses.

It was a blessed andenlightening weekendfor the flock of the Dio-cese of Detroit who didnot have the opportunityto welcome His All Holi-ness during his 1997 Pa-triarchal visit in the U.S.

ArrivalHis All Holiness ar-

rived at Pontiac International Airport mid-afternoon of Friday, Nov. 10.

Archbishop Demetrios and the hosthierarch, Bishop Nicholas of Detroit,boarded the plane to welcome the Ecu-menical Patriarch.

Hierarchs of the Archdiocese, areapriests and a crowd of some 200, many ofwhom were children, warmly and enthu-siastically welcomed the Patriarch as heexited the aircraft.

Bishop Nicholas welcomed His AllHoliness and expressed the �thirst of hisflock to see and meet their EcumenicalPatriarch, the leader and pillar of Ortho-doxy all over the world.�

Millennium Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch BartholomewDetroit Faithful

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Archbishop Demetrios, in his welcom-ing remarks expressed the jubilation andspiritual uplifting felt by all the faithful inAmerica, especially those in the Dioceseof Detroit.

�We welcome you Your All Holiness,welcome to your people ... we welcomeyou not only as the Ecumenical Patriarchbut also as our father, as the pre-eminentleader of Orthodoxy.

�We also welcome the citizen of theworld who is ecumenical not only in titlebut also in substance, the man who is thelighthouse of Orthodoxy and radiates thelight of the Gospel.

Patriarch Makes One-Day Stop in New Yorkies for Byzantine Art at the MetropolitanMuseum of Art.

Archbishop Demetrios, who withBishop Nicholas welcomed the spiritualleader of 300 million Orthodox Christiansto Detroit, warmly greeted the Patriarchat Archdiocese headquarters early Nov. 13,where he presided over the Divine Liturgyfor the Feast Day of St. John Chrysostomin the Chapel of St. Paul.

Afterward, Patriarch Bartholomewaddressed the staff and attended a recep-

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HIS ALL HOLINESS addresses the thousands of faithful who congregated at the Compuware Arena in the suburbs of Detroit, for the Partiarchal Divine Liturgy.

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�Your people, your flock, hierarchs,priests, deacons, clergy and laity alikewelcome you with deep reverence, infi-nite love and respect and eagerly awaityour patriarchal blessing.�

His All Holiness, in greeting thecrowd, expressed the great joy of theMother Church toward the Church inAmerica for maintaining �the beautiful andredeeming traditions of our Orthodoxheritage... in which one can encounter allof the traditions, of the world.�

He continued, �We congratulate youfor protecting the sacred heritage of theOrthodox faith, which is a precious andpriceless treasure discovered by many,who turn to the Orthodox Church to gainwhat we have inherited from our fathers.�

Clergy ReceptionFollowing the Patriarch�s arrival, dio-

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cese clergy and their families greeted himat a welcome reception at St. GeorgeChurch in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

In his greeting to them, he acknowl-edged the importance and the difficultyof their ministry, given the circumstancesand the environment of this country.

He urged them to �sow more seed�in the hearts of the people so that more ofit can grow and reminded them of thenecessity for love and unity and Christianobedience and cooperation with theirBishop and Archbishop.

�Let us, all of us, united amongst usand with Christ, proclaim the Gospel oflove and our Orthodox faith, so that allour brothers can rejoice in the joy of ourLord, Jesus Christ.�

Leadership 100 DinnerLater that evening, members of Lead-

ership 100, who held board and execu-tive committee meetings coinciding withHis All Holiness�s visit, offered a dinner inhis honor.

In his remarks at the dinner, the Pa-triarch expressed his joy in finding theChurch in America and the omogeneia �inpeace and of the same mind around HisEminence Archbishop Demetrios.�

He further elaborated on the impor-tance of unity, which �does not precludethe free expression of the differences ofopinion, a necessary component in achiev-ing unity.�

His All Holiness expressed gratitudeto Leadership 100 for helping to ease the

Church�s fiscal problems, and for their loveand respect for the Mother Church.

He spoke at length of his apprecia-tion for Archbishop Iakovos� foresight andinitiative in establishing Leadership 100.

Youth Rally and BreakfastOn Nov. 11, more than 1,200 young

people welcomed the Patriarch at a break-fast at Sts. Constantine and Helen Churchin Westland, Mich.

The enthusiasm and the apparent loveof the young generation energized thePatriarch and all those present.

Groups of young boys and girls of-fered a program of traditional dancing forthe Patriarch, who enjoyed every moment,interacted with many young people andrevered the moments he lifted young chil-dren and babies in his arms.

In his address to the group, PatriarchBartholomew said that �true joy is a giftfrom the Lord to those who have a cleanheart� and that is why children who havea clean and pure heart are able to be illu-minated with joy and radiate the joy of

Christ to others.

DoxologyShortly before noon the Ecumenical

Patriarch arrived at the Annunciation Ca-thedral in a downtown section of Detroitknown as �Greek Town,� where he pre-sided over a doxology of welcome andthanksgiving.

Several area religious and civic lead-ers attended, including Michigan�s lieuten-ant governor, Richard Posthumus, Con-gressman and Mrs. David Bonior, headsof various SCOBA jurisdictions and otherChurch leaders.

Adam Cardinal Maida of the RomanCatholic Archdiocese of Detroit presentedHis All Holiness with a large three-paneledByzantine icon.

The Patriarch, in his address to thecongregation, referred to the MotherChurch�s mission to spread and commu-

nicate the message of Christ�s Gospel toall peoples.

In this mission he said, the role of allOrthodox Christians, and in particularthose in this country, is very importantbecause their example and lives can eitherattract and appeal to, or repel others.

�Let your light so shine before men,that they may see your good works, andglorify your Father which is in heaven.�(Matthew 5:16)

He further elaborated and said that:��this country which is willing and eagerto try every new teaching, every new theoryand every new faith, is awaiting from youthe genuine orthodox life, as a prototype(as a model) which she�s ready to try.�

Archon�s Ecumenical LuncheonImmediately following the doxology

the Archon�s of the Order of St. Andrewhosted a luncheon at the Detroit AthleticClub, paying tribute to the EcumenicalPatriarch.

Dr. Anthony Limberakis, the Order�snational commander, in his address to theparticipants pledged that: �� our diakoniain the service of our Lord and Savior notonly includes our sacred mission as Defend-ers of the Faith, but also the role as facilita-tors of unity through love and forgiveness.�

The Archon�s presented the Patriarchwith a symbolic Boehm Porcelain Globeentitled Millennium Global Peace as anexpression of the universality of Ortho-doxy and the dynamism of His All Holi-ness in the pursuit of the EcumenicalPatriarchate�s worldwide mission: Spiri-tual revival, Orthodox unity, Christian rec-

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MORE than 200 assembled in a hangar at Pontiac airport to welcome Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew as he arrived for his first pastoral visit to the Diocese of Detroit.

PATRIARCH Bartholomew plants a tree in Detroit’s Celebration park

THE ARCHONS of the Ecumenical Patriarchate presented the Patriarch with a symbolic giftentitled Millennium Global Peace.

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Environmental Group Presents Award to His All Holiness

NEW YORK � Since 1989, when Pa-triarch Demetrios designated Sept. 1 as aDay of Prayer for the Environment, theEcumenical Patriarchate has been at theforefront of concern for humanity�s stew-ardship over the earth and its resources.

From his accession to the patriarchalthrone in 1991 to the present day, Ecu-menical Patriarch Bartholomew has takenthe lead among religious leaders in rais-ing the consciousness of people aroundthe world about the importance of caringfor the environment.

The �Green Patriarch� as he is knownin Europe, made the issue a cornerstoneof his month-long tour of the U.S. in 1997.

He has sponsored dialogues and sym-posia to promote his concerns on the eco-logical dangers in Eastern Europe, theDanube and the Black Sea, as well as todiscuss the need to bring moral and spiri-tual forces around the world to strengthenstewardship of the environment.

Following his Nov. 10-12 weekendvisit to the Detroit Diocese, EcumenicalPatriarch Bartholomew traveled to NewYork to receive an award for his effortsfrom one of this nation�s oldest environ-mental groups.

Scenic Hudson Inc., a Poughkeepsie-based nonprofit organization founded 36years ago to protect the Hudson River Val-ley, presented His All Holiness with itsInternational Visionary Award for Environ-mental Achievement at a luncheon at theManhattan Club attended by nearly 200,including Gov. George Pataki and WilliamK. Reilly, former head of the United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency.

Ned Sullivan, executive director ofScenic Hudson who presented the award,referred to the Patriarch �a man of actionin the world who encourages dialogueamong scientific, environmental and lo-cal communities to strengthen interna-tional environmental stewardship. TheEcumenical Patriarch is dedicated to rais-ing awareness about the critical threats tothe waters of the world and his work isinspiring � we are honored to be pre-senting such a great leader with our inter-national award.�

Both Gov. Pataki and Mr. Reilly, who

also is a former president of the WorldWildlife Fund, praised the work of His AllHoliness in marshaling the spiritual valuethat religion can provide to inspire posi-tive action in protecting the environment.

In his address during the luncheon,Patriarch Bartholomew noted that �Formany years, the Orthodox ecumenicalThrone has devoted itself to the service ofthe protection of the environment. Withgreat interest and sincere anxiety, we havefollowed the efforts to address the destruc-tive side effects of humanity upon theworld of nature �With much fear we re-alize the dangerous consequences of hu-man apathy concerning the survival ofCreation, including the survival of human-kind itself.

�It is for this reason that I accept thisaward in the name of my illustrious pre-decessor, Patriarch Dimitrios. He is theone who invited the entire world to offer,together with the Holy Great Church ofChrist, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, prayerof thanksgiving, but also of petition regard-ing the protection of God�s gift of Cre-ation.�

The Patriarch also said that humanity�s�refusal to face life and the world as God�sgift� lies at the root of pollution and itssin against the world.

�Unfortunately, humanity has becomeintoxicated by its technological possibili-ties and behaves tyrannically toward theenvironment� Avarice and excessive ex-ploitation, with no regard for their conse-quences, are a usual phenomenon.�

He called upon society to consider theOrthodox approach to ascetical life, whichhe said is �not an escape from society andthe world, but a way of self-sufficient so-cial life and behavior, which leads to thereasonable use and not the abuse of ma-terial goods.�

The patriarch said the opposite view�leads to consumerism, excessive drawingfrom the productive ecosystem, reversalof its balance, its destruction, and, in thelong run, inability to survive and thus de-stroys the environment of our fellow hu-man beings.

He called upon humanity to repentover past mistakes regarding the environ-ment.�

After receiving the award, PatriarchBartholomew presented Scenic Hudsonofficials with a hand-painted parchmentby a monk from Mount Athos depictingthe Garden of Eden inscribed with God�scharge to Adam and Eve to �work and keepthe garden,� in producing material goods,but keeping its integrity.

onciliation, interfaith tolerance and coex-istence, protection of the environment anda world united in peace, justice, solidarityand love.

Patriarch Bartholomew spoke ofdiakonia as a basic characteristic and qual-ity of every Christian and as the core valueof the Archons.

Tree Dedication and Hospital VisitEarly in the afternoon, amidst very chilly

temperatures, a few dozen school age chil-dren and city officials warmly welcomed theEcumenical Patriarch at Celebration Park,across from Detroit Children�s Hospital.

The Patriarch participated in a shortceremony, organized and funded by GOYAin conjunction with the Greening of De-troit Organization, where he dedicated agrove of trees, planted one and entrustedthe youth present to care for it. He prom-ised to return and check on it.

The planting not only commemoratedthe patriarchal visit but also initiated the De-troit Greek Orthodox Diocese�s participationin the city�s 300th anniversary next year.

Afterward, Patriarch Bartholomew vis-ited nearby Children�s Hospital, where hespent time with young patients, offeringhis paternal blessings, prayers and encour-agement.

Great VespersSt. John Church in Sterling Heights,

Mich. was filled to capacity for the Satur-day evening Great Vespers, with partici-pation by the Patriarch, accompanied byArchbishop Demetrios, Bishop Nicholas ofDetroit and the other Archdiocese hier-archs, and Metropolitans Meliton of Phila-delphia and Chrysostom of Myron of theEcumenical Patriarchate.

Using the vespers as an example ofpreparation for the next morning�s DivineLiturgy, and the example of St. John theBaptist who prepared the way for JesusChrist, His All Holiness centered his hom-ily on the importance of spiritual prepa-ration, and cleansing of the soul so thefaithful can accept Christ and the love thatHe offers in their hearts.

Grand BanquetThat evening, a grand banquet the

Ecumenical Patriarch�s honor took placeat St. Nicholas Church in Troy, Mich.

Bishop Nicholas, in his welcomingremarks, reported that faithful from allseven states of the Diocese were presentat the dinner, including as far as Arkan-sas, the most distant state.

�These people,� His Grace empha-sized, �are grateful as they feel the careand love and the guidance of the Ecumeni-cal Patriarchate. In the person of the Ecu-menical Patriarch Bartholomew,� thebishop continued, �we see the continua-tion of the long and glorious history ofour Church; we come face to face with thefathers and the saints of the great Churchof Constantinople.�

The program also included greetingsby Cyprus ambassador to the U.S., EratoKozakou-Markoulis, and the Consul Generalof Greece in Chicago, Gabriel Koptsidis.

Archbishop Demetrios called the oc-casion a �dinner and a night of love� andhe summarized the feelings of people ofthe Diocese, feelings of amazement andthankfulness to God for the presence ofHis All Holiness, a presence which theArchbishop felt �was energizing and revi-talizing to the people.�

The Archbishop, expressing histhoughts on the ecumenical aspect of thePatriarch, said the term is the Patriarch�sbasic apostolic identity and who, true to

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DETROIT VISIT

GARRISON, N.Y. - Hall of Fame sports-caster and Fox Sports NFL analyst PatSummerall recently visited the campus ofSt. Basil Academy to host a new promo-tional videotape being produced by GreekOrthodox Telecommunications(GOTelecom), the television ministry ofthe Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in asso-ciation with St. Basil Academy. The pro-gram is titled �St. Basil Academy: A Legacyof Changed Lives.�

The weeklong taping, which beganSept. 18, features stylized filming and vid-eotaping of archival photos, campus pho-tography, interviews with staff and volun-teers and video footage of day-to-day ac-tivities. The highlight of the video is theone-on-one interviews with the childrenof St. Basil Academy, who candidly expresstheir feelings about this program.

In contacting Pat Summerall to hostthe video, producer Nicholas J. Furris ex-plained who St. Basil is and what he of-fered to the lives of children everywhere.St. Basil Academy is an institution that ful-fills his ministry. Mr. Summerall expressedgratitude in having the opportunity to visitthe campus and offer his talents to help.

Fr. Constantine Sitaras, executive di-

FR. SITARAS looks on as the GOTelecom crew and Pat Summerall prepare to tape the presentationon St. Basil Academy.

St. Basil Academy, GOTelecom Produce Videotape

rector of St. Basil�s, in commenting aboutthe purpose of the video, stated, �Christis among us. He works in all ways and Heis here on this campus. We hope and praythat this video will help inform our faith-ful about the Academy and describe to

them our future goals for expanding thecampus to include a retreat center whereOrthodox Christians can gather in a peace-ful, God-centered atmosphere.�

For more information about St. BasilAcademy call 845-424-3500.

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HIS ALL Holiness with luncheon Chairman Marjorie Hart, William Reilly, former EPA director; andScenic Hudson Executive Director Ned Sullivan.

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. � Delegatesfrom parishes of the New York Archdio-cese District elected new representativesto the Archdiocesan and District Councilsat their annual Clergy-Laity Assembly.

The participants, who came from asfar as Schenectady, N.Y., and Hartford,Conn., also heard several parish ministryand archdiocesan ministry reports.

In his opening comments to the As-sembly, Archbishop Demetrios remindedthe delegates about four characteristics ofthe Church taught in the Book of Acts.

He listed the teaching of the Apostlesas the adherence to the truth; koinonia,the attribute of being together in fellow-ship; the Church as a eucharistic commu-nity offering worship to God; and adher-ence to prayers as an orientation and con-nection to God on a daily basis.

His Eminence said, �No matter howclose we are (to these characteristics) thereis always room for improvement. We needto focus on these things and not get loston things that divert our attention.�

The Archbishop said the meeting pre-sented an opportunity to develop thesense of a larger community, rather thanbe parish-centered, and to work in har-mony as a Church. �We are called at theend of our work to say that today we havebeen the Church At Work, in action, ingrowing, in producing.�

He urged a greater effort in develop-ing youth programs through the manyparochial schools of the diocese, citing thegreat success of the annual San FranciscoDiocese dance festival in drawing largenumbers of the region�s youth. He calledfor similar programs in the diocese, includ-ing music festivals and athletic events, andfamily development programs.

His Eminence also encouraged in-creased worshiping possibilities such as feastday vespers. �It helps to increase unity,� hesaid. �It is very gratifying to see 25 prieststaking part in a service.�

ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS leads opening prayer for Clergy-Laity Assembly

Archdiocese District Holds Clergy-Laity Assembly

Fr. Karambis� report brought a re-sponse from Georgia Lambrinos, parishcouncil president of St. George Church inSchenectady, who expressed the senti-ments of many smaller communities. Ms.Lambrinos said diminishing membershipsat smaller parishes translate to decreasingrevenue. �We can�t afford total commit-ment,� she said, noting that a high per-centage of her church�s parishioners areolder. She invited Archdiocese officials tovisit her parish to help increase supportfor the Church�s programs. �We are verypositive about the Archdiocese,� shesaid� �We would like to see a visit as soonas possible. We desperately need you forour church not only to stay open, but alsoto encourage our youth.�

Ms. Lambrinos� comments promptedArchbishop Demetrios at the end of themeeting to encourage parishes to charterbuses to visit the Schenectady parish as agesture of unity and fellowship.

�Go to Schenectady, or to any parishto enlarge the scope of our connection ofour family of Orthodox in this country,�he said. �We are so blessed.�

St. Michael�s HomeFr. Andonios Paropoulos, the direc-

tor, called St. Michael�s �one of more vi-able institutions� of the Church, but thatit is seen as primarily a New York institu-tion, although several residents come fromstates as far as Illinois

He said the institution is self-sufficient,never having received a subsidy from theArchdiocese, and has a waiting list of six.

But the problem it faces is the limit onthe level of care it can give the elderly. St.Michael�s is licensed as an adult home andcan house only those who are able to carefor themselves, unlike a nursing home.

�Last year we transferred 12 to nurs-ing homes,� he said. �This year we havetransferred 14. It can be a very traumaticexperience for them. The residents haveall their lives worked for the Church. It�sonly fitting their last years on this earthshould be in a church environment.�

Fr. Paropoulos said he hopes the Homecan eventually offer 150-175 beds, with dif-ferent levels of care so residents can bemoved to different sections as their needsfor additional care increase. �Most don�twant to live with their children, they wantsome degree of independence,� he said.

Fr. George Stavropoulos, pastor ofHoly Trinity Church in Hicksville, com-mented, �the greatest need today is for thisage � the old people.�

Greek EducationActing Director Maria Makedon re-

ported that a new parochial school, St.Nicholas School-in San Francisco hasjoined the Archdiocese school system, butthat two other schools closed due to de-

clining enrollment.She also said her department is com-

pleting a nationwide study on the needfor Greek teachers

Discussion focused on declining en-rollments and shrinking financial support.

�We need to focus attention onsources of funding for �paideia,� said Fr.James Kalogrides, pastor of St. NicholasChurch in West Babylon, N.Y.

�Families leave communities and thereare fewer children,� said Ms. Makedon. �Wemust open our programs to non-Greekchildren to sustain our schools.�

But one delegate, speaking in Greek,said it would be �a big mistake to the opendoors to anyone who is not Greek. �Theymust be Greek Orthodox,� he said.

Another man, from Jamaica, N.Y., sug-gested combining parochial schools inQueens. �With 500 children, you can payteachers better and have stronger pro-grams.�

�The whole topic is very, very impor-tant and represents a chronic situation,�said Archbishop Demetrios. �This was al-ways the case, as if it was a malaise.

�We are trying to deal with the thing asseriously as possible; a few basic decisionssoon,� he added. �Theoretically, we shouldbe in a position to be self-supporting, weshould have whole system in place. Objec-tively it�s unthinkable that we are still strug-gling with this kind of paideia program.�

His Eminence also noted that theRassias Project undertaken in 1998 �hasnot been forgotten,� but it presented as-pects �that didn�t work in past,� and otherprovisions �that have to be correlated toother conditions not yet in place.�

Youth MinistryArchdiocese District Youth Director

George Hazlaris told the Assembly thereis a need for increased Christian educa-tion among the youth, saying it is �thebottom core of where we need to focus.

�We need to follow through at theparish level,� he said. �There is an amaz-ing amount of children in basketballleagues; but we�re not selecting coachesand people to work with youth in a propermanner.�

He continued, �We need to teachpeople how to minister, focus on the gos-pel; train youth workers how to be youthworkers. Our youth don�t relate to thechurch liturgically; the liturgical experi-ence is not conveyed to our kids. It is notenough to preach about drugs and alco-holism. In practice our kids aren�t there.We have to radically do something tochange the way our kids think about theliturgy.�

Interfaith MarriageDirector Fr. Charles Joanides reported

that a manual for clergy and lay leaderson interfaith marriage issues has beencompleted. The manual is the result of hisresearch over the past two years into theGreek Orthodox experience in America.

Fr. Joanides also noted he receives alarge amount of feedback through theInternet and chat rooms. He said manyfamilies and spouses find their needs havebeen neglected and that people told him�they feel like outsiders, marginalized.�

St. Basil AcademyDirector Fr. Costa Sitaras-said current

enrollment is 29 students and discussedchallenges he faces in providing a properenvironment for the children to achievetheir potential. Several come from otherparts of the country, including nine fromIllinois.

He also said efforts to establish a re-treat center at St. Basil�s are succeedingwith more than 6,300 people visiting theAcademy since January; 25 percent ofthem from other parts of the United States.

Elected representativesThe following were elected to the

Archdiocesan Council and District Council:Archdiocesan Council: Fr. James

Moskovites of Annunciation Church, Man-hattan, Dr. Anthony Harovas of Manhat-tan and Bill Kallinikos of St. Paul Cathe-dral, Hempstead.

Diocesan council (11 lay members) �Paul Pavlou, Assumption, Danbury, Conn;Eleni Jiavares, St. Spyridon, Manhattan; Dr.Leo Haralampidis, St. George Cathedral,Hartford; Stephen Cherpelis, St. Nicholas,Flushing, N.Y; Georgia Lambrinos, St.George, Schenectady; Dean Mihaltses,Church of Resurrection, Glen Cove, N.Y;Helen Kohilakis, St. John, Blue Point, N.Y;Demetra Kean, Holy Trinity, New Rochelle,Chris Papachristos, Holy Trinity, Bridge-port, Conn; Demetrios Hartofilis, St.Demetrios, Astoria, N.Y; and Michael Marks,Church of Our Savior, Rye, N.Y.

Chancellor�s reportThe Very Rev. Savas Zembillas noted

that 22 ordinations have taken place in thelast 14 months. One priest was assignedto the Archdiocese District.

The District has 67 communitiesserved by 74 priests.

One issue of concern is the changingdemographics of some Manhattan chur-ches. �Some parishes are fading away. Theaverage age in some is distressingly highand many people largely have moved outto Long Island or Connecticut.

The chancellor also noted he is pay-ing regular visits to the Holy Cross Schoolof Theology campus to encourage semi-narians to serve in the district once theyare ordained.

Administration and FinanceExecutive Director of Administration

Jerry Dimitriou said the Archdiocese hada debt at the end of last year of more than$5 million, but that with nearly $3 millionraised and savings through staff reductionsof $1.3 million, the deficit should be elimi-nated early next year.

He also said significant cost cuttinghas resulted �through the use of enhancedtechnology.� With a major computer up-grade completed, Mr. Dimitriou said thegoal is to distribute information electroni-cally throughout the Archdiocese. �We�relooking for additional funding to put acomputer in every parish that doesn�t haveone,� he added.

StewardshipThe Very Rev. Gabriel Karambis, di-

rector of the Archdiocese stewardship of-fice said total giving through stewardshipis about $730,000 above last year�samount, but that a number of parisheshave difficulty meeting their 15 percentassessment to the national Church.

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ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS sets a spiritual tone for the Leadership dinner as he discusses theimportance of the organization to the mission of the Church.

DINNER CO-HOST Michael Jaharis welcomes guests and highlights the endowment fund’ssupport for various ministries of the Archdiocese.

NEW YORK � The Archbishop Iako-vos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund�sefforts to increase membership took a gi-ant leap Oct. 10 with the Archdiocese Dis-trict recruitment dinner hosted by MichaelJaharis and Peter Dion.

�The New York Archdiocese Districtdinner resulted in a record number of newmembers, said Leadership 100 NationalChairman Arthur Anton of Boston.

L-100’s Archdiocese District Dinner Sets Recordbership is a sign of a blessing from God.�

Observing that the dinner location ofthe Daniel restaurant, one of the city�s fourtop-rated eateries, he drew a comparisonwith Daniel, one of the four major proph-ets of the Old Testament, who describedthe vision of the Son of Man coming inthe clouds, the first reference to one ofChrist�s titles.

�God became one of us, living basi-

Thirteen new members joined the or-ganization and seven others completed theircommitment, bringing the total number ofmembers to 52, the most of any diocese.

�New York has recruited more mem-bers in the past 10 years than in the previ-ous 10 years,� Millennium MembershipDrive Chairman Stephen Yeonas said, add-ing, �The real importance of thecampaign�s success is due to the efforts ofPeter Dion, Michael Jaharis and their NewYork co-Chairman John Catsimatidis.�

Mr. Yeonas also said the additionalmembers will �make it possible for Lead-ership to provide grants of more than $3million a year.�

At the dinner, which included severalpresent Leadership 100 members, co-hostMichael Jaharis noted in welcoming remarksthat Archbishop Demetrios �has made itpossible for Leadership 100 to grow.�

Mr. Jaharis also praised the endow-ment fund�s director, Fr. Alex Karloutsosfor �his unique ability and great support-ing staff.�

In his comments, the Archbishopthanked the endowment fund�s membersfor their �very personal sacrifice and saidthe �dramatic, astonishing increase in mem-

cally by serving, said Archbishop De-metrios. �What better quality for Leader-ship 100 members as those who serve.�

The Archbishop cited two recent ex-amples of Leadership 100�s providing sup-port for Church ministries � a $175,000grant to create the Department of Inter-faith Marriage and the $10 million schol-arship offering to students of HellenicCollege-Holy Cross School of Theology,to enable qualified seminarians to studywithout the burden of student loans. HisEminence added, �If we had the meanswe could have at least double the num-ber of priests.�

His Eminence also thanked Messers.Dion and Jaharis for their sponsorship ofthe dinner. �You treated us like royalty,�he said, �but we shouldn�t forget we arethe royal priesthood.�

In concluding remarks, Mr. Jaharisthanked the Archbishop for the enthusiasmhe has generated for Leadership 100, �Yourealize the potential that exists, he said.�

Among new members at the dinnerwho joined Leadership 100 were Deanand Steven Kyriakos, sons of retired priestFr. Peter Kyriakos, former pastor of HolyTrinity Church in New Rochelle, N.Y.

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BALTIMORE (IOCC) - Victims of thecrisis that began two months ago in theHoly Land have begun receiving emer-gency assistance through a project an-nounced by International Orthodox Chris-tian Charities (IOCC).

IOCC has delivered emergency medi-cal supplies, food and other relief aid val-ued at $20,000 to children and familiesaffected by the turmoil in East Jerusalem,Ramallah, the West Bank and Gaza.

More than 1,500 people will benefitfrom the emergency supplies that will bedistributed through seven hospitals andcommunity organizations.

More than 3,600 people have been in-jured in hostilities that began in September.

Many of the injuries, according toIOCC Jerusalem representative Nora Kort,have resulted in head, neck and chesttrauma.

Tragically, many of the injuries haveresulted in permanent disabilities, she re-ports.

The St. John Ophthalmic Hospital inJerusalem, which has seen patients seek-ing treatment for eye injuries, is one ofthe institutions that will receive assistancefrom the IOCC project.

In addition to those injured, the dis-turbances have begun to exact an eco-nomic toll on the population, with manyIsraeli and Palestinian businesses forcedto close and tourism, a mainstay of theeconomy, dramatically curtailed.

The fighting has also come during theannual olive harvest that is a central cashcrop for many Palestinian towns and vil-lages. Even if efforts to restore the peaceare successful, with the violence prevent-

IOCC Emergency Response to Victims in Israelby Mark Hodde ing many Palestinians from harvesting the

olive crop, the effects of the skirmishes aresure to be felt for months if not years ahead.

To this end, IOCC will also work withpartners in the region to provide directassistance to families and the elderly whohave been adversely affected and are inneed of assistance. Emergency provisionof food, personal care items and medicalsupplies will be distributed in the WestBank.

IOCC is appealing for donations toprovide emergency medical supplies, foodand other relief aid. To make a contribu-tion, visit the IOCC website atwww.iocc.org or call toll-free (877) 8034622. Gifts to the �Holy Land Crisis ReliefProject� may also be sent to IOCC, P.O.Box 630225, Baltimore, MD 21263-0225.

IOCC, the relief and developmentorganization of Orthodox Christiansworldwide, began working in Jerusalemand the West Bank in 1997. In addition tothe emergency relief effort, IOCC imple-ments projects in education, computertraining, small-enterprise developmentand the rehabilitation of schools in EastJerusalem and the West Bank.

Despite difficult working conditionsand restricted travel, IOCC staff continuesto implement the school rehabilitation andtraining projects.

IOCC is an implementing partner ofAction By Churches Together, an alliance ofchurches and relief agencies responding toemergencies in more than 50 countries.

Contact Mark Hodde at InternationalOrthodox Christian Charities, 711 W. 40thStreet, Suite 306, Baltimore, MD 21211;Tel: (410) 243 9820; Fax: (410) 243 9824;E-mail: publicrelations@iocc.org

Nine members of a multi-denomina-tional Christian medical outreach de-parted for Kampala, Uganda, organized byDr. James Lacey.

Consisting of three physicians, a nursepractitioner, a physician assistant, a nurse,two pre-medical students and one kinder-garten teacher, we met the last memberof our team -� one more physician � atthe Namungoona Orthodox Compound.

Metropolitan Jonah of the AfricanOrthodox Church graciously received ourteam and we settled into our home for thenext two weeks. (I do not use the term�home� loosely. As a member of the �96Kenya team, returning to Africa did feellike coming home.)

We had a lot of work ahead of us.Forty boxes of donated medical supplieshad to be sorted and repacked so that ourgroup of 10 could divide into two teamsof five. Thanks to the help of people fromthe local community and a group of Greekmissionaries, we were ready to start workat the Namungoona Orthodox Hospitalthe next day.

Two days at the hospital resulted intreating approximately 200 patients andperforming seven minor surgeries. Nev-ertheless, it was the start of the learningprocess for our American medical team onhow to cope with very limited medicinesand equipment � quite a difference fromthe States.

These flexible attitudes and thoughtprocesses had to continue and grow as weheaded to the outlying communities. As amedical professional, one learns to diag-

Medical Team Helps Orthodox in Ugandaby Lori Gaydosh nose and treat. But when you have no lab

to help make a diagnosis and an incom-plete pharmacy for treatment, you mustrely on your God-given talents.

Facing rampant diseases such as AIDSand malaria was frustrating, but �less com-plicated� problems such as diabetes andheart disease were even more frustratingsince there could be no long term followup. Although these problems could betreated back in the States, a caring smile andprayer were sometimes all we could do.

The caring smiles and prayer were notjust for the patients. Our team learned tobe supportive of each other. The lines ofpeople waiting to receive care neverseemed to end.

The reality of the situation hit us thehardest when we left behind more than200 because we ran out of time and medi-cine. We heard the Metropolitan quietlysay, �I�m sorry my brothers and sisters� aswe drove away from the village. In lessthan two weeks we had seen 1,600 pa-tients.

Some members of our team stayed fortwo more weeks and were joined by addi-tional medical personnel. More medicinewas being purchased and different villageswould be visited.

In all, the OCMC Medical Outreachin Uganda was able to see over 2,800 totalpatients. As medical professionals -� andmost importantly, as Christians -� we laidaside our religious, racial and ethnic dif-ferences and helped one another. I praythere are many more teams to come.

Lori Gaydosh is a physician�s assistantfrom Aspinwall, Pa., and a participant ofnumerous short-term teams.

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ST. BASIL ACADEMY

GARRISON, N.Y. �A team of 22 highschool youth representing 12 ChicagoDiocese parishes recently traveled to St.Basil Academy to initiate what they hopeto be an annual Diocese youth service trip.

�Team members were responsible forraising their money and sharing the mis-sion of the service trip to their communi-

CHICAGO GOYANS at St. Basil Academy

Chicago Diocese Youth Minister to St. Basil Academy

CLERGY U P D A T EAssignments:Rev. Presbyter Paul Bebis,-to St.

Nicholas, Enfield, Conn., 10/09/2000Rev. Presbyter Gregory Coo, to An-

nunciation Church, Sacramento, Calif.(assistant), 10/15/00

Rev. Economos Michael Kouremetis,to St. George Cathedral, Manchester,N.H., 11/01/00

Rev. Presbyter James W. Kordaris, toArchangel Michael Church, RoslynHeights, N.Y., 6/01/00

Rev. Presbyter Constantine Simeo-nides, to Tarpon Springs, Fla. (assistant),11/01/00

Rev. Presbyter James Tsoulos, to St.George Church, De Kalb, Ill., 11/01/00

Ordinationsto the Deaconate:Adam Metropoulos, by Metropolitan

Methodios, at St. George Church, Lynn,Mass., 10/01/2000

Nicholas Andrews, by MetropolitanAnthony, at St. John the Baptist Church,Las Vegas, Nevada, 08/20/00

to Priesthood:Deacon Paul Bebis, by Metropolitan

Methodios, at Holy Trinity Church, Nor-wich, Conn., 10/08/00

Deacon Nicholas Andrews, by Arch-bishop Demetrios, at Annunciation Ca-thedral, Houston, 09/24/00

Dn. Constantine Simeonides, byMetropolitan Maximos, St. Paul Church,N. Royalton, Ohio, 08/06/00

Retired Priests:Rev. Protopresbyter Gerasimos

Rassias, Holy Trinity Church, Wilming-ton, Del., 07/01/00

Very Rev. Archimandrite Stephen N.Mazaris, Holy Trinity Church, Canton,Ohio, 10/18/00

Rev. Protopresbyter Demetrios N.Treantafeles, St. Nektarios Church, Pa-latine, Ill., 11/01/00

Deceased Priests:Rev. Presbyter Constantine And-

reou, (retired priest), d. 09/28/00Rev. Protopresbyter George T.

Scoulas, Sts. Peter & Paul, Glenview, Ill.,10/18/00

New Parishes:Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & IreneGreek Orthodox ChurchP.O. Box 588Cumming, Ga. 30045

St. Silouan the AthoniteGreek Orthodox MissionP.O. Box 247Walla Walla, Wash. 99362Phone No. (509) 529-0306

ties,� said Diocese Youth Director AndrewGeorgana. The Goyans raised more than$20,000 to make the trip.

Fr. Constantine Sitaras welcomed thevisitors to campus upon their arrival onAug. 1.

The group completed projects thatincluded painting the chapel exterior, or-ganizing and cleaning the administrationbuilding attic, collecting many bags ofclothing for brethren in need, cleaningrooms and closets and other tasks.

Fr. Costa commented, �The Academywas blessed with the enthusiasm of thisgroup, who helped us complete somelong-awaited chores.�

Mr. Georganas added, �seeing theteam come together in a spirit of serviceto the Lord was a true joy.�

Participants on this project stayed inthe AHEPA dormitories on campus, whichwere recently refurbished to accommo-date a growing number of overnightguests, visitors and retreatants at the Acad-emy. In addition to the service offerings,these Chicago youth participated in

by Clio D. Nikolakis

Paraklesis services and five group discus-sions, in order for the team to �expresstheir faith to each other, learn more aboutGreek Orthodoxy, and themselves. Thesesessions allowed them to come closer toGod and each other,� noted Mr.Georganas.

For these youth, the trip was not allwork as they made several day trips intoNew York City, where they visited the Arch-diocese and tourist spots including theStatue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the WorldTrade Center, Radio City, NBC Studios,Times Square and Yankee Stadium.

The trip concluded with Sunday Lit-urgy at Church of Our Savior, in Rye, N.Y.

ORTHODOX OBSERVER NOVEMBER 2000PAGE 8 newsDIOCESEIllinois Parish Honors

Priest of 40 YearsPALOS HILLS, Ill. � Sts.

Constantine and Helen Church cel-ebrated 40 years service by its pas-tor, Fr. Byron Papanikolaou with hisbeloved Presbytera Xanthipe, Oct. 15.

The Divine Liturgy was followedby a tribute to Fr. Byron by assistantpastor Fr. Nicholas Jonas.

Fr. Byron then spoke to thepeople he has ministered to whofilled to capacity. Over the years, hehas baptized or chrismated 3,441 per-sons, married 1,700 couples, buried1,676, and made more than 75,000visits to hospitals, prisons and nurs-ing homes.

A reception, sponsored by the St.Helen�s Philoptochos, followed in thePierre Demets Auditorium.

LOS ANGELES � Two Orthodox chap-lains participated in Veterans Day ceremo-nies Nov. 9-10.

The Very Rev. John E. Constantine, alieutenant commander in the U.S. NavalReserve Chaplain Corps., delivered theinvocation in a Nov. 9 ceremony at theWest Los Angeles Healthcare Center. Fr.Constantine also is assistant priest at St.John the Baptist Church in Anaheim.

Archpriest Jerome Cwiklinski, a U.S.Navy chaplain at Camp Pendleton, deliv-ered the invocation and benediction at the41st World War II Veterans Salute at For-est Lawn Memorial Parks in HollywoodHills.

Orthodox activist Nicholas Royce ofHollywood arranged for the clergy partici-pation.

Clergy Attend LAVeterans Day Events

PALOS HILLS, Ill. � Sts. Constantineand Helen parish held its 16th annualOrthodox Charities Weekend, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, which included a record settingBike/Run/Walk-A-Thon and a Blood Drivethat drew many participants.

Several bake sales preceded the Or-thodox Charities Weekend.

The recipients this year of the fundsraised will be the following charities:�Cooley�s Anemia�, �International Ortho-dox Christian Charities,� Orthodox WorldMissions, and the needy of our greatercommunity.

The Bike/Run/Walk-A-Thon was ex-tremely productive with 141 participantswho spent their Saturday in a spirit ofChristian fellowship. The Blood Drive onSunday saw over 60 participants who gavefor the personal account of Christine Marx,a 5-year-old parishioner who has recov-ered from cancer. Over 50 volunteers werepresent for these events.

Adding to the weekend was Metro-politan Nikita of Hong Kong, visiting fromSoutheast Asia and celebrating Divine Lit-urgy.

The Orthodox Charities Weekendprogram is part of �Project Diakonia� aministry that brings together all thecommunity�s philanthropic programs.

Church Raises Fundsfor Orthodox Charities

ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS, accompanied by Metropolitan Isaiah, Fr. Eugenis (at right), Fr.Triantafilou and other clergy and faithful, proceed to the Byzantine fresco chapel.

Houston Cathedral Hosts Archbishop for Dedication Weekend

WITH METROPOLITAN Isaiah and Archbishop Demetrios areformer and present proistameni and deans, Frs. Triantafilou, Kalpaxis,Christopulos and Eugenis.

HIS EMINENCE blesses the new Annunciation Cathedral AthleticCenter. At right are Fr. Triantafilou, Abbot Dositheos, MetroplitanIsaiah and Fr. Barrow.

HOUSTON � Annunciation Cathedralrecently added not one, but three newfacilities to its sprawling complex andArchbishop Demetrios traveled there inlate September for a pastoral weekend anddedication services.

The centerpiece of his Sept. 23-24 visitwas the blessing services for a Byzantinefresco chapel, an educational center andan athletic center. The latter two projectswere part of a $9 million construction pro-gram begun in 1997.

The Archbishop also gave interviewsto Houston Chronicle Religion Editor Ri-chard Vara, and to local PBS reporter ErnieManous.

He spoke at length with the Chronicleabout the Orthodox Christian faith and itspresence and ministry in America.

�It is an absolute necessity for thisChurch, if it is going to be genuine, toreach out continuously,� the Archbishopsaid in the interview. �By reaching out, Idon�t mean any propaganda attempts. Imean reaching out, spreading out andsharing with other people what you have.�

Describing his approach to Churchleadership, His Eminence said, �If youdon�t love the people, no style can saveyou. If you don�t deal with the truth, youwill be caught up in very negative thingsand you are not going to be saved. You

have to be always genuine, sticking to thetruth, acting honestly, respecting and lis-tening to everybody.�

He attended an interfaith breakfast onSept. 23 with area Orthodox clergy andother religious leaders hosted by Metro-politan Isaiah and the International Ortho-dox Christian Charities. An estimated 465persons attended.

Later that morning, Archbishop Deme-trios officiated at the parish�s blessing ser-vices and dedications, assisted by Metropoli-tan Isaiah, presiding hierarch of the Dioceseof Denver, with Fr. Andrew Eugenis, thepresent dean and proistamenos, and Fr.Brendan Pelphrey, assistant pastor.

For three of the 11 priests who tookpart in the weekend�s events, the specialoccasion was a homecoming. They wereformer proistameni and deans: Frs.George Kalpaxis, Nicholas Triantafilou andLou Christopulos.

Fr. Kalpaxis, former pastor of St.Nicholas Church in Baltimore and nowretired, served as pastor of Annunciationfrom 1954 to 1966.

His successor was Fr. Triantafilou(1966-87), newly appointed president ofHellenic College-Holy Cross School ofTheology, who in the early 1970s withPresbytera Diane established Annuncia-tion Orthodox School, now one of themost prestigious private schools in the city.

Fr. Christopulos, pastor of St. Kathe-

rine Church in Greenwood, Colo., servedfrom 1987-97.

Other participating clergy included theVery Rev. Gabriel Barrow, pastor of St. Johnthe Theologian Church in Webster, aformer satellite parish of the Houston ca-thedral, Fr. David Eckley of Sts. Constantineand Helen Church in Port Arthur, Texas;Fr. George Thanos of Assumption Church

in Galveston and Fr.Stelios Sitaras, bothformer assistants at An-nunciation; Very Rev.Dositheos, abbot of HolyArchangels Monastery;Deacon Nektarios Mor-row, a native of Waco,Texas, and currentlyArchbishop Demetrios�deacon; and DeaconNicholas Andrews, whomHis Eminence ordainedto the priesthood onSept. 24.

After blessing thecathedral Saturdaymorning, the Arch-bishop and other par-ticipants went across

the street to St. George Chapel and theadjacent Lewis Festival Center to dedicatethose facilities.

Ribbon cutting ceremoniesReturning to the

main cathedral complex,which occupies an entirecity block, the congrega-tion assembled at thecourtyard for a series ofribbon cuttings anddedications of the adja-cent Polemanakos Edu-cational Center, the Ath-letic Center, and the par-ish hall that has under-gone a major expansion,for the final blessing cer-emony.

That afternoon,Archbishop Demetriosmet with more than 100young people of thecommunity for a �straight talk� session,where he reminded them that �family,brothers and sisters, parents, grandmoth-ers and grandfathers, cousins and life, sun-shine and our Church are gifts of God.�

�It was an honor and a privilege tohave His Eminence here, Fr. Eugenis toldthe Observer, �first of all as my professorat seminary and as the spiritual father ofthe whole Orthodox Church in America.

He was impressed with what we have ac-complished and encouraged us to con-tinue to serve as a beacon of Orthodoxyin Houston.�

At the banquet that evening, Arch-bishop Demetrios compared his presencethere to being in a sea �moving in a beau-tiful wave of faithful people.� He said theweekend�s events �transformed mere brickand mortar into a holy place� and that hefelt �the presence of God here.�

Metropolitan Isaiah remarked that�the Holy Spirit is not only opening upthe way for salvation of Orthodox Chris-tians� (in Houston), but is also helpingthem embrace others outside the faith andbringing them into the faith.

Fr. Eugenis stressed the importanceof the commitment to stay and grow inthe community. �Here we grow, here wegrow,� he repeated several times. �We allgrow through pain, we sometimes miss themark, but we must keep trying.�

Fr. Triantafilou said that more sacri-fice will be needed to spread the faith inthe years to come and challenged the pa-rishioners to �always excel.�

Fr. Christopulos recalled the firstpriests to serve the community in its earlyhears when the church occupied awooden building at another location.

Fr. Kalpaxis said when he was firstassigned to the community, he �prayed for

spiritual cement� to unite a divided par-ish and that he saw the church �join to-gether to move ahead.�

The weekend program also includeda video presentation written and narratedby attorney Steve Petrou, a former TV newsreporter for the local CBS affiliate station,and prepared by James Stamos.

The Redevelopment Dedication Com-mittee was chaired by Gus Pappas.

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Most couples decide to begin a familyafter a few years of marriage. Along withthe typical challenges that intra-faithcouples face, interfaith couples can expectto encounter additional challenges beforeor just after the first child arrives. In orderto discuss these challenges, this subject willbe presented in two parts. This is part one.

Meet Joe and ElenaJoe (28), a civil engineer and Elena

(29), an elementary school teacher havebeen married four years. Joe is a cradleEpiscopalian, attends services sporadically,but continues to retain membership in theEpiscopal Church. Elena considers herselfa second generation Greek-American, andis an active member of her church.

They have two children, Nicole (2) andJason (3 months). They describe their mar-riage as being stable and happy, but statethat they have faced numerous marital dif-ficulties related to their religious and cul-tural differences over the past several years.

When asked to describe some of thesechallenges, Elena begins. �When I look backat the past four years of marriage, there area number of really good memories, butthere have also been a number of difficul-ties. But maybe one of the most upsettingthings for me has been our inability to cometo terms with our religious and culturaldifferences. We�re both strong willedpeople, and I guess that hasn�t helped.�

Joseph agrees and elaborates. �I don�tknow, it didn�t really concern me whenElena wanted to get married in the GreekOrthodox Church. I sort of understoodthat it was important to her and her fam-ily. But some of our major problems be-gan developing when we started thinkingabout having children.�

�That�s probably true,� remarks Maria.�Before the children, when we attendedchurch, we kind of alternated and at-tended both churches. And while I�ll ad-mit that the services in the Joe�s churchdidn�t always do that much for me, I wentbecause I knew it pleased Joe and my in-laws. But when we started thinking abouthaving children that�s when things beganto get more complicated.

�After Nicole was born, I assumed wewere going to baptize her, and indeed, allour children in the Greek Church, and Iguess that�s when things got bad betweenus. It turns out that Joe needed to talkabout this decision more, and I consid-ered the decision made, and didn�t wantto talk about it. Looking back now, I thinkJoe thought I was being real stubborn, andthis made him angrier. But I was reallyafraid that if we talked about this, he wouldtalk me into baptizing our children in hischurch. And the thought of this possibil-ity really upset me.�

At this point, Joseph says, �Yeah, wereally had some very heated arguments.And it�s not that I was necessarily againstbaptizing the kids in the Greek OrthodoxChurch, because I think our churches arevery similar. But my main complaint is shearrived at this decision with her folks andkept me out of the loop.

�I guess I always knew that our kidswould attend the Greek Orthodox Church,because Elena�s with the children more,and she�s always taken the lead regardingreligion. But when I found out that sheand her folks had made the decision to-gether - without including me - that reallygot to me, and I resisted the whole idea.�

�It got so bad at one point,� Elenacontinued, �that I left the house one nightafter a particularly heated argument and

Parenting Challenges Interfaith Couples Faceby Fr. Charles Joanides, PhD., LMFT

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went to my parents� home. Thankfully, myfather encouraged me to return home andwork things out with Joe. So, I returnedhome with some reluctance, and that nightwe had our first serious discussion aboutthis issue. We decided to baptize Nicoleand our other future children in the GreekOrthodox Church.�

�That was kind of hard for me, andit�s still kind of hard on me,� stated Joe.�As the children have grown, we�ve all butstopped attending the Episcopal Church,and almost exclusively attend the GreekOrthodox Church. We do this because wewant what�s best for their religious up-bringing.� Joe pauses for a moment andthen continues. �It�s also been kind of hard

because I�m feeling more and more likethe �odd-man-out� when it comes to ourfamily�s religious life these days.

�The fact that I can�t really participatein an active way at church with my family,and that I often feel more like �the visitor�kind of hurts. While I have thought of con-verting, I�m just not ready to leave my re-ligious tradition behind - who knows,maybe I�ll never be ready.�

Elena offers the last comment by stat-ing, �Every time I think about this sacri-fice that Joe made for me and the kids,I�m really grateful to him. I don�t think Icould have made the same sacrifice.�

My Viewpoint on this SubjectAs this interview suggests, many inter-

faith couples that attend our churches havecertain personal needs that are related totheir religious and cultural backgrounds.One of these needs, is to share their reli-gious and cultural heritage with their fu-ture children. Since both spouses comefrom different religious, and sometimes,cultural backgrounds, meeting this needcan be difficult. Young couples� efforts tomeet this need can also generate somepersonal distress and marital conflict.

Joe and Elena�s experiences suggestthat intergenerational coalitions can some-times develop between couples and ex-tended families. These can adversely affect

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Editor,The parable of the Good Samaritan

is a very eye opening message, as to howwe can help, not only those in need suchas the hungry and homeless, but we canalso serve in our church and in our com-munity.

Today, it seems that everyone is sobusy earning the almighty dollar, thatthey seldom take the time to know theirneighbor, much less find out if he�s needyor not? This is sad indeed.

Thinking back to when I was a childliving in a small town in Texas, I can�timagine any neighbor even 10 miles awaywho was in need that did not get helpedby the neighbors.

They didn�t call a governmentagency and say, I think the people nextdoor are hungry, but they got togetherand provided what the neighbor needed.How do we show Godly love, if we leavethe feeding of the hungry to someoneelse? We can�t be true Christians or neigh-bors and ignore the folks in need.

In Hebrews 12: 14, it states, �Makeever effort to live at peace with all menand to be Holy; without holiness no onewill see God�. So how can we say we areHoly or trying to be Holy, if we fail to beneighbors to those in need?

Today, many people don�t even helptheir own parents, but send them to anursing home for strangers to care for. Ofcourse, there are many cases, where theyhave no choice, if the elderly need roundthe clock care. We actually hurt ourselvesand fail to teach our children real love,when we ignore our aging parents. Thesepeople have lived and can teach us somuch, if we are willing to learn from them.

So we can be a good neighbor evento our own people, as well as the folksnext door. We have so many opportuni-ties to do good and we always think it�seasier to let the other guy do it. But wemust remember, if the other guy does it,he gets the reward and God will not knowus when the final Day of Judgmentcomes.

Fran GlarosClearwater, Fla.

Editor,It is with both pleasure and concern

that I am responding to the July-August2000 article �Task Force on Disabilities,Mental Health.� Disability issues are dearto my heart since my twin sister and Iwere born with cerebral palsy.

Through my own experiences, Iknow the importance of spreading aware-ness and educating people on the sub-ject of physical and mental disabilities.I�d like to express my sincere apprecia-tion to all the individuals that have beenactive in this worthy cause.

An extremely important issue for meis that lack of accessibility to our GreekOrthodox churches. When you are con-fined to a wheelchair or walk with the help

of canes, it is not possible to climb a largenumber of steps. In almost all of ourchurches, my sister and I cannot enterbecause there are no ramps or special lifts.Unfortunately, we are often deprived theprivilege of participating fully in worshipand social activities of our church becauseof lack of accessibility.

I urge more dedicated people, in-cluding those with disabilities to work to-gether in removing the many barriers thatprevent the disabled from living normallives. To attain this goal, we need to livein a supportive community that under-stands our needs and is willing to makea difference.

Elena AnadolisBeechhurst, N.Y

Editor,The article, �Task Force on Disabili-

ties, Mental Health� (July-August, 2000)went a long way towards awareness anda call for action in the area of disabilitieswithin the Greek community. A minorcorrection: Stephanie Spanos M.D., ourmedical consultant is a psychiatrist, who,in fact was given a special recognitionaward by the New York State Alliance forthe Mentally Ill for her contribution tomental health in the Greek-Americancommunity. Also, Father John Chrys-savgis, professor of Theology at HolyCross School of Theology, serves as theo-logical adviser for the Task Force.

Thank you for your excellent and im-portant article.

Maria Zachmanoglou, Ph.D.Greek Alliance for the Mentally Ill

New York, NY

Editor,I read your informative and interest-

ing �Task Force on Disabilities: MentalHealth.� The issue of disability is one weof Greek background have shunned inthe community. In our ancient expres-sions, we sense the aversion to mattersof disability.

In the United States, in the Nineties,with the passage of the Americans withDisabilities Act, we see that the disabled,according to law, are to be afforded allopportunities given to any other indi-vidual.

Disabilities are now a civil rightsmovement. It behooves our Greek Ortho-dox Church to make our churches acces-sible to all members of our congregationand to acquire ramps so that all our citi-zens may enter His holy church.

We immediately need to establish acommittee on disabilities, as other Chris-tian churches have.

Above all, we need to be aware, aswe presently are not, that people havespecial needs and that the Church ofChrist must always welcome everyonewith open arms.

Phaedra V. DamianakosNew York City

Editor,This past summer, Presbytera Krissy

and I had the good fortune of travelingwith six of our high school students fromthe church to the Ionian Village for theByzantine Venture Program (ages 16- 18).

Neither my wife nor I had attendedIonian Village in our youth. This was alsothe first time that our community hadsent campers to be a part of the SummerProgram. Having participated in numer-ous camp programs in years past though,I can sincerely say that we were all ex-tremely pleased with the quality and thefocus of this Archdiocesan Ministry.

It is with this thought in mind that Iam writing to offer fitting praise to Mr.Michael Pappas, the director of this min-istry, and the summer 2000 staff.

From the insightful discussions andwell-thought and entertaining activitiesto the over-organized (if there can besuch a thing) outings to Mega Spilaion,Patras, Zakynthos, and Olympia, the nine-teen days were amazing. To think, in par-

The most well-traveled EcumenicalPatriarch in history came to the UnitedStates for his third official visit in mid-November, greeting large numbers ofhis flock in the Detroit Diocese andbringing the Mother Church�s messageof love and caring to the faithful.

His All Holiness also made a one-day stop in New York to receive a spe-cial award recognizing his efforts overthe years to raise world consciousnesson the plight of the earth�s environment.

The International Visionary Awardfor Environmental Achievement from theScenic Hudson organization honors himas one of the foremost religious leaderswho presents Christianity�s message ofhumanity�s responsibility to exercisegood stewardship for God�s creation.

Whether it is the waters of theBosporus and Sea of Marmara a shortdistance from the Phanar, the DanubeRiver, the Black and Baltic seas, East-ern Europe and beyond, the potentialfor ecological disaster is never far fromHis All Holiness� thoughts.

His influence has had an effect onother religious leaders. For example, onNov. 20, representatives of faith groupsfrom the United States at internationaltreaty negotiations on global warmingat The Hague, Netherlands calling onthe Clinton administration to negotiatea strong treaty addressing the issue ofreducing pollution from burning fossilfuels. Among those signing the openletter to the president was ArchbishopDemetrios, the general secretary of theNational Council of Churches of Christand other Christian groups includingthe Baptist and Methodist Churches.

The patriarch has called such pol-lution a sin and reminds us �the wagesof sin is death,�

As His All Holiness told the morethan 200 persons gathered at the Sce-nic Hudson luncheon honoring him, hebelieves �it is his first duty to stimulatethe human conscience to realize thatwhen humans utilize the resources andthe elements of the planet, that they dothis devoutly and in a Eucharistic way.

Part of his New York stay included

pastoral contacts with Archdiocese staffand about 100 clergy, where he dis-cussed sharing the Orthodox faith withothers and maintaining that faith in afree society where challenges confrontOrthodoxy.

He said the Church �has a responsi-bility to become conscious of her ecu-menical character and carry out mission-ary work� to people of varied back-grounds, noting that efforts to preservethe beauty of the Greek language, man-ners, customs and traditions are praise-worthy, but discernment is needed whenaddressing non-Greeks about the faith.

Opening the Church to Americansociety �requires the inspiration of theHoly Spirit, enlightenment and thegrace of God if it is to bear fruit,� thePatriarch said, citing examples of oth-ers who have brought the faith to vari-ous parts of the world including Sts.Cyril and Methodios and those of ourmodern day who bring the faith to Af-rica and Asia.

Patriarch Bartholomew acknowl-edged the difficulty of keeping andimparting the faith in an open, toler-ant society where all religions have anequal footing, where truth has becomerelevant and where institutionalizedattitudes contradict the teachings ofGod�s law � on abortion, unnaturalrelations, illegal acquisition of wealth,anthropocentrism and secularism.

He sounded an alarm against so-cial perceptions that �all religions arevehicles of the truth, that all churchesare roads to the truth and that eachman finds his own personal way toGod.� He said these draw away fromOrthodoxy�s basic teaching that �Christis the only bearer of the truth and thatthe Orthodox Church is the only bearerof truth in fullness.�

Patriarch Bartholomew�s refo-cused our attention where it should be:that the task of the Church is to bringthe faithful into communion withChrist and that we must not be ledastray by false teachings as we strive tofollow a higher set of standards as welive our daily existence.

ish life we find coordinating 30 Goyanschallenging, just imagine the skills it takesto oversee a travel program abroad for300 (the largest group in recent years if Iam not mistaken)! It truly was a remark-able and memorable venture for us all.

Traveling abroad with such a dynamicstaff was a wonderful experience for ouryouth, not to mention my wife and me. Ilook forward to next year�s program, ex-pecting an even larger group of the youthfrom our parish to be in attendance, know-ing full well what treasures await them onthe shores of the Ionian Sea.

There is not a child in our parish, notto mention the Archdiocese, who wouldnot be spiritually and culturally enrichedand uplifted after just three weeks. Manymore years of success to Mr. Pappas andthank you to the entire 2000 staff that sothoughtfully shared their time and talentwith the youth of our parish, and HisChurch in America.

Fr. Christopher FlesorasAssistant pastor,

Church of the Holy CrossBelmont, Calif.

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On this uplifiting day in this great land of America, the heart of the nation beatswith thanksgiving for the bounty of blessings bestowed upon this country of faithfulby the Almighty God. Across the land in towns and villages, cities and municipalities,families and friends gather together for meaningful rituals of celebration and praiseacknowledging the One from Whom all good things come.

This national holiday of Thanksgiving strikes a responsive chord of the humanheart to the benevolence of God. This feast day extends an invitation for each soulyearning to express and expand the spirit of loving appreciation for the manifestgoodness of the Creator. It grounds and re-affirms the belief of the presence of God�sguiding hand in the course of history and in the journey of human lives. It speaks tothe unity of God and His creation, to the fact that He is with us.

To this Almighty and loving God Who is with us, we express today our feelings ofgratefulness that inundate our souls:

We are deeply thankful for our own existence. He brought us into being out ofnothingness. In the run of millions of years each one of us comes, by the will of God,into the world and is given the unique gift of life.

We are deeply thankful to God for the generations preceding us, for the peoplewho kept alive the wonderful traditions of our Orthodox faith and Hellenic culture.

We are deeply thankful for the many gifts offered daily to us, gifts of health, foodand prosperity, things that make life a treasure of blessings in this nation and land offreedom, opportunity and promise.

We are deeply thankful to God for the people who live with us: family, relatives,friends, colleagues and fellow citizens. It is a great gift to have our lives enriched withthe presence of human beings around us.

We are deeply thankful to God for calling us to become members of His OrthodoxChurch and thus opening to us the unique way to salvation, to the ultimate union withChrist.

We are deeply thankful to God for becoming one of us, inhabiting our earth,partaking of our food, breathing our air, walking our own streets, and offering Hispromise to us, Know that I am with you always to the end of time (Matthew 28:20).

In view of such an amazing abundance of gifts on this Thanksgiving Day, let eachof us sing:

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare your loving kindness in the morning,

and Your faithfulness every night,On an instrument of ten strings,

On the luteAnd on the harp,

With harmonious sound.For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;

I will triumph in the works of Your Hands.Psalm 92:1-4.

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BROOKLINE, Mass. � Holy Cross-Hel-lenic College Alumni Association wel-comed the new president Rev. NicholasTriantafilou and discussed upcomingprojects at the organization�s first boardmeeting of the academic year in October.

Topics included Alumni Day activitiesplanned for May 16-17. Anniversary classesto be honored will be 1951 and 1976. Re-union celebrations will include the gradu-ating classes of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1986,1996 and 2000.

Members also discussed redevelopingcommunications between the alumni andthe school, adding three lay representa-tives from both schools to the Alumni As-sociation Board, and re-establishing theassociation newsletter.

Other activities at the Oct. 19 meet-

ing included a trisagion service for de-ceased alumni officiated by AssociationPresident Fr. Peter Karloutsos.

Those attending the meeting includedFrs. Dennis Strouzas, vice president; EliasVelonis, secretary; Dimitrios Antokas, trea-surer; and Eleni Geanon, Alumni Officecoordinator.

Diocesan representatives included Fr.Nicholas Katinas, Denver; Fr. PeterCostarakis, San Francisco; Fr. ThomasChininis, Boston; Fr. James Gordon, Chi-cago; Fr. George Chioros, New Jersey; Fr.George Livanos, Pittsburgh; and Fr. SteveDalber, Atlanta.

Lay representatives included PhyllisMeshel Onest, religious education directorof the Pittsburgh Diocese, and William Adams,Student Government Association president.

YAL ConferenceArchbishop Demetrios addresses participants of the Archdiocese District Young Adult LeagueConference held near Orange, Conn., Oct. 6-8. The conference drew nearly 120 participants, whoheard several speakers and took part in fellowship programs during the event.

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NEW YORK - CBS will air a repeat of�An American Christmas,� a NationalCouncil of Churches in Christ programthat includes a segment by the Archdio-cese.

The program, will air nationally Dec.24 from 11:35 p.m. to 12:35 a.m. EST.

The special will also be broadcast onthe Odyssey Network on Wednesday, Dec.27 at 9:30-10:30 a.m. and again at 2 a.m.,Dec. 28.

The segment, produced by GreekOrthodox Telecommunications (GOTelecom), was filmed at the Holy Trinity

Cathedral in New York, St. Paul Chapel atArchdiocese headquarters, and at HellenicCollege/Holy Cross School of Theology,Brookline, Mass.

Archbishop Demetrios opens the seg-ment with Byzantine iconography, Ortho-dox hymnology and readings, and invitesthe viewer to celebrate Christmas throughthe glorious lens of Orthodox Christianity.

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One of the most recent popular filmswas adapted from a best-selling novel, ThePerfect Storm.

Written by Sebastian Junger, the noveldescribes the experiences of individualswho encountered the deadliest hurricanein recorded history.

The October 1991 storm left sevenmen dead in the Atlantic. Among them,they left eight children fatherless.

The viewer is left to ponder whatcould have been done to avoid such adevastating storm?

The Perfect Storm provides those en-gaged in the safe navigation of the Church,the contemporary Ark of Christ, an oppor-tunity to reflect on how we avoid and pre-pare to encounter spiritual and adminis-trative storms in our parishes.

How do we maintain unity, directionand purpose and avoid spiritual dissen-tion and mutiny?

What can parish leaders do to avoidthe consequences associated with admin-istrative storms?

Chapter 27 of the Book of Acts de-scribes a compelling story of another voy-age. Although the Perfect Storm ends intragedy and is anything but perfect, thedangerous sea-voyage described in Acts 27concludes without the loss of life.

It is the �perfect, perfect storm� for itprovides St. Paul the opportunity to pro-claim the message of God�s sovereignty.

St. Paul�s final voyage has long beenacknowledged as one of the most instruc-tive documents of ancient seamanship.

Some view the story as an allegoryabout the stormy course of life and the

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vivid description of how to endure per-sonal tempests and great trials.

A combination of opinions perceivethe storm as a literary vehicle used by St.Luke to represent Satan�s opposition toPaul�s evangelical mission.

According to St. John Chrysostom, theship that carried Paul and 275 passengersmay be compared to the Church. He sug-gests the storm-centered narrative providedPaul an opportunity to teach and lead.

For Chrysostom, the entire episodewas the result of �reckless leadership.� Thecenturion and the captain of the vesselneeded a skillful pilot. He indicates thatPaul �steered as a pilot not a vessel of theearthly kind, but the Church of the wholeworld, having learned of Him (God) Whois Lord also of the sea.�

St. Paul�s leadership principles are likethose of a skilled pilot �who steers not bythe art of man but by the wisdom of Spirit.�

Chrysostom warns that because theChurch, like a ship, encounters �manyshipwrecks, many waves, and many spir-its of wickedness, it needs skillful pilots.�

There are four principles of inspiredleadership that the contemporary GreekOrthodox Christian leader can glean fromActs 27.

Leaders should emulate the four tech-niques Paul uses to save the lives of hisfellow shipmates from their recklessness:crew not cargo, spiritual guidance not in-dividual reliance, unity not mutiny, andsacramental nourishment not humanisticproficiency.

IntroductionAccording to Luke who, as Paul�s per-

sonal physician might also have been a

passenger , the journey took place �afterthe fast,� which most certainly refers toYom Kippur in late September.

Luke describes weather conditionsassociated with St. Paul�s voyage as unco-operative. �The winds,� he writes, �wereagainst us.� (27:4)

Paul warns Julius, the centurion com-manding the vessel, not to proceed. �I cansee that the voyage is going to be disas-trous,� he insists, �and bring great loss toship, cargo and our lives!� (27:10)

Paul recommends that they �winter�in Crete and wait for the storm to pass.The centurion instead listens to the ship�scaptain and crew who decide by majorityvote to proceed. Luke suggests the crew�smotivation was greed.

For Chrysostom, the true prisoner onthe ill-fated ship was not Paul but ratherthose bound by the passion of the moneyand possessions. The love of money and self,he argues, �is more grievous than all bonds!�

Unfortunately, the crew in Acts 27prefers to sail for Rome where they couldsell their cargo rather than spend severalwinter months in a small Cretan harbor.

Principle One: Crew not Cargo.The second-leg of the voyage began

safely, but a violent storm quickly ap-peared and caused the vessel to be drivenby its force.

The contrary gale symbolizes huma-nity�s fundamental condition. While con-sidering ourselves masters of our own di-rection, we are often tossed about by vari-ous winds and forced to modify our self-navigation.

The crew initially focused their atten-tion on cargo and profit, but fear of ship-wreck redirected their attention.

Recognizing that life is more preciousthan fortune, the crew did what wouldhave been unthinkable � toss some cargoand expensive tackle overboard. Thestorm replaced the crew�s arrogance withan attitude of modesty.

Like the ship�s crew, Christian leadersshould routinely evaluate the focus of theirattention and modesty of their actions.

Sometimes we should heed Paul�s ad-vice and �winter� in the port of Fairhaven.That is, leaders should regularly pause forretreat, introspection, assessment andevaluation of strategic plans and, if neces-sary, make spiritual course-changes.

Financial prudence is important butadministrative ministry goals should bedefined by the degree they nurture rela-tionships with God and each other, notby the profit they provide.

Parishioners are more valuable thanprofits and leaders should never allow thecargo of parish life, or the arrogance ofbelieving they are the masters of their owndestiny, to take precedence over fellowcrewmembers� safety.

The cargo we often treasure aboverelationships with co-workers and con-stituents must be jettisoned if we want tosafely navigate the turbulent waters ofChristian ministry.

The kinds cargo we protect might in-clude financial portfolios, ethnic pedigree,occupational prestige, administrativepower, and ecclesiastical position. Some-times a community�s buildings andgrounds get more attention than its pa-rishioners.

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Ôï öèéíïðùñéíü êñýï êáé ï óõííåöé-áóìÝíïò êáé ìïõíôüò ïõñáíüò äåí åìðü-äéóå ôï ðëÞèïò ôùí ðéóôþí ðïõ óõãêå-íôñþèçêáí íùñßò ôï áðüãåõìá ôçò Ðá-ñáóêåõÞò 10 Íïåìâñßïõ óôï áåñïäñüìéïPontiac ãéá íá õðïäå÷èïýí ôïí ðíåõìáôé-êü ðáôÝñá ôïõò êáé çãÝôç ôùí åêáôïìõ-ñßùí Ïñèïäüîùí ×ñéóôéáíþí óå üëç ôçíÏéêïõìÝíç.

Åêåßíï ôï áðüãåõìá ï ÏéêïõìåíéêüòÐáôñéÜñ÷çò Ýöèáíå óôçí äéêÞ ôïõò Åðé-óêïðÞ, óôçí äéêÞ ôïõò ðüëç, ìå ìïíáäéêüóêïðü íá ãíùñßóåé ôï ðïßìíéü ôïõ, íá åõ-ëïãÞóåé ôïõò ðéóôïýò, íá ÷áñåß êáé í�áãêáëéÜóåé ôá ðáéäéÜ, íá åêöñÜóåé ôçíáãÜðç êáé ôç óôïñãÞ ôçò ÌçôÝñáò Åêê-ëçóßáò óå üëïõò.

Óôçí üøç ôïõ áåñïóêÜöïõò ðïõ ìå-ôÝöåñå ôïí Ðáíáãéþôáôï êáé ôç óõíïäåß-á ôïõ, îÝóðáóå Ýíá ðáñáôåôáìÝíï ÷åéñï-êñüôçìá, õøþèçêáí ïé óçìáßåò êáé ôá ðá-íü, Üíáøáí ôá öëáò êáé ôá öþôá ôùíöùôïãñÜöùí êáé ôá ðáéäéÜ ìå áãêáëéÝòãåìÜôåò ëïõëïýäéá ðëçóßáóáí óôç óêÜ-ëá ôïõ áåñïðëÜíïõ.

Ìå ðñüóùðï öùôéóìÝíï áð� ôç ÷á-ñÜ ðïõ åêðÝìðåé üôáí êáíåßò ìåôÜ áðüðïëý êáéñü áíôéêñýæåé áãáðçìÝíá ôïõðñüóùðá, ï Ðáíáãéþôáôïò áãêÜëéáóå ôáìéêñÜ ðáéäéÜ ðïõ ãÝìéóáí ôçí áãêáëéÜ ôïõìå áíèïäÝóìåò.

ÐñïçãïõìÝíùò åß÷áí áíÝâåé óôïáåñïðëÜíï ãéá íá õðïäå÷èïýí ôïí Ïéêïõ-ìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïòÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò êáé ï Èåïö. Åðß-óêïðïò Íôéôñüéô ê. Íéêüëáïò ðïõ Üëëù-óôå ùò ôïðéêüò éåñÜñ÷çò Þôáí êáé ï ïéêï-äåóðüôçò.

Ìüëéò ï Ðáíáãéþôáôïò ðëçóßáóå ôïõðüóôåãï ðïõ åß÷å ïñãáíùèåß ùò ÷þñïòõðïäï÷Þò, ÷áéñÝôçóå ôïõò ÉåñÜñ÷åò, Ìç-ôñïðïëßôåò êáé Åðéóêüðïõò, åêðñïóþ-ðïõò ôùí äéïéêçôéêþí óùìÜôùí ôçò Áñ-÷éåðéóêïðÞò êáé ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò Íôéôñüéô,ôïí Ãåíéêü Ðñüîåíï ôçò ÅëëÜäïò óôï Óé-

êÜãï ê. ÃáâñéÞë Êïðôóßäç êáé Ýãéíå äÝêôçòôçò áãÜðçò êáé ôïõ åíèïõóéáóìïý ôïõ óõ-ãêåíôñùìÝíïõ ðëÞèïõò áðü ôéò åëëçíïñ-èüäïîåò êïéíüôçôåò ôçò ðåñéï÷Þò.

Ç åðßóêåøç áõôÞ ôïõ ÏéêïõìåíéêïýÐáôñéÜñ÷ç åß÷å éäéáßôåñç óçìáóßá ãéá ôçíÅðéóêïðÞ Íôéôñüéô êáé ôïõò ðéóôïýò ôçò á-öïý êáôÜ ôçí äéÜñêåéá ôçò Ðáôñéáñ÷éêÞòåðéóêÝøåùò ôïõ 1997 äåí êáôÝóôåé äõíáôÞç åðßóêåøç ôïõ ÐáíáãéùôÜôïõ åêåß. ¹ôáí÷áñáêôçñéóôéêü üôé ðïëëïß ôáîßäåøáí êáéáðü ôéò åðôÜ ðïëéôåßåò ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò, á-êüìç êáé áð� ôï ìáêñéíü ¢ñêáíóáò.

Ðñïóöùíþíôáò ôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðá-

ôñéÜñ÷ç êáôÜ ôçí ÜöéîÞ ôïõ ï Áñ÷éåðß-óêïðïò ÄçìÞôñéïò åßðå: «Ðáíáãéþôáôå,êáëùóïñßóáôå óôïí ëáü óáò... Óáò õðï-äå÷üìåèá óÞìåñá ùò ôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü ìáòÐáôñéÜñ÷ç, ôïí ðáôÝñá ìáò, ôïí çãïýìå-íï ôçò Ïñèïäïîßáò áíÜ ôïí êüóìï... Õðï-äå÷üìåèá ôïí Üíèñùðï üëïõ ôïõ êüóìïõãéáôß åßóôå ï Üíèñùðïò êáé ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çòüëïõ ôïõ êüóìïõ. Ï Üíèñùðïò ðïõ åê-ðÝìðåé ôï öùò ôïõ Åõáããåëßïõ. Ï ëáüòóáò, áðü ôá ìéêñÜ ðáéäéÜ ìÝ÷ñé ôïõò ìå-ãÜëïõò, áðü ôïõò áñ÷éåñåßò ìÝ÷ñé ôïí ôå-ëåõôáßï äéÜêïíï ôçò Åêêëçóßáò, óáò õðï-äÝ÷åôáé ìå âáèýôáôç åõëÜâåéá, áðÝñáíôçáãÜðç, óåâáóìü êáé áíáìïíÞ ôùí üíôùòðáôñéáñ÷éêþí óáò åõëïãéþí. Êáëþò Þñ-èáôå Ðáíáãéþôáôå!».

Óôïí ÷áéñåôéóìü ôïõ ï ÐáíáãéþôáôïòåîÝöñáóå ôçí «ìåãÜëçí ÷áñÜ» ôçò ÌçôñüòÅêêëçóßáò «äéá ôçí óõíÜíôçóßí ìáò êáé ôçíêïéíùíßáí ìáò ìáæß óáò äéüôé ãíùñßæïìåíüôé êñáôåßôå ôáò ùñáßáò êáé óùôçñßïõòðáñáäüóåéò ôïõ Ïñèïäüîïõ ÃÝíïõò ìáòåéò ôçí ìåãÜëçí áõôÞí ×þñáí...».

Õðïäï÷Þ ÊëçñéêþíÁìÝóùò ìåôÜ ïé êëçñéêïß ôçò Åðéóêï-

ðÞò Íôéôñüúô êáé ïé ïéêïãÝíåéÝò ôïõò õðï-äÝ÷èçêáí ìå åíèïõóéáóìü ôïí Ïéêïõìåíé-êü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç óå ìéÜ èåñìÞ ôåëåôÞ ðïõäéñãÜíùóáí óôïí É. Íáü ôïõ Áã. Ãåùñãß-ïõ óôï Bloomfield Hills.

Óôïí ÷áéñåôéóìü ôïõ ï Ðáíáãéþôáôïòáíåãíþñéóå ôçí âáñýôçôá êáé ôç äõó÷Ý-ñéá ôïõ Ýñãïõ ôïõ êëÞñïõ äåäïìÝíùí ôùíáíôßîïùí ðïëëÝò öïñÝò óõíèçêþí óôçíÁìåñéêÞ, áëëÜ ðñïôñÝðïíôáò ôïõò íá óõ-íå÷ßóïõí ôï Ýñãï ôïõò åßðå: «...ðñÝðåé íá

Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïò óôçí ÅðéóêïðÞ Íôéôñüéôôïõ Óôáýñïõ Ç. Ðáðáãåñìáíïý

ÇÌÅÑÁ ÔÙÍ ÅÕ×ÁÑÉÓÔÉÙÍ 2000ÁÑ×ÉÅÐÉÓÊÏÐÉÊÇ ÅÃÊÕÊËÉÏÓ

«Êýñéå ï Èåüò ìïõ, åéò ôüí áéþíá åîïìïëïãÞóïìáß óïé» Øáëì: 29:13

Ðñüò ôïõò ÓåâáóìéùôÜôïõò êáé ÈåïöéëåóôÜôïõò Áñ÷éåñåßò, ôïõò ÅõëáâåóôÜ-ôïõò Éåñåßò êáé Äéáêüíïõò, ôïõò Ìïíá÷ïýò êáé Ìïíá÷Ýò, ôïõò ÐñïÝäñïõò êáé ÌÝëçôùí Êïéíïôéêùí Óõìâïõëßùí, ôéò Öéëïðôþ÷ïõò Áäåëöüôçôåò, ôá ÇìåñÞóéá êáé Áðï-ãåõìáôéíÜ Ó÷ïëåßá, ôçí Íåïëáßá, ôéò Åëëçíïñèüäïîåò Ïñãáíþóåéò êáé ïëüêëçñï ôï×ñéóôåðþíõìïí ðëÞñùìá ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò ÁìåñéêÞò.

Ó� áõôÞí ôçí ÷áñìüóõíç çìÝñá ôçò ìåãÜëçò ÷þñáò ôçò ÁìåñéêÞò ç êáñäéÜ ôïõÝèíïõò ÷ôõðÜåé óå ñõèìïýò åõãíùìïóýíçò ãéá ôçí áöèïíßá ôùí åõëïãéþí ðïõ ïÐáíôïäýíáìïò Èåüò ÷Üñéóå ó� áõôÞ ôç ÷þñá ôùí ðéóôþí áíèñþðùí. Óå ïëüêëçñçôçí ÁìåñéêÞ, óå ðüëåéò êáé ÷ùñéÜ, óå äÞìïõò êáé êïéíüôçôåò, ïé ïéêïãÝíåéåò êáé ïéößëïé óõãêåíôñþíïíôáé óå ìéá óåéñÜ áðü åïñôáóôéêÝò åêäçëþóåéò, ðñïóöÝñïíôáòåõ÷áñéóôßåò óôïí ¸íá áðü ôïí ïðïßïí ðñïÝñ÷åôáé ðáí áãáèüí.

ÁõôÞ ç åèíéêÞ åïñôÞ ôùí Åõ÷áñéóôéþí åõáéóèçôïðïéåß ôÞí áíèñþðéíç êáñäéÜóôÞí áíáãíþñéóç ôùí åõëïãéþí ôïõ Èåïý. ÁõôÞ ç åüñôéá çìÝñá áðåõèýíåé ìéá ðñü-óêëçóç óå êÜèå øõ÷Þ ðïõ æçôÜåé íá åêöñÜóåé Ýíôïíá ôï ðíåýìá ìéáò âáèåéÜò åõ-ãíùìïóýíçò ãéá ôçí ðñïöáíÞ áãáèüôçôá ôïõ Äçìéïõñãïý. Èåìåëéþíåé êáé åðéâå-âáéþíåé ôçí ðßóôç óôçí ðáñïõóßá ôïõ ïäçãçôéêïý ñüëïõ ôïõ Èåïý óôç äéáäñïìÞôçò éóôïñßáò êáé óôçí ðïñåßá ôçò áíèñùðßíçò æùÞò. Ïìéëåß ãéá ôçí åíüôçôá ìåôáîýôïõ Èåïý êáé ôçò äçìéïõñãßáò Ôïõ, ïìéëåß ãéá ôï ãåãïíüò üôé Åêåßíïò åßíáé ìáæß ìáò.

Ó� áõôüí ôïí Ðáíôïäýíáìï êáé Áãáðþíôá Èåü, ï Ïðïßïò åßíáé ìáæß ìáò, åê-öñÜæïõìå óÞìåñá ôá áéóèÞìáôá åõ÷áñéóôßáò ôá ïðïßá ðëçììõñßæïõí ôéò øõ÷Ýòìáò:

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò Áõôüí ãéá ôçí ýðáñîç ðïõ ìáò ÷Üñéóå.Ìáò Ýöåñå óôç æùÞ åê ôïõ ìçäåíüò. Óôç äéÜñêåéá åêáôïììõñßùí åôþí êáèÝíáò áðüìáò äéÜ ôïõ Èåïõ Ýñ÷åôáé óôïí êüóìï êáé ëáìâÜíåé ôï ìïíáäéêü äþñï ôçò æùÞò.

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò ôïí Èåüí ãéá ôéò ãåíåÝò ðïõ ðñïçãÞèçêáíôçò éäéêÞò ìáò, ãéá ôïõò áíèñþðïõò ðïõ êñÜôçóáí æùíôáíÝò ôéò èáõìÜóéåò ðáñá-äüóåéò ôçò Ïñèïäüîïõ ðßóôåþò ìáò êáé ôïõ Åëëçíéêïý ðïëéôéóìïý ìáò.

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò ôïí Èåüí ãéá ôá ðïëëÜ äþñá ðïõ ðñï-óöÝñïíôáé êáèçìåñéíÜ ó� åìÜò, äþñá õãåßáò, ôñïöÞò êáé åõçìåñßáò, äçëáäÞ ðñá-ãìÜôùí ôá ïðïßá êáèéóôïýí ôç æùÞ Ýíá èçóáõñü åõëïãéþí ó� áõôü ôï Ýèíïò, ó�áõôÞ ôç ÷þñá ôçò åëåõèåñßáò, ôùí åõêáéñéþí êáé ôùí õðïó÷Ýóåùí.

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò ôïí Èåüí ãéá ôïõò áíèñþðïõò ðïõ æïõíìáæß ìáò: ïéêïãÝíåéá, óõããåíåßò, ößëïõò, óõíáäÝëöïõò êáé óõìðïëßôåò. ÁðïôåëåßìåãÜëï ÷Üñéóìá ôï íá ìðïñåß ç æùÞ ìáò íá åìðëïõôßæåôáé ìå ôçí ðáñïõóßá áíèñþ-ðùí ãýñù ìáò.

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò ôïí Èåüí äéüôé ìáò êÜëåóå íá ãßíïõìå ìÝëçôçò Ïñèïäüîïõ Åêêëçóßáò Ôïõ êé Ýôóé ìáò Üíïéîå ôï ìïíáäéêü äñüìï ðñïò ôç óùôç-ñßá, ðñïò ôçí õðÝñôáôç Ýíùóç ìå ôï ×ñéóôü.

Åßìåèá âáèýôáôá åõãíþìïíåò ðñïò ôïí Èåüí äéüôé Ýãéíå Ýíáò áðü ìáò, äéüôéêáôïßêçóå óôçí ãç ìáò, ãåýèçêå ôçí ôñïöÞ ìáò, áíÝðíåõóå ôïí áÝñá ìáò, ðåñðÜ-ôçóå ôïõò äñüìïõò ìáò êáé ìáò Ýäùêå ôçí õðüó÷åóç, «éäïý åãþ ìåè� õìþí åéìßðÜóáò ôÜò çìÝñáò Ýùò ôçò óõíôåëåßáò ôïõ áéþíïò».(Ìáôè: 28:20)

Åí üøåé áõôÞò ôçò åêðëçêôéêÞò áöèïíßáò äþñùí, áõôÞ ôÞí ÇìÝñá ôùí Åõ÷áñé-óôéþí, áò øÜëëåé ï êáèÝíáò áðü ìáò:

«Áãáèüí ôü åîïìïëïãåßóèáé ôù Êõñßù êáé øÜëëåéí ôù ïíüìáôß óïõ,¾øéóôå,ôïõ áíáããÝëëåéí ôü ðñùß ôü åëåüò óïõ êáé ôÞí áëÞèåéÜí óïõ êáôÜ íýêôá åí äåêá-÷üñäù øáëôçñßù ìåô� ùäÞò åí êéèÜñá. üôé åõöñáíÜò ìå, Êýñéå, åí ôù ðïéÞìáôß Óïõ,êáé åí ôïéò Ýñãïéò ôùí ÷åéñþí Óïõ áãáëëéÜóïìáé». Øáëì: 91:2-5

Ìå ôéò êáëýôåñåò åõ÷Ýò ìïõ íá ðåñÜóåôå ÷áñïýìåíá ôçí ÇìÝñá ôùí Åõ÷áñé-óôéþí, äéáôåëþ

ÌåôÜ ôçò åí Êõñßù áãÜðçò êáé ðáôñéêþí åõ÷þí,

ÿ ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ÄçìÞôñéïò

ÈåñìÞ õðïäï÷Þ åðåöýëáîå ôï Íôéôñüúô óôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ê. Âáñèïëïìáßï.

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ÏÑÈÏÄÏÎÏÓ ÐÁÑÁÔÇÑÇÔÇÓÓÅËÉÄÁ 16 ÍÏÅÌÂÑÉÏÓ 2000

óðåßñåôå ðåñéóóüôåñïí ïñèüäïîïí åõáã-ãåëéêüí óðüñïí, þóôå êáé ìåôÜ ôçí åðé-äñïìÞí ôùí ðôçíþí íá ìÝíåé êáé ìÝñïò áõ-ôïý äéá íá öõôñþóåé êáé êáñðïöïñÞóåéóôéò êáñäéÝò ôùí óõíáíèñþðùí óáò».

Äåßðíï ôçò Çãåóßáò ôùí 100Ôï ßäéï âñÜäõ ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò Ðáôñé-

Üñ÷çò ðáñáêÜèéóå óå äåßðíï ðïõ ðáñÝ-èåóå ðñïò ôéìÞí ôïõ ç «Çãåóßá ôùí 100»,ïé åñãáóßåò êáé óõíåäñéÜóåéò ôçò ïðïßáòåß÷áí ðñïãñáììáôéóèåß íá ïëïêëçñùèïýíìå ôçí Üöéîç ôïõ ÐáíáãéùôÜôïõ.

ÊáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá ôïõ äåßðíïõ ï Ðá-íáãéþôáôïò åîÝöñáóå «ôçí ðáôñéêÞí êáéÐáôñéáñ÷éêÞí åõáñÝóêåéá äéÜ ôï üôé åõñß-óêïìåí ôçí ÏìïãÝíåéáí åéñçíåýïõóáí êáéïìïíïïýóáí ðÝñéî ôïõ ÉåñùôÜôïõ Áñ÷éå-ðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò, ôïõ áãáðçôïý çìþíáäåëöïý åí ×ñéóôþ êáé óõëëåéôïõñãïý êõ-ñßïõ Äçìçôñßïõ».

Ìéëþíôáò ðåñáéôÝñù ðåñß åíüôçôïòôüíéóå üôé «...äýíáôáé íá óõíõðÜñîç ôü-óïí ç åëåõèåñßá ôçò ãíþìçò, üóïí êáé çåíüôçò», êÜíïíôáò åéäéêÞ ìíåßá óôçí Áñ÷é-åñáôéêÞ ðñïóåõ÷Þ ôïõ Êõñßïõ ðïõ æÞôç-óå «ßíá þóéí Ýí» ïé ðéóôåýïíôåò Áõôüí.

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Ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò Âáñèïëïìáßïò óçìåß-ùóå üôé: «ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï åß-íáé èåóìüò çëéêßáò äÝêá Ýîé áéþíùí, äåíåßíáé èåóìüò åîïõóßáò, áëëÜ èåóìüò õðç-ñåóßáò ïíïìáæïìÝíçò åéò ôçí åêêëçóéáóôé-êÞ ãëþóóá �äéáêïíßá�...» êáé ùò ôÝôïéïòèåóìüò åßíáé áðüëõôá óýìöùíïò ìå ôçíäéáêïíßá ðïõ ðñïóöÝñïõí ïé ¢ñ÷ïíôåò,äéáêïíßá ðïõ áðïôåëåß ôïí ðõñÞíá ôùíäñáóôçñéïôÞôùí ôïõò.

Äåíäñïöýôåõóç êáé åðßóêåøç óåÍïóïêïìåßï

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ÁìÝóùò ìåôÜ åðéóêÝöèçêå ôï Íïóï-êïìåßï Ðáßäùí ôïõ Íôéôñüéô üðïõ åõëü-ãçóå ôïõò ìéêñïýò áóèåíåßò Ýøáëëå ôïáðïëõôßêéï ôùí Áãßùí Áíáñãýñùí êáéðñüóöåñå äõü ëüãéá óôÞñéîçò óôïõò óõã-ãåíåßò ôïõò.

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Åðßóçìï ÄåßðíïÁñãüôåñá ôï ßäéï âñÜäõ ðáñåôÝèç

åðßóçìï äåßðíï ðñïò ôéìÞí ôïõ Ðáíáãéù-ôÜôïõ óôçí êïéíüôçôá ôïõ Áã. ÍéêïëÜïõôçò ðåñéï÷Þò Troy ôïõ Ìßôóéãêáí.

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Ôï ðñüãñáììá ðåñéåëÜìâáíå ÷áéñå-ôéóìïýò ôçò ðñÝóâç ôçò Êýðñïõ ê. Åñá-ôþ ÊïæÜêïõ-ÌáñêïõëÞ êáé ôïõ ãåíéêïýðñïîÝíïõ ôçò ÅëëÜäïò óôï ÓéêÜãï ê.ÃáâñéÞë Êïðôóßäç.

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Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò åîÜëëïõ åîÝöñáóåôéò óêÝøåéò ôïõ ãéá ôçí ïéêïõìåíéêüôçôáôïõ ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ëÝãïíôáò üôé «ï üñïò Ïé-êïõìåíéêüò áðïôåëåß âáóéêÞ áðïóôïëéêÞéäéüôçôá ôïõ ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç óôçí ïðïßá ï ßäé-ïò áíôáðïêñßíåôáé åõñéóêüìåíïò óõíå÷þòåí áðïóôïëÞ óýìöùíá ìå ôçí ðñïôñïðÞôïõ Êõñßïõ �ðïñåõèÝíôåò ìáèçôåýóáôåðÜíôá ôá Ýèíç�» êáé ðñüóèåóå üôé ï Ðá-ôñéÜñ÷çò Âáñèïëïìáßïò áðïôåëåß «Ýíáí ïé-êïõìåíéêü öÜñï ðïõ åêðÝìðåé óõíå÷þòôï öùò ôïõ Åõáããåëßïõ êáé áãêáëéÜæåéïëüêëçñï ôïí êüóìï».

ÓõãêéíçìÝíïò áðü ôçí áõèüñìçôçÝêöñáóç áãÜðçò êáé åíèïõóéáóìïý ôïõêüóìïõ ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò, åêöñÜæïíôáò ôáâÜèç ôçò êáñäéÜò ôïõ åßðå óôïõò ðáñåõ-ñéóêïìÝíïõò: «Ãé áõôü Þñèá. ¹ñèá ãéá íáóáò äù êáé íá óáò ðù üôé óáò áãáðþ.¹ñèá í� áêïýóù ôéò öéëïäïîßåò, ôéò ðñïó-äïêßåò êáé ôéò åëðßäåò óáò. Ôï Ïéêïõìåíé-êü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï óå óôåíÞ óõíåñãáóßá ìåôçí ÉåñÜ Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞ ÁìåñéêÞò èá ðñÜ-îåé ôï êáëýôåñï äõíáôüí ãéá íá áíôáðï-êñéèåß ôùí ðñïóäïêéþí óáò».

Ï Ðáíáãéþôáôïò ìßëçóå áêüìç ãéáôïõò éó÷õñïýò äåóìïýò ìåôáîý ôçòÌçôñüò Åêêëçóßáò êáé ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðé-óêïðÞò ÁìåñéêÞò ðïõ üðùò åßðå «åßíáéóôåíüôáôïé êáé áäéÜññçêôïé, êáé äõíÜìåèáíá åßðùìåí áðü áíèñùðßíçò ðëåõñÜò á-ìïéâáßùò åðùöåëåßò».

Éäéáßôåñá ôüíéóå ôï óçìáíôéêü ñüëïðïõ êáëåßôáé íá ðáßîåé ç Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞÁìåñéêÞò óå óôåíÞ óõíåñãáóßá ìå ôïÏéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï óôçí áíÜðôõ-îç ôïõ éåñáðïóôïëéêïý Ýñãïõ ôüóï åíôüòáëëÜ êáé åêôüò ôùí ÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþí.«ÓÞìåñïí ôçí èÝóéí êáé ôçí ðáãêüóìéïíáßãëç ôçò ÂõæáíôéíÞò Áõôïêñáôïñßáò êá-ôÝ÷åé áóöáëþò ç ÌåãÜëç ÁìåñéêáíéêÞ Äç-ìïêñáôßá ôùí ÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþí»óçìåßùóå ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò èåùñþíôáò ôïãåãïíüò áõôü ùò åõêáéñßá ãéá ôçí ðåñáé-ôÝñù äéÜäïóç ôçò Ïñèïäïîßáò.

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ñáêïëïõèÞóåé êáíåßò ìéá Ðáôñéáñ÷éêÞÈåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá ðñïåîÜñ÷ïíôïò ôïõ Ïé-êïõìåíéêïý ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç, çãÝôç ôçò áíÜ ôïíêüóìï Ïñèïäïîßáò.

Ôï ÓôÜäéï Compuware Arena, ìéóÞ ðå-ñßðïõ þñá áðü ôï êÝíôñï ôïõ Íôéôñüéôìåôáìïñöþèçêå ôï ðñùß ôçò ÊõñéáêÞò 13Íïåìâñßïõ óôï ìåãáëýôåñï ÷þñï ëáôñåß-áò óå ïëüêëçñç ôç ÷þñá. Êáèþò ç ðïëõ-ìåëÞò ÂõæáíôéíÞ ÷ïñùäßá Ýøáëëå ôïí¼ñèñï 4.000 ðåñßðïõ ðéóôïß áðü üëåò ôéòðïëéôåßåò ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò Íôéôñüéô, ðñï-óÝñ÷ïíôáí ìå åõëÜâåéá ãéá íá ðáñáêïëïõ-èÞóïõí ôçí Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá êáé íá äïýíáðü êïíôÜ ôïí ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ôïõò. Ïé íáïßôçò ðåñéï÷Þò äåí ëåéôïýñãçóáí åêåßíç ôçíÊõñéáêÞ Ýôóé þóôå íá ìðïñÝóïõí üëïé íáðñïóÝëèïõí.

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Ôï Åðéìïñöùôéêü ÓåìéíÜñéï ÝëáâåðñáãìáôïðïéÞèçêå óôéò 13 Ïêôùâñßïõóôï çìåñÞóéï Åëëçíïáìåñéêáíéêü Ó÷ïëåßïôçò Êïéíüôçôáò «Ìåôáìüñöùóç» óôçíÊïñþíá, õðü ôçí áéãßäá ôïõ Óåâáó-ìéùôÜôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò ê.Äçìçôñßïõ, ï ïðïßïò êáé åêÞñõîå ôçíÝíáñîç ôùí åñãáóéþí ôïõ.

Óêïðüò ôïõ åêðáéäåõôéêïý áõôïýóåìéíáñßïõ Þôáí ç åíßó÷õóç êáé ç âåëôßùóçôùí ðñïãñáììÜôùí äéäáóêáëßáò, ôüóïóôá çìåñÞóéá üóï êáé óôá áðïãåõìáôéíÜêïéíïôéêÜ ó÷ïëåßá. Ôï óåìéíÜñéï ðåñéåëÜì-âáíå åðôÜ åíüôçôåò/workshops. ¸îé ìåáíôéêåßìåíï ôï áããëéêü ðñüãñáììá ôùíçìåñçóßùí ó÷ïëåßùí êáé Ýíá áöïñïýóå ôçíåðéìüñöùóç ôùí ÅëëÞíùí äáóêÜëùí.

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ÅéóçãçôÞò ôïõ Óåìéíáñßïõ ãéá ôïõò´Åëëçíåò åêðáéäåõôéêïýò Þôáí ï ê. Ìáíü-ëçò ÂáóéëÜêçò, óõíôïíéóôÞò åêðáßäåõóçòôïõ Õðïõñãåßïõ ÅèíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáò &ÈñçóêåõìÜôùí óôçí Ðñåóâåßá ôçò Åë-ëÜäáò óôçí ÏõÜóéãêôïí. Ï ê. ÂáóéëÜêçò,ï ïðïßïò Ý÷åé áó÷ïëçèåß åéäéêÜ ìå ôçäéäáóêáëßá ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò ùò äåýôåñçòãëþóóáò, ðáñïõóßáóå ôç óåéñÜ ôùíâéâëßùí «ÌÁÈÁÉÍÙ ÅËËÇÍÉÊÁ» ôïõÐáéäáãùãéêïý Éíóôéôïýôïõ, ôçò ïðïßáòåßíáé êáé ï âáóéêüò óõããñáöÝáò. Ï ê.ÂáóéëÜêçò óõìðëÞñùóå ôçí åéóÞãçóÞ ôïõìå ìßá äåéãìáôéêÞ äéäáóêáëßá ðáñá-èÝôïíôáò óõã÷ñüíùò ðáñáäåßãìáôá ãéáôç äéäáóêáëßá ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò ìå ôñáãïýäéá.

Ôï ÓåìéíÜñéï, ôï ïðïßï ðáñáêïëïý-èçóáí ðåñéóóüôåñá áðü 300 Üôïìá,ìåôáîý áõôþí éåñåßò, åêðáéäåõôéêïß êáéêïéíïôéêïß ðáñÜãïíôåò, åðé÷ïñçãÞèçêåáðü ôï õðåýèõíï Ãñáöåßï ôçò Ðïëéôåßáòôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ãéá ôçí åðéìüñöùóç ôùíåêðáéäåõôéêþí ôùí ìç-äçìïóßùí ó÷ïë-åßùí, êáèþò åðßóçò êáé ôçí ÉåñÜ Áñ÷éåðé-óêïðÞ êáé ç óõììåôï÷Þ ôùí åêðáéäåõ-ôéêþí Þôáí äùñåÜí.

ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ. � Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêï-ðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò êáëùóüñéóåôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ê. Âáñèïëï-ìáßï óôçí ¸äñá ôçò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò ôïðñùß ôçò ÄåõôÝñáò 13 Íïåìâñßïõ, ôåëåõ-ôáßá çìÝñá ôçò ðïéìáíôïñéêÞò åðßóêåøçòôïõ ÐáíáãéùôÜôïõ óôéò Ç.Ð.Á.

Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ÷ïñï-óôÜôçóå ôçò Èåßáò Ëåéôïõñãßáò óôï ðá-ñåêêëÞóéï ôïõ Áðïóôüëïõ Ðáýëïõ, åð�åõêáéñßá ôçò åïñôÞò ôïõ Áãßïõ ÉùÜííïõôïõ ×ñõóïóôüìïõ ÐáôñéÜñ÷ïõ Êùíóôá-íôéíïõðüëåùò.

ÌåôÜ ôçí Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá ôï ðñï-óùðéêü ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò åß÷å ôçíåõêáéñßá íá ëÜâåé ôçí åõëïãßá êáé íá á-êïýóåé ôïõò ðáñáéíåôéêïýò ëüãïõò ôïõÐáôñéÜñ÷ç êáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá óýíôïìçò äå-îßùóçò.

«Ç èÝóéò áðü ôçí ïðïßáí õðçñåôåßôåôçí Åêêëçóßáí, åßðå ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò, åßíáé ðï-ëý óðïõäáßá êáé õðåýèõíïò. Äéüôé üëáé áéåíôïëáß ôïõ ÉåñùôÜôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ êáéôçò ÉåñÜò ôïðéêÞò Óõíüäïõ åêôåëïýíôáé á-ðü óáò. ÅðïìÝíùò ï æÞëïò óáò, ç ôá÷ýôçòóáò êáé ç áêñßâåéÜ óáò áíôáíáêëïýí åéò ü-ëçí ôçí Åêêëçóßáí. Áíôéóôïß÷ùò êáé ïé åõ-ãåíåßò ôñüðïé óáò, ôï åêêëçóéáóôéêüí Þèïòóáò, ç åõðñïóçãïñßá óáò, ç ðñïèõìßá óáòðñüò åîõðçñÝôçóéí ôùí ðéóôþí ìåôáöÝ-ñïíôáé ùò ôñüðïò, Þèïò, ðñïèõìßá êáé ëïé-ðÜ åéò ôçí Åêëçóßáí. Áêüìç êáé ç éäéùôéêÞóáò æùÞ åðçñåÜæåé ôçí åéêüíá ôïõ ëáïýäéÜ ôçí Ïñèüäïîïí Åêêëçóßáí».

Êáé ìéëþíôáò ãéá ôï êáèÞêïí êáé ôçíáíÜãêç ãéá éåñáðïóôïëÞ åßðå: «Ç Åëëç-íïñèüäïîïò Åêêëçóßá, ç ðïëõðëçèåóôÝñáìÜëëïí ôùí åéò ôáò ÇíùìÝíáò ÐïëéôåßáòäñáóôçñéïðïéïõìÝíùí Ïñèïäüîùí Åêêëç-óéþí, Ý÷åé êáèÞêïí íá óõíåéäçôïðïéÞóåéôçí ïéêïõìåíéêüôçôÜ ôçò êáé íá åñãáóèåßéåñáðïóôïëéêþò ôüóïí ìåôáîý ôùí ïìï-ãåíþí üóïí êáé ìåôáîý ôùí åíôïðßùí, ïéïðïßïé áíáæçôïýí ôçí ïñèüäïîïí áëÞèåé-áí êáé ðßóôéí».

Óå Üëëï äå óçìåßï óõíÝ÷éóå: «Åßíáé êáé-ñüò ëïéðüí, åö� üóïí Þäç ç Åëëçíïñèüäï-îïò Åêêëçóßá çíäñþèç êáé åóôåñåþèç åéòôáò ÇíùìÝíáò Ðïëéôåßáò, íá óêåöèþìåí,íá áðïöáóßóùìåí êáé íá åíåñãÞóùìåí ìß-áí Ýíôïíïí óôñïöÞí ðñïò ôçí éåñáðïóôï-ëÞí ôüóïí ðñïò ôïõò Ïìïãåíåßò, üóïí êáé

ðñïò ôïõò áëëïãåíåßò. Åäþ åéò ôçí Áìåñé-êÞí ôï åíäéáöÝñïí äéá ôçí èñçóêåßáí åß-íáé Ýíôïíïí, ï ëáüò äéøÜ êáé ðñïóöÝñï-íôáé åéò áõôüí åêáôïíôÜäåò øåõäïäéóêá-ëßáé. Åéò Ýíá ôüóïí Ýôïéìïí áãñüí ðñÝðåéíá óðáñåß ï ëüãïò ôçò Ïñèïäüîïõ Ðß-óôåùò».

Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÄçìÞôñéïò ðñïóÝ-öåñå óôïí Ðáíáãéþôáôï óõìâïëéêü äþ-ñï åê ìÝñïõò ôïõ éäßïõ êáé ôïõ ðñïóùðé-êïý, Ýíáí êñõóôÜëéíï áåôü ãéá íá êïóìåßôï ãñáöåßï ôïõ.

Ôï ìåóçìÝñé ï Ïéê. ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ðá-ñáêÜèéóå óå ãåýìá ðïõ ðáñÝèåóå ðñïòôéìÞí ôïõ óôï Metropolitan Club ç Ðåñé-âáëïíôïëïãéêÞ ÏñãÜíùóç ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñ-êçò Scenic Hudson, ðïõ óêïðü Ý÷åé ôçíðñïóôáóßá ôçò êïéëÜäáò ôïõ ðïôáìïý ×Ü-íôóïí. Ïé äéïñãáíùôÝò áðÝíåéìáí óôïíÐáíáãéþôáôï ÄéåèíÝò Âñáâåßï ãéá ôçí äé-ïñáôéêüôçôá êáé ôá åðéôåýãìáôÜ ôïõ óåèÝìáôá ðñïóôáóßáò ôïõ ðåñéâÜëëïíôïò.

Ôï áðüãåõìá ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò óõíáíôÞ-èçêå ìå ôïõò êëçñéêïýò êáé ôéò ðñåóâõôÝ-ñåò ôçò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêÞò ÐåñéöÝñåéáò êáé

ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò ÍÝáò ÉåñóÝçò óôï Êáèå-äñéêü Íáü ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäïò óôï Ìáí÷Ü-ôáí, üðïõ áíÝðåìøå åõ÷áñéóôÞñéï äÝçóçêáé äïîïëïãßá êáé åêöþíçóå âáñõóÞìá-íôç ïìéëßá ãéá ôï Ýñãï êáé ôçí áðïóôïëÞôïõ êëÞñïõ. Ïé êëçñéêïß åß÷áí ôçí åõêáé-ñßá íá áðåõèýíïõí åñùôÞìáôá êáé íá ëÜ-âïõí äéåõêñéíßóåéò áðü ôïí Ðáíáãéþôáôïåðß ðïéìáíôéêþí èåìÜôùí.

Ôï ßäéï âñÜäõ ðñáãìáôïðïéÞèçêáí ôáåãêáßíéá ôùí ìïíßìùí áéèïõóþí Âõæáíôé-íÞò ÔÝ÷íçò óôï Ìçôñïðïëéôéêü Ìïõóåßïôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, ðïõ öÝñïõí ôçí åðù-íõìßá ôùí äùñçôþí Ìáßñçò êáé Ìé÷áÞëÔæá÷Üñç. Ï ê. Ìé÷áÞë Ôæá÷Üñçò åßíáé ïáíôéðñüåäñïò ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêïý Óõì-âïõëßïõ ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò êáé ðéóôüò

óôçí åðß åôþí äéáêïíßá ôïõ óôçí Åëëçíïñ-èüäïîç Åêêëçóßá óôçí ÁìåñéêÞ.

ÊáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá ôïõ äåßðíïõ ðïõáêïëïýèçóå, ðáñïõóßá ðïëëþí ðñïóêå-êëçìÝíùí åðéóÞìùí ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò Ðá-ôñéÜñ÷çò ôüíéóå éäéáßôåñá ôçí óçìáóßá ôïõÂõæáíôéíïý ðïëéôéóìïý: «...áéóèáíüìåèáüôé üëïé çìåßò ïé ðáñüíôåò... åßìåèá Üìå-óïé êëçñïíüìïé ôïõ Âõæáíôéíïý Ðïëéôé-óìïý, êáé áéóèáíüìåèá õðåñÞöáíïé ãéááõôÞ ôçí êëçñïíïìéÜ, áí êáé ãíùñßæïõìåüôé ôï ðåñéå÷üìåíüí ôçò Ý÷åé ôçñçèåß åíðïëëïßò áðñüóéôïí åéò ôçí Äýóéí». Êáé óåÜëëï óçìåßï áíÝöåñå: «Ôï ÂõæÜíôéï äéå-öýëáîå ôá Ýñãá ôïõ êëáóóéêïý ðïëéôé-óìïý êáé ôïõ ñùìáúêïý äéáêßïõ êáé ðñïóÝ-öåñåí áõôÜ åý÷ñçóôá äéá ôçí ÁíáãÝííç-óéí ìÝóù ôùí ìåôáíáóôþí êáé öõãÜäùíëïãßùí. ÕðÞñîåí ï èåìáôïöýëáî ôçò áñ-÷áßáò åëëçíéêÞò óêÝøåùò êáé ôïõ ðïëéôé-óìïý êáé óõíåäýáóå ôïí ×ñéóôáíéóìüí ìå-ôÜ ôïõ óõíå÷éæïìÝíïõ Åëëçíéóìïý åéò ôçíðëçñåóôÜôçí äéáíïçôéêÞí êáé ðíåõìáôé-êÞí áõôïý äéÜóôáóéí».

Áðåõèýíïíôáò äå ðñüóêëçóç ðñïòüëïõò ôüíéóå: «Ç ðñáêôéêÞ Äýóéò ðïëëÜèá ùöåëçèåß åÜí åíäéáöåñèåß äéá ôçíðíåõìáôéêÞí ðáñÜäïóéí ôçò ÁíáôïëéêÞòÏñèïäüîïõ Åêêëçóßáò, ç ïðïßá óõíå÷ßæå-ôáé ìÝ÷ñé óÞìåñïí êáé ç ïðïßá ðåñéëáì-âÜíåé, óõí ôïéò Üëëïéò, êáé ôçí áéóèçôÞíðáñïõóßáí ôçò Èåßáò ×Üñéôïò, ôïõ ÁãßïõÐíåýìáôïò, ôïõ Éçóïý ×ñéóôïý, ôçò Õðå-ñáãßáò Èåïôüêïõ êáé ÷éëéÜäùí Áãßùí êáéôùí ìõñéÜäùí áããÝëùí, äçëáäÞ ôçí Üë-ëçí ðñáãìáôéêüôçôá ç ìåôÜ ôçò ïðïßáòêïéíùíßá äßäåé íüçìá, åëðßäá êáé ÷áñÜí åéòôçí æùÞí».

ÁñãÜ ôç íý÷ôá ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò Ðáôñé-Üñ÷çò êáé ç óõíïäåßá ôïõ áíá÷þñçóáí á-åñïðïñéêþò ìå ðñïïñéóìü ôï Êáôìáíôïýôïõ ÍåðÜë ãéá íá óõììåôÝ÷åé óå ïéêïëïãé-êü óõíÝäñéï ðïõ äéïñãÜíùóå ç äéåèíÞò ïñ-ãÜíùóç World Wildlife Fund. � Ó.Ð.

Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïò ãéá ìéá ìÝñá óôçí ÍÝá Õüñêç

ÍÉÊ. ÌÁÃÃÉÍÁÓ

Ìå áíèïäÝóìåò êáé ñïäïðÝôáëá õðïäÝ÷èçêáí ôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç óôçí Ýäñáôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò ÁìåñéêÞò ïé ìáèçôÝò êáé ìáèÞôñéåò ôïõ ó÷ïëåßïõ ôïõ Êáèåäñéêïý.

ÏÑÈÏÄÏÎÏÓ ÐÁÑÁÔÇÑÇÔÇÓÓÅËÉÄÁ 18 ÍÏÅÌÂÑÉÏÓ 2000

Kronos New

220 V. Export Appliances & Shipping

MåôáöïñÝò

áðü ÁìåñéêÞóôçí ÅëëÜäá.ÏéêïóêåõÝò,áõôïêßíçôá,ïéêïäïìéêÜ õëéêÜ,çëåêôñéêÝòóõóêåõÝò,áåñïðïñéêÝòìåôáöïñÝò.

Kronos International Shippers, Inc.

22 N. Sangamon, Chicago, IL. 60607Tel. 312-432-0011 / 800-535-9635

Fax. 312-432-0507E-Mail: kronos@kronosint.com

We carry the complete line of GENERALELECTRIC export appliances in 220V.50 Hz.Refrigerators-washers-dryers-split airconditioners-Ranges-dishwash-ers etc.Electronics from : Panasonic,Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, Jvc, Sharp.

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MåôáöÝñïõìåôï ëÜäé óáò

áðü ôï ÷ùñéüç ðüëç óáò

óôçí ÅëëÜäáóôï óðßôé óáòóôçí ÁìåñéêÞ

MåôáöïñÝò áðü ÅëëÜäá óôçíÁìåñéêÞ. ÐñïóùðéêÜ áíôéêåßìåíá,áõôïêßíçôá, Ýðéðëá, åìðïñéêÜ öïñôßá.Måãáëýôåñç

Ýêèåóççëåêôñéêþíóõóêåõþíìå ñåýìá ÅëëÜ-äïò. Øõãåßá,ÐëõíôÞñéá,óôåãíùôÞñéá,êïõæßíåò,ôçëåïñÜóåéò,âßíôåï,êëéìáôéóôéêÜ,ìéêñïóõóêåõÝòêïõæßíáò.

Ç ÉåñÜ Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞ ÁìåñéêÞò ãéüñ-ôáóå ãéá äåýôåñç ÷ñïíéÜ öÝôïò ôá ïíïìá-óôÞñéá ôïõ ÓåâáóìéùôÜôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêü-ðïõ ìáò.

Ôï ðñùß ôçò 26çò Ïêôùâñßïõ, ôïõÁãßïõ ÌåãáëïìÜñôõñïò Äçìçôñßïõ, ï Óå-âáóìéþôáôïò ðñïåîÞñ÷å Áñ÷éåñáôéêÞòÈåßáò Ëåéôïõñãßáò óôïí ïìþíõìï Éåñü íáüóôçí Áóôüñéá ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, ðáñïõ-óßá ðïëëþí åðéóÞìùí êáé åêðñïóþðùí

áðü ôï ðñùß õðåñ÷õëßóåé áðü áíèïäÝóìåòðïõ êáôåõèáíáí ç ìéÜ ìåôÜ ôçí Üëëç. Ôïáðüãåõìá ôåëÝóôçêå äïîïëïãßá óôï ðá-ñåêêëÞóéï ôïõ Áðïóôüëïõ Ðáýëïõ óôçíÝäñá ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéêïðÞò, áóöõêôéêÜ ãå-ìÜôï áðü êëçñéêïýò, éåñÜñ÷åò, ðéóôïýòêáé ìáèçôÝò ó÷ïëåßùí ôçò ðåñéï÷Þò ðïõÞëèáí íá åõ÷çèïýí óôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï.

Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ðñþçí Áìåñé-êÞò ê. ÉÜêùâïò óõãêéíçìÝíïò ï ßäéïò, ìßëç-óå ìå ðïëý èÝñìç êáé áãÜðç ãéá ôï ðñü-óùðï ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ Äçìçôñßïõ êáéóõãêßíçóå üëï ôï åêêëçóßáóìá. ×áéñåôé-óìïýò êáé åõ÷Ýò áðçýèõíáí ï ÃåíéêüòÐñüîåíïò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç ê.ÄçìÞôñéïò ÐëáôÞò, Ãåíéêüò Ðñüîåíïò ôçòÊýðñïõ óôçí ÍÝá Õüñêç ê. ÂáóßëåéïòÖéëßððïõ, ï ðñùôïðñåóâýôåñïò Åììá-íïõÞë Ãêñáôóßáò, ðñüåäñïò ôïõ Óõìâïõ-ëßïõ ÐñåóâõôÝñùí ôçò áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêÞòðåñéöÝñåéáò ï áíôéðñüåäñïò ôïõ Áñ÷éå-ðéóêïðéêïý Óõìâïõëßïõ ê. Ìé÷áÞë Ôæá÷Ü-ñçò êáé ç ðñüåäñïò ôçò ÅèíéêÞò Öéëïðôþ-÷ïõ Áäåëöüôçôïò ê. Åõáíèßá ÊïíôÜêç.

Óå ãéïñôéíÞ áôìüóöáéñá áêïëïýèçóåäåîßùóç êáé ìéá óõíå÷Þò êé áôÝëåéùôç óåéñÜåðéóêåðôþí, åðþíõìùí áëëÜ êáé áðëþí á-íþíõìùí áíèñþðùí ðïõ ðåñíïýóáí íá åõ-÷çèïýí êáé íá ÷áéñåôßóïõí ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêï-ðï, ðïõ üñèéïò êáé ÷áìïãåëáóôüò äÝ÷ïíôáíìå åõãíïìùóýíç ôéò åêäçëþóåéò áãÜðçò êáéóåâáóìïý ôïõ ðïéìíßïõ ôïõ.

Ôá ïíïìáóôÞñéá ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ Äçìçôñßïõ

ëßôùí êáé Ìýñùí ×ñõóüóôïìïò êáèþò êáéïé åî ÁìåñéêÞò áñ÷éåñåßò ÌçôñïðïëßôåòÊñÞíçò ÉÜêùâïò, Áßíïõ ÌÜîéìïò, ÁíÝùíÌåèüäéïò, ÐñïéêïíÞóïõ ÉóáÀáò, ÔõÜíùíÐáÀóéïò êáé ï åðßóêïðïò ÎÜíèïõ ÄçìÞ-ôñéïò.

Ç ÂõæáíôéíÞ ÷ïñùäßá õðü ôçí äéåý-èõíóç ôïõ Äñ. Ãåùñãßïõ ÌðéëÜëç êáé ìéáäåýôåñç ðïëõìåëÞò ÷ïñùäßá áðïôåëïýìå-íç áðü ìÝëç ÷ïñùäéþí ôùí ôïðéêþíêïéíïôÞôùí õðü ôçí äéåýèõíóç ôïõ Ãåùñ-ãßïõ ÑÜðôç óõíÝâáëáí óôç äçìéïõñãßáêáôáíõêôéêÞò áôìüóöáéñáò óå Ýíá áöé-ëüîåíï êáôÜ ôá Üëëá ÷þñï.

ÊáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá ôçò Èåßáò Ëåéôïõñ-ãßáò ðñáãìáôïðïéÞèçêå ç åéò äéÜêïíïí ÷åé-ñïôïíßá ôïõ ÉùÜííç ÍÜóóç áðü ôï ÓéêÜ-ãï, áðüöïéôïõ ôçò ÈåïëïãéêÞò Ó÷ïëÞòôïõ Ôéìßïõ Óôáõñïý, ï ïðïßïò ðñüóöáôáóõìðëÞñùóå ìå åðéôõ÷ßá Ýíá ÷ñüíï ðñï-óöïñÜò êáé õðçñåóßáò óôï ÏéêïõìåíéêüÐáôñéáñ÷åßï. Ï Ðáíáãéþôáôïò ÷åéñïôï-íþíôáò ôïí íÝï äéÜêïíï ôïí ïíüìáóå ×ñõ-óüóôïìï, åð� åõêáéñßá ôçò åïñôÞò ôïõ Á-ãßïõ ÉùÜííïõ ôïõ ×ñõóïóôüìïõ ôçí åðï-

ìÝíç êáé åõëðéóôþíôáò üðùò åßðå, íá êç-ñýîåé ôïí Èåßï Ëüãï.

Ãåýìá Öéëïðôþ÷ïõÁìÝóùò ìåôÜ ôç Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá, ôï

ôìÞìá ôçò Öéëïðôþ÷ïõ Áäåëöüôçôïò ôçòÅðéóêïðÞò Íôéôñüéô ðáñÝèåóå ãåýìá ãéáüëï ôï åêêëçóßáóìá. Ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò åîÞ-ñå ôï öéëáíèñùðéêü Ýñãï ôçò Öéëïðôþ-÷ïõ êáé ôçí óõìâïëÞ ôùí ìåëþí ôçò óôçíÅêêëçóßá êáé ôçí êïéíùíßá ãåíéêüôåñá. Åõ-÷áñßóôçóå éäéáßôåñá ôçí ê. ÄÝóðïéíá Íßêï-ëáò, ðñüåäñï ôïõ ôìÞìáôïò ôçò Öéëïðôþ-÷ïõ ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò Íôéôñüéô êáèþòåðßóçò êáé ôïí ê. Ðßôåñ ÊáñáìÜíï, éäéï-êôÞôç ôùí áèëçôéêþí åãêáôáóôÜóåùíCompuware � üðïõ äéåîÞ÷èç ç È. Ëåéôïõñ-ãßá êáé ôï ãåýìá� ãéá ôçí äùñåÜíðñïóöïñÜ ôïõ ãåýìáôïò.

Ôï âñÜäõ ôçò ÊõñéáêÞò äùñçôÝò êáéåõåñãÝôåò ôçò ÅðéóêïðÞò Íôéôñüéô ïñãÜ-íùóáí åõ÷áñéóôÞñéï äåßðíï êëåßíïíôáòÝôóé ôçí Ðáôñéáñ÷éêÞ ðïéìáíôïñéêÞ åðß-óêåøç óôï Íôéôñüéô. Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò Ðá-ôñéÜñ÷çò áíá÷þñçóå áñãÜ ôï âñÜäõ ãéáôçí ÍÝá Õüñêç.

Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò óôï Íôéôñüúô

ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò êáé ÊõðñéáêÞò ðïëéôåßáò êáéðëÞèïõò êüóìïõ ðïõ êáôÝêëõóå ôï íáüáðü üñèñïõ âáèÝùò êáé ðáñáêïëïýèçóåìå åõëÜâåéá ôçí êáôáíõêôéêÞ Èåßá Ëåé-ôïõñãßá êáé åõ÷Þèçêå õãåßá êáé ìáêñïç-ìÝñåõóç óôïí ðíåõìáôéêü ðáôÝñá êáé ðïé-ìÝíá ôïõ.

Éäéáßôåñç Þôáí ç ðáñïõóßá óôç ÈåßáËåéôïõñãßá ôïõ ÌáêáñéùôÜôïõ Áñ÷éåðé-

óêüðïõ Áëâáíßáò ê. Áíáóôáóßïõ ðïõ óõí-äÝåôáé äéá ìáêñü÷ñïíçò öéëßáò ìå ôïí Áñ÷é-åðßóêïðï ÄçìÞôñéï.

ÌåôÜ ôç Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá, ï Áñ÷éåðß-óêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò åãêáéíßáóå êáé ðåñéçãÞ-èçêå ôçí áíáêáéíéóìÝíç êïéíïôéêÞ áßèïõ-óá ôçò êïéíüôçôáò ôïõ Áã. Äçìçôñßïõ.

Äïîïëïãßá êáé ÄåîßùóçÇ Ýäñá ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò åß÷å

Ï ÁÑ×ÉÅÐÉÓÊÏÐÏÓ Áëâáíßáò ÁíáóôÜóéïò óôïí É. Íáü ôïõ Áãßïõ Äçìçôñßïõ óôçí Áóôüñéáôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò áðåõèýíåôáé óôï Åêêëçóßáóìá áíÞìåñá ôïõ Áã. Äçìçôñéïõ. Äßðëá ôïõÓåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò

Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò êáé ï Ìáêáñéþôáôïò Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò Áëâáíßáòê. ÁíáóôÜóéïò ìå ôïõò êëçñéêïýò êáé ìÝëç ôïõ Ä.Ó. ôçò êïéíüôçôïò ôïõ Áã. ÄçìçôñßïõêáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá ôùí åãêáéíßùí ôïõ áíáêáéíéóìÝíïõ êïéíïôéêïý êÝíôñïõ.

ÐáéäéÜ ìå áãíü ÷áìüãåëï åõ÷Þèçêáí óôïíÁñ÷éåðßóêïðï ãéá ôá ïíïìáóôÞñéá ôïõ.

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NOVEMBER 2000 PAGE 19ORTHODOX OBSERVER

PhiloptochosThe Voice ofNational Board Convenes for First Meeting of New Session

Archbishop Demetrios convened the2000-2001 National Philoptochos Boardon Sept. 29, beginning their meetings witha prayer followed by his keynote addressto members of both the National Boardand the Archdiocesan Council.

Afterward, National President EveCondakes, reappointed to a second termby His Eminence, officially opened thesession. Mrs. Condakes rendered her offi-cial acceptance to her reappointment asNational Philoptochos President in her ad-dress. Archbishop Demetrios offered wisecounsel to the women present and thenannounced the nominations of the Execu-tive Board members.

At the end of the nominations, a mo-tion was made and unanimously passedthat the following will comprise the Ex-ecutive Board:

Eve Condakes, president; MariaLogus, first vice-president; Kathy Gabriel,second vice-president; Froso Beys, thirdvice-president, Susan Regos, secretary;Aspasia Melis, Greek Secretary; AphroditeSkeadas, treasurer; Pauline O�Neal, assis-tant treasurer; Honorable Yorka Linakis,legal advisor; Kassandra Romas, parlia-mentarian; Helen Demos, protocol officer,and immediate past National PresidentMimi Skandalakis, advisor to the Board.

The executive board is joined by thefollowing: Sophia Altin, GeorgiaAntinopoulos, Frances Bissias, TheodoraCampbell, Dr. Maria Michell Caras, EulaCarlos, Patty Chacopoulos, Helen Collis,Carol Contos, Irene Costakis, PenelopeDambassis, Mary Diamant, Beck Demery,Anna Demetrakas, Dolly Demetris,Beatrice Douvres, Marika Drakotos, BessieDrogaris, Vasiliki Feldmar, Anne Feles,Renee Gahagan, Tula Gallanes, TarsiGeorgas, Pat Gogos, Anne Gustave, Dr.Joanne Hologgitas, Nora Iliadis, GeorgiaKaloidis, Anita Kartalopoulos, EfthaliaKatos, Elaine Kevgas, Terry Kokas, PennyKorkos, Antonia Kourepinos, HelenLambros, Nellie Logothetides, ArgeriaLogus, Helen Loukedis, Helen Malachias,Cleo Maletis, Maryann Mihalopoulos,

Helen Misthos, Esther Mitchell, AngelaMorris, Celeste Moschos, Marjorie Moyar,Helen Nicozisis, Bessie Papigiotis, HelenPatronis, Evelyn Pavloglou, MarissaPayiavlas, Faye Peponis, Christine Peratis,Helen Peterson, Mary Plumides, DorotheaProdromidis, Lila Prounis, Mary Rhodes,Demetra Safiol, Vickie Scaljon, ArleneSiavelis, Sofia Shane, Kula Sosangelis, Faye

Spanos, Mary Spirou, Lena Spyropoulos,Joanne Stavrakas, Maria Stavropoulos,Martha Stefanidakis, Kathy Theofilos,Chrysoula Tomaras, Lenore Trigonis,Diane Tseckares, Kalli Tsitsipas, EvaVardakis, Effie Venduras, Georgia Vlitas,Lori Voutiritsas, Eleni Zaferes and BillieZumo, past National Presidents KatherinePappas, Beatrice Marks, Dionisia Ferraro,Dina Skouras Oldknow; and the diocesepresidents, Loula C. Anaston, StellaCapiris, Harriet Matthews, Despina Nicho-las, Christine Karavites, Elaine Cladis, AnnWoodward, Mary Ann Bissias, and RonnieKyritsis, who are joined in an ex-officio

capacity by the Daughters of PenelopeGrand President Betty Benjou and thePresvyteres Sisterhood President AngieConstantinides.

Following the election and announce-ment of appointed members the businesssession recommenced with the reading ofthe last National Board minutes by AspasiaEsther Mitchell and the convention ple-nary report presented by Convention 2000Chair Elaine Kevgas. Kassandra Romasupdated the new board on the resolutionspassed at the Convention and awaiting HisEminence�s approval, followed by DollyDemetris Convention Host Committee Co-Chair with a brief report.

A recess was called in order for themembers of the National Board to partici-pate in a joint luncheon with ArchbishopDemetrios and Archdiocesan Councilmembers. Business sessions reconvenedwith committee reports and a presenta-tion by Fr. Costas Sitaras, director of St.Basil Academy, who updated the Boardon the status of the institution.

Nellie Logothetides, social serviceschair, introduced Paulette Geanaco-poulos, CSW National Philoptochos socialworker, who announced that the NY StateGrant of $45,000 for domestic violencehad been renewed to the PhiloptochosSociety. Ms. Geanacopoulos also ex-plained that the clients they assist couldbe emotionally disturbed, homeless, des-titute, victims of domestic violence, drugor alcohol abuse or ill.

The diocese presidents then reportedon the status of their dioceses since the re-cent Clergy - Laity Congress. The days eventsconcluded with an announcement by Presi-dent Condakes that the next PhiloptochosChildren�s Medical Fund Luncheon wouldtake place in Oak Brook, Ill., on Nov. 3.

Susan Regos, secretary of the NationalBoard, was the general chairman with Chi-cago Diocese President Mary Ann Bissiasand National Board member Lori Voutir-itsas, the luncheon co-chairs.

The two-day sessions concluded withthe completion of the diocese presidents�reports, committee reports and an openquestion and answer forum, conducted byFirst Vice-President Maria Logus, wherethoughts, ideas and recommendationswere presented.

Following a closing prayer, PresidentCondakes adjourned the first sessions ofthe National Philoptochos Board.

N.J. Chapter Supports “Tie a Ribbon for a Cure” ProgramWESTFIELD, N.J. � Holy Trinity

Church Philoptochos held a major fund-raiser in support of National Breast Can-cer Awareness Month.

Titled �Tie A Ribbon for A Cure,� theprogram involves the purchase of pink rib-bons to be tied around a tree or lamp postin front of parishioners� homes. The rib-bons are hung in honor of or in memoryof those whose lives have been touchedby the disease.

According to the Susan G. KomenBreast Cancer Foundation, the pink ribbonhas become the international symbol forbreast cancer awareness. It also representsour courage, support, and hope for a cure,and helps to remind people of the needfor regular self-exams and mammograms.

In 1999, the program raised $1,500for the North Jersey Affiliate of the Foun-dation through the sale of breast cancerawareness Christmas ornaments, pinkrhinestone ribbon pins, pink ribbon em-

broidered handkerchiefs, donations, andthe standard pink ribbons. Fr. DimitriosAntokas reminded the parishioners whatthe ribbons represented, and suggestedholding a Healing Service (Efchelaion) forthose whose lives have been foreverchanged by the disease.

The Fall 2000 newsletter, for theCURE, features Holy Trinity PhiloptochosTreasurer Tiffany Kominos Corbett in theSurvivor Spotlight. She offers 13 tips onwhat to do upon learning that a friend orrelative has breast cancer.

Ranging from preparing dinner, pro-viding transportation to treatment appoint-ments, to the all-important need for prayer,the suggestions enable those around abreast cancer patient to offer constructive,targeted support in difficult times.

For more information, contact theSusan G. Komen Breast Cancer Founda-tion at www.breastcancerinfo.com or 908-277-2904.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. � Twelve sepa-rate programs make up the GOLD Min-istry of the Ladies Philoptochos Societyof Holy Trinity Church.

Philoptochos President LauraNixon relates the beginnings of the co-ordinated effort: �Fr. Nicholas Trianta-filou, who greatly influenced this under-taking, helped us to invite about a dozenof the various local service organizationsin our area to set up displays in our fel-lowship center.  In conjunction with aluncheon of soup and crusty rolls, ourparishioners heard each group�s presen-tation of their mission and their needs.Then each church member could signup for whichever organization theywished to assist.�

The result, Giving Orthodox LoveDaily, includes the following programs:·Adopt A Nursing Home: Companion-ship for nursing home residents.·The Alexander Children�s Center:Helps emotionally disturbed children.·Crisis Assistance Ministry: Helps fami-lies in economic crisis.·Drivers for Senior Citizens: Providestransportation to appointments and ac-tivities.

GOLD Ministry: Giving Orthodox Love Daily·Eco Women�s Transitional Home:Helps previously incarcerated womenin a transitional home setting.·Faith Community Partnership: Co-ordinates church resources with com-munity service needs.·Habitat For Humanity Mentor Pro-gram: Tutors children of working low-income families.·International Orthodox ChristianCharities: Worldwide humanitarian as-sistance.·Loaves and Fishes: Provides emer-gency food to those in crisis.·Nevins Center: Helps mentally im-paired adults to become self-reliant.·Prison Ministry: Weekly visitations forministry and support.·Rebound: Provides a structured pro-gram for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

These combined programs createa network of services to the communityat large, and truly fulfill the mission ofthe Philoptochos Society to help feedthe hungry, visit the sick, minister tothose in prison, and help our fellowhuman beings as our Lord and SaviorJesus Christ taught.

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by Georgia Vlitas

ORTHODOX OBSERVER NOVEMBER 2000PAGE 20

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ST. GEORGE CHURCH

ucked away in the corner ofnorthwestern Louisiana, St.George Church is the only

Ark-La-Tex’s Greek Orthodox Community

Name: St. GeorgeGreek Orthodox ChurchLocation:Shreveport, La.Diocese:DenverSize:about 105 membersFounded: 1919

Clergy: Fr. George Bessinas(Holy Cross �90)

Noteworthy:Operating budget funded en-tirely through stewardship

parish in the Deep South under theDenver Diocese.

This Greek Orthodox communityin Shreveport, a city of about 390,000,originally was part of the Charlotte Dio-cese until the late 1960s. With its loca-tion only 15 miles from the Texas bor-der, with cultural and economic ties tothat state and its proximity to Houston,then the seat of that diocese before itwas relocated to Denver, the churchpetitioned and received approval totransfer to that jurisdiction.

The region is commonly known asArk-La-Tex because the state lines of

Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas intersecta few miles outside the city. �We haveparishioners who come from all over theArk-La-Tex, as far as two hours away,� saidFr. Bessinas a native of Veroia, Greece,who came to the United States in 1982as a high school exchange student in Se-attle. Members live in Longview andTexarkana, Texas, an hour to the westand north; Ruston, La., an hour east; andAlexandria, La., about two hours to thesoutheast. �The one�s who live that faraway come more frequently that somewho live in town,� he said.

Early yearsThough small in number, St.

George�s parishioners are a dedicatedgroup who generously support theirchurch, Fr. Bessinas noted.

According to information from thepriest, the first known Greek Orthodoximmigrants to come toShreveport arrived about1912. Most came fromAsia Minor, especiallyfrom New Ephesus..Others emigrated frommainland Greece. Mostoperated restaurants.

In 1916 several lead-ing businessmenfounded The HellenicAmerican Beneficial So-ciety �Socrates,� whosemain purpose was to offer finan-cial assistance to its members in theevent of a misfortune.

In 1917 the charter of �Socrates�was amended so the society could de-velop as a religious organization.

All member benefits, and any fundscollected, were set aside for thesociety�s newly envisioned mission and

goal, the establishment of a Greek Ortho-dox church. St. George was founded in1919 and visiting priests began to holdworship services.

Constant expansionOver the next 40 years, the story of

St. George Church has been one of build-ing and expansion.

The community bought a privatehome near downtown Shreveport in 1924for conversion into a house of worship andpurchased a nearby site, the church�spresent location, in 1933. Constructionbegan a year later.

Within five years, the church was com-pleted and consecrated. More parcels ofland next to the church were acquired for

future expansion in 1940.An activities center, built in 1957,

functions as the parish hall, with meetingrooms and catechism school classrooms.

The parish occupies an entire block,including an open field used for picnics.

The church building has two levels.There is handicapped access for anyoneunable to use main entrance on secondlevel. Ramps and an elevator at groundlevel provide access to the narthex.

Demographically diverseMost parishioners are American born,

of Greek background, along with a grow-ing number of converts. �Half the house-holds have at least one convert,� said thepriest. �Sometimes they both are.� Fami-lies comprise about half the membership,with the remainder consisting of retirees.

The present parishioners are mostlyin professions, with many educators, doc-

tors, lawyers, and engineers repre-sented.

There are not many youngadults,� Fr. Bessinas said. �Theygo away for college. Our presentand future growth will have to

come from outside.�We consider our-

selves a pan Orthodoxchurch,� he continued,

noting that the com-munity realized itwould have to in-clude all OrthodoxChristians. �Sevenyears ago, group of

dissatisfied parishioners left and went tothe Antiochian Church and started a mis-sion parish with a dozen families;

The parish now has members of Rus-sian, Serbian, Palestinian, Georgian Roma-nian and Ethiopian backgrounds.

�With the establishment of mis-sion parish, we became more proneto welcome converts, to reach outmore,� said Fr. Bessinas. �We don�twant to be known for baklava andsouvlaki. The mentality of the youngergeneration is not that they want to beknown for having roots, wherever theycame from, but �what I want to be iden-tified with first is my Orthodox Chris-tian faith.�� He continued, �That�s whatgoing to help our parish grow, for thesake of the gospel. The mission parishreally opened our eyes.�

Strong stewardship programFor the past four years, steward-

ship has accounted for 100 percent of

the funding for the church�s operat-ing budget, supplemented by dona-tions. The average pledge is almost$900.

�We give 11 percent of our bud-geted income to the national ministriesof the Archdiocese, and we will in-crease it by 1 percent each year untilwe reach 15,� said Fr. Bessinas.

There is no Greek festival, but aGreek Night is held in certain years asa fund-raiser. It is a semiformal familyevent open to the public that includesa dinner dance, silent auction, a dancegroup; and a band. open to the pub-lic. All proceeds go to a building fund.

Varied ministriesSt. George Church offers several

special ministries. Orthodoxy 101 is aclass for newcomers to the Faith andpotential converts that meets twice amonth; �It provides ongoing educa-tion even for our own Orthodox Chris-tians who have lapsed or those whowant to continue to learn more of theirfaith,� Fr. Bessinas said. There also isweekly Bible study every Wednesdaynight, and Orthros 101 every otherTuesday.

There is no Greek school, but thepriest said the community is planningto start one that will be offered byAHEPA. �We realize growth is comingfrom converts and we try to presentchurch for its Orthodox faith, then theHellenic and cultural heritage aspect.�

The parish has an active GOYAchapter.

Outreach to greater communityAs part of his ministry, Fr. Bessinas

attends many public events.

u Condakeses honoredNational Philoptochos President Eve

Condakes and her husband, Leo, ofSwampscott, Mass., were feted Oct. 27 bythe Hellenic American Neighborhood Ac-tion Committee at its annual dinner danceOct. 27 in New York. The couple was hon-ored for their many decades of devotionand commitment to the Greek OrthodoxChurch. HANAC was founded in 1972 anddevelops and administers many social ser-vice projects for the city�s needy.

u Chairman retiresThomas C. Kyrus, retiring chairman

of the Cyprus Children�s Fund was recentlyhonored at a farewell reception in NewYork by National Chairman and PresidentPeter J. Pappas and the Board of Directors.

u Reelected to officeFr. Steven J. Vlahos of St. Demetrios

Church in Wildwood, N.J., recently wonreelection as vice chairman of the stateBoard of Human Services. He has beenreappointed to the board twice by Gov.Christine Todd Whitman after his initialappointment in 1990.

u Talk on healingTheologian, educator, pastoral coun-

selor and psychologistDr. Kyriaki KaridoyanesFitzgerald of Massachu-setts recently addressedthe sixth annual sympo-sium of Orthodox Chris-tian Synergy, �An Ortho-dox Perspective on Heal-ing� at St. Andrew Church

in Chicago in mid-October. Dr. Fitzgeraldholds an M.Div. degree from Holy CrossSchool of Theology and a Ph.D. from Bos-ton University.

u Surgeon honoredHellenic American Medical and Den-

tal Society of Southern California honoredDr. Michael J. Patzakis at the Universityof Southern Calif., Nov. 4. Dr. Patzakis is aprofessor and chairman of the USC De-partment of Orthopedic Surgery. Proceedsbenefited the society�s scholarship fund.

u Half-century markHoly Trinity Church in Bridgeport,

Conn., recently honored Sophie Frange-nes for her 50 years� service to the parishas organist and choir member. Fr. Deme-trios A. Recachinas presented her with acommemorative plaque at a luncheon.

u Named to boardSalt Lake City business and civic

leader Theodore S. Sargetakis recently wasappointed to the board of the HellenicCultural Association Museum and Library.The museum/library was dedicated in May1992. Mr. Sargetakis also is active in theCretan Clubs of Utah.

P A R I S H p r o f i l e

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Shreveport

Concert pianist and visual artist EleniTraganas of New York recently was se-lected for inclusion in Who�s Who in theWorld and Who�s Who of AmericanWomen. Ms. Traganas was trained at TheJulliard School and has performed and lec-tured extensively in Europe, and displayeddisplayed her award-winning works at theNational Arts Club and elsewhere.

u In ‘Who’s Who’

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R ETIRED CLERGY

by Fr. William G. Gaines

Thanksgiving is the consumate Ameri-can ho1iday. Other nations may have cel-ebrations related to the harvest, but theyare not specifically �thanksgiving� events;celebration best describes them. In fact,our American Thanksgiving does not haveits roots in the cycle of seed time and har-vest at all. Its beginnings are in a thanks-giving for which there was no bounty ofearth. Really, it was to show gratitude forsurvival after a bitter and harsh winter and,in anticipation of a repetition of that cruelwinter that had taken nearly half thecolony of Puritans.

Thanksgiving is American We share iton1y with our sister nation to the north,Canada -which observes its ThanksgivingDay in October, before the snow fall. How-ever, we can not be so naive as to believethey celebrate in church. Only a fewchurches are even open on this day. In-stead, some families will make the excusethat they were having a big dinner at theirhouse, and they just couldn�t get to church.That is as much as saying that those whoare at worship have little or nothing to getready for. And besides, it can be done.There are many women who will somehowmanage to have time to give thanks in God�shouse. But this has become a day whenhuge numbers of people draw aside tothink of their blessings. In some way, atsome moment in the great day, they willpause. Their prayer may be only a murmurof the heart, maybe only a breath they can�tfind a way to put into words, but a few willstretch the capacity of their hearts to real-ize the blessings they share with those theylove. Today, we must realize that it�s thethankful heart that puts joy into this day.Even if we choose the ceremonies of foot-ball and enormous dinners, the joy and the

“The Secret Of Thanksgiving”excitement come when we remember thatthere is a Giver. There is One who givesand gives and gives.

He gives us freedom of body and soul.He gives us the family that upholds us andfills us with love. He gives peace and satis-faction in the midst of the turmoil andpressures of life. He gives us a sense ofaccomplishment that says our labor andour love are worthy contributions to soci-ety. He permits us to serve in his kingdom,and even says that the gifts we bring willhelp someone else be grateful to him.

Most of all, he permits us to live outour gratitude in lives of faithful service.He says that our gratitude can change thelives of others and enable them to sharehis love.

There is one idea that we Christianscannot easily shake from our minds: If lifeis given to us, if blessings are shown tous, then the secret of life meaning andvalue are more in the Giver than in thegift itself. The gift inspires the song ofthanks.

A long time ago on a tiny island in theMediterranean, a man sat in lonely exile,banished to a desolate place because ofhis faith in Christ, far from those withwhom he yearned to share the glory ofGod. With nothing to make his life rich,nothing to bring joy, nothing but the threatof life-long loneliness, he wrote a letterthat was somehow smuggled off that is-land. In that letter, he wrote a song ofthanksgiving. It ends this way: �Hallelu-jah!� For the Lord our God the Almightyreigns.� (Revelation 19:6)

That may be the secret of Thanksgiv-ing, not that we are blessed, but that evenin our blessedness the Lord God omnipo-tent reigns.

Fr. Gaines is president of the RetiredClergy Association.

A TV ad campaign for the U.S. Army ex-horts young viewers to �Be all that you canbe,� in hopes of enticing them to enlist.

In 1974, Fr. James C.Moulketis decided hewanted to �do all he coulddo� for his Church andcountry. He joined the Na-val Reserve while serving aspastor of St. Barbara�sChurch in Toms River, N.J.,and was commissioned in1975 as a lieutenant juniorgrade.

After completingChaplain School in New-port, R.I., he spent the next24 years serving as a chap-lain in various assignmentsand locations around theworld, ranging from NorthCarolina to Suda Bay, Crete, to Okinawa,Japan and 29 Palms, Calif.

Last month, Fr. Moulketis, who alsopastors St. Nicholas Church in Wyckoff,N.J., retired with the rank of captain. Heis the highest-ranking Greek Orthodoxpriest in military and the first Greek Or-thodox clergyman to become a captain inNaval Reserve. Rev. George Paulsen wasthe first active-duty Greek Orthodox priestto attain this rank.

�As a child I always had the dream thatministry in the military was something Iwanted to experience; to serve people ofour nation as well as people of ourchurch,� said Fr. Moulketis.

Greek Orthodox Chaplain Retiresby Jim Golding

CAPT. (Fr.) JAMES MOULKETIS

�The navy enables a priest like myselfto serve all of God�s people. In that set-ting we�re all God�s people. I was there toassist them regardless of what they were,white or non-white, Greek or non-Greek.

The role of a chaplain isall embracing.�

He had planned tostay in the Reserves foranother year, but de-cided to leave now to de-vote his attention to amajor renovation projectat his parish.

Looking back on hisservice, Fr. Moulketis re-called two experiences inparticular that stand out �relieving Fr. Bartz inOkinawa in 1992, whichenabled him to worship inan Orthodox chapel andexperience a dynamic min-istry; and an assignment to

Suda Bay for three weeks. �Just being thereamong our own people, interfacing withGreeks at the naval base was very mean-ingful for me,� he said. At the change ofcommand ceremony, the commanderasked him to offer prayer in Greek.

Fr. Moulketis� formal retirement cer-emony took place at the Chaplain Schoolin Newport Oct. 14 and was attended byhis wife, Evangeline and two daughters,Stephanie and Irene; New Jersey DioceseChancellor Fr. Alexander Leondis, and Frs.Constantine Sitaras of St. Basil Academy,George Poulos of Stamford, Conn., andPeter Balkas of Newport.

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WASHINGTON - The fifty-ninth meet-ing of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation tookplace at Saint Paul�s College in Washing-ton, DC, from October 26 to 28, 2000.Discussions focused on recent develop-ments in relations between the churchesand the filioque. The meeting was pre-sided over by Metropolitan Maximos ofPittsburgh (Orthodox co-chairman) andBishop Dale Melczek of Gary, in the ab-sence of Archbishop Rembert Weaklandof Milwaukee, the Catholic co-chairman.

After examining a number of devel-opments in the lives of the two churches,Rev. John Long, SJ, offered a detailed ac-count of the meeting of the 8th PlenarySession of the International Joint Commis-sion for Dialogue between the OrthodoxChurch and the Catholic Church that tookplace in Emmitsburg, Md., in July 2000.This was followed by a presentation andanalysis by Fr. Brian Daley, SJ, of the tworecent documents of the Congregation ofthe Doctrine of the Faith: the declarationDominus Iesus and the note on the ex-pression �sister churches.� MetropolitanMaximos commented on these mattersfrom an Orthodox perspective.

The Consultation also continued itslong-range study of the filioque question.This is the insertion of the phrase �andthe Son� into the Latin form of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed for liturgicaluse at the beginning of the second mil-lennium; this development has long beenseen as a key issue preventing the rees-tablishment of full communion betweenthe Orthodox and Catholic churches.

Two presentations were made on theHoly Spirit in the Syriac tradition: �Noteson the Holy Spirit in East Syriac Christian-ity� by Professor Susan Ashbrook Harvey,and �St. Ephraem the Syrian on the HolySpirit,� by Fr. Sidney Griffith. Fr. AlexanderGolitzin read his paper, �Adam, Eve andSeth: Pneumatological Reflections on anUnusual Image in Gregory of Nazianzus��Fifth Theological Oration.��

Filioque, Church Relations Focusof Orthodox-Catholic Consultation

The Consultation also examined therevised version of the text, �The FilioqueClause in Ecumenical Perspective,� origi-nally drawn up by a group of theologiansfrom eastern and different western tradi-tions when they met at Schloss Klingenthalnear Strasbourg, France, in 1978 and 1979.It was decided to continue this study atthe Consultation�s next meeting, which isto be held at St. Vladimir�s Orthodox Semi-nary in Crestwood, NY, in late May 2001.

The North American Catholic-Ortho-dox Theological Consultation is spon-sored jointly by the Bishops� Committeefor Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairsof the National Conference of CatholicBishops and the Standing Conference ofCanonical Orthodox Bishops of America.

It was the first official dialogue be-tween the two churches, founded in 1965and predating the international dialogueby 15 years. Another body, the Joint Com-mittee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops,has been meeting annually since 1981 todiscuss pastoral issues between the twochurches.

In addition to the two co-chairmen,the Orthodox members of the Consulta-tion include the Rev. Thomas FitzGerald(secretary), Archbishop Peter of New York,the Rev. Nicholas Apostola, Professor Su-san Ashbrook-Harvey, the Rev. AlkiviadisCalivas, the Rev. James Dutko, ProfessorJohn Erickson, the Rev. Alexander Golitzin,the Rev. Emmanuel Gratsias, Dr. RobertHaddad, Professor Lewis Patsavos, the Rev.Paul Schnierla, the Rev. RobertStephanopoulos, and Bishop Dimitrios ofXanthos (staff).

Additional Catholic members are theRev. Brian Daley, SJ (secretary), Msgr.Frederick McManus, the Rev. GeorgeBerthold, Professor Thomas Bird, the Rev.Peter Galadza, the Rev. John Galvin, Sis-ter Donna Geernaert, SC, the Rev. SidneyGriffith, ST, the Rev. John Long, SJ, theRev. David Petras, Professor Robin DarlingYoung, and the Rev. Ronald Roberson, CSP(staff).

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The parish also assists the Habitat forHumanity chapter in Shreveport, withPhiloptochos serving meals to the volun-teers. In August he was asked to bless oneof the new homes, which received public-ity in the local newspaper, the ShreveportTimes. �We told them we�re experts atthat,� remarked Fr. Bessinas. The parishalso is considering sponsoring a Habitathouse along with several other localchurches.

St. George also takes part in a foodbank that is housed across the street at aMethodist church. Other efforts includeclothing drives for Goodwill and the Sal-vation Army.

Fulfilling ministryFr. Bessinas also participates in events

at Louisiana State University-Shreveportand at Northwestern State University. Hehas lectured on iconography at a local artmuseum, and conducted church tours andgiven other presentations on Orthodoxyto the public, including newspaper andtelevision interviews.

He describes his ministry as �fulfill-ing and challenging at the same time � it�sfulfilling because I find joy in what I do;it�s challenging because there is so muchto do; so much our Church offers that wehave to convey to the community, thewealth and truth of the Orthodox faith.�

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R E L A T I N G T O T H ER E L A T I N G T O T H E Faith

No recurring idea makes more con-spicuously manifest the nature of biblicalfaith than does the concept of thanksgiving.Throughout the Scripture thanks is offeredto God, with three insignificant exceptions(Luke 17:9; Acts 24:3; Romans 16:4).

Yes, thanks is always rendered to God,but this occurs only within the context ofthe covenant relationship, prompted by aconcrete act of the conditional promisesmade to humanity by God within humanhistory.

In the Old Testament, thanksgiving orgratitude forms the special note of thebook of Psalms. But Israel�s gratitude ringsthroughout her history. We read in IChronicles 16:4 that King David �ap-pointed some of the Levites to ministerbefore the ark of the Lord, to commemo-rate, to thank, and to praise the Lord Godof Israel.� (See also verses 7, 8, 41; 1Chronicles. 23:30; 25:3; Nehemiah 12:46).Solomon (II Chronicles. 5:13; 7:6), andHezekiah (II Chr. 31:2), as well as the re-turned exiles (Neh. 11:17; 12:24, 27, 31,38, 40), continued this practice.

To give thanks played an essential rolein the cult of Israel. All the processions onthe way to Mt. Hermon filled the air withsongs of thanksgiving (Psalm 42:4). En-trance into the temple was accompaniedby thanksgiving: �Let us come before Hisface with thanksgiving� (Psalm 95:2; 100:4).

The service of worship containedsongs of gratitude also: �Sing to the Lordwith thanksgiving; sing praises on the harpto our God� (Psalm 147:7). Even sacrificeswere accompanied by thanks (Jonah 2:9).

Judgments were made with thanks-giving before the altar of God (Psalm 26:7).The twelve tribes of Israel went up toJerusalem �to give thanks to the name of

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the Lord� (Psalm 122:4).The underlying element of Israel�s

thanksgiving was her faith: �Praise theLord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for Heis good! For His mercy endures forever�(Psalm 106:1; See also parallel texts: Psalm107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1 et all). Israelthanked God because He remained faith-ful to His covenant with her.

God�s faithfulness was made manifestin many ways: He protected the nation andthe individual from their enemies (Psalm28:7; 35:18); He delivered the needy fromjudgment (Psalm 109:30), from prison(Psalm 142:7), and from death (Psalm30:12; 86:12). In His righteous judgmentGod put down the wicked and exalted thegodly (Psalm 140:13), and He forgives thesinful people (Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 30:4). Godis to be praised for His wonderful provi-sion for His people (Psalm 111:1; 145:10).

These were God�s mighty works offaithfulness to His covenant, and the wayIsrael chose to answer was one of gratitudefor His covenantal love. In fact, Israel�s grati-tude was the condition for the proper ful-fillment of her covenantal obligations.

Israel�s willingness to obey the lawsof the covenant was born of such a grati-tude to God. St. Paul the Apostle says: �Butwhen the fullness of the time had come,God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,born under the law, to redeem those whowere under the law, that we might receivethe adoption of sons� (Galatians 4:4).

Unfortunately, when the fullness ofthe time had come, Israel could not graspthat only in the power of the Gospel shecould come to fulfillment of the law.

Israel was not ready to heed and tocomply with St. Paul�s exhortation:�Thanks be to God for His indescribable

gift!� (II Cor. 9:15). Thanks be to God forthe Incarnation of His Only-Begotten Son,the only One Who could bring us salva-tion from the death of sin!

We profess that Christ is �true God oftrue God, begotten, not made, of one es-sence with the Father, by Whom all thingswere made: Who for us men and for oursalvation came down from heaven and wasincarnate of the Holy Spirit and the VirginMary and was made Man.� As the sinless Sonof God, �He humbled Himself and becameobedient to the point of death, even thedeath of the cross� (Philippians 2:8).

He lived His entire earthly life givingthanks to His Father even to the pointwhere He reached the Eucharistic crux onthe hill of Golgotha.

Since Christ often prayed alone, fewof His thanksgivings are preserved in thewritten Sacred Tradition�Holy Scripture.(See Mat. 15:36; John 6:11; Mark 14:23and the parallel texts).

Yet, in Revelation 7:12, the exclama-tion of the angels resonated throughoutthe New Testament: �Amen! Blessing andglory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honorand power and might, be to our God for-ever and ever. Amen.�

Those who were blessed to knowJesus in the flesh thanked God for Hiswork (Luke 17:16), and for His person(Luke 2:38). Those who followed Jesus,St. Paul par excellence, unceasingly gavethanks to God for that which was workedby His power (Romans 1:8; 7:25).

St. Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles andthe greatest missionary of the ChristianChurch, thanked God for Christ, �His in-describable Gift,� (II Cor. 9:15), for a sharein God�s kingdom (Col. 1:12; II Thess.2:13), for strength to proclaim the Gospel(I Tim. 1:12), for special spiritual gifts (ICor. 14:18; Rom. 14:6), for physical suste-nance (I Cor. 10:30), for earthly joys (I Tim.4:3), for the spread of the faith (II Cor.2:14), for the love and the faith of his fol-lowers in Christ (Rom. 6:17; I Cor. 1:4),and for the guidance of God (I Cor. 1:14).

These are but a few among many oth-ers scriptural verses that express heartfeltthanksgiving poured out to God for thatwhich God, through Christ in the Holy Spirit,was accomplishing in the early Church.

The gratitude of the holy authors wasa pristine answer to God�s concrete actionwithin human history. For this reason theNew Testament authors urged their fellowChristians to be thankful also (Col. 3:15;Eph. 5:4).

As strange as it may seem, this exhor-tation to be grateful is tantamount to amore fervent call to faith, viz., a call to

recognize that which God has done, to re-ceive the benefits of His actions, to nur-ture such benefits in the soul, and to wit-ness to them to the world. It means to beable to say with Paul: �I have been cruci-fied with Christ; it is no longer I who live,but Christ lives in me: and the life which Inow live in the flesh I live by faith in theSon of God, Who loved me and gave Him-self for me� (Gal. 2:20).

Only where gratitude was present wasthere true faith (Rom. 1:21), for gratitudewas the only faithful response possible toGod�s gift in Christ (I Cor. 15:57).

The very power to give thanks wasgiven �through our Lord Jesus Christ� andthanksgiving were to be rendered throughChrist�s power (Col. 3:17) and in His name(Eph. 5:20). Commenting on the verse fromEphesians 5:20, Blessed Jerome pointedout: �This is to be understood in a doublesense, both in adversity and in good timesto give thanks always for all things.

Even the heathen, the Jew, thepublican, and the Gentile give thanks ingood times. But the second sense of giv-ing thanks is seen in the special gift ofChristians to give thanks to God even inseeming adversity... The greater virtue isto give thanks to God precisely amid thosevery dangers and afflictions.� (�Epistle tothe Ephesians.�)

So, the Christian was to abound inthanksgiving (Col. 2:7), to pray withthanksgiving (Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2; I Tim.2:1), to witness to the Gospel by beingcomprehensibly thankful (I Cor. 14:16-17). �In everything give thanks; for this isthe will of God in Christ Jesus for you� (IThes. 5:18). As Paul so responded, and ashe preached the Faith as no one else did,the power of the Gospel would spread togenerate new thanksgiving (II Cor. 9:11-12; 1:1), all to God�s glory (II Cor. 5:15).

To give thanks to God unceasinglymeans to truly believe in Christ. �I thankYou, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thatYou have hidden these things from thewise and prudent and have revealed themto babes� (Matthew 11:25). St. JohnChrysostom writes: �He gives thanks forthem that believed.�

Christ gives thanks to His Father, theonly source of knowledge, for opening thehearts of �the babes� to communicate thehidden reality of the Kingdom. Christ said:�Let the little children come to Me, anddo not forbid them; for of such is the King-dom of heaven� (Mat. 19:14).

Unless one is as innocent as the littlechildren, unless one gives thanks to Godfor the indescribable gift of salvation boughtby Christ�s bloodshed on the Cross, onecannot enter the Kingdom of God.

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Principle Two: Divine direction notpersonal opinion.

Engulfed by hurricane winds, the shipwas swept for days without benefit of starsor sun and neither passengers nor crewknew where they were or where they weregoing.

Fatigue, seasickness, hunger and de-spair began to take its toll.

Luke states, �they had all lost hope ofbeing saved.� (Acts 27:20)

At this point of utter helplessness,servant-centered leaders often emerge. Itwas now possible for St. Paul to redirectthe crew�s attention to the �God to whomhe belongs and whom he serves.�

Paul�s confidence did not lie with thecargo�s financial stability nor captain andcrew�s expertise, but on his relationshipwith Jesus.

In the midst of this terrible storm Godsends an angel with a message of hopeand Paul�s response is to minister to adespairing crew.

Servant leadership is what many referto as situational leadership. It differs frompositional leadership as it is based on whatleaders want to do for their constituentsrather than what they demand of them.

Because the epistles of St. Paul werefundamental to Chrysostom�s spiritual for-mation, the orator suggests that Churchleaders should, likewise, remain faithfulto his example and council.

�St. Paul is sailing with us even now,�Chrysostom insists. �He admonishes useven now to take heed against evil men,boasters, lovers of money who will enterthe ship.�

Chrysostom warns, �such men aremore grievous than all storms.�

Unlike the centurion in Acts 27 wholistened to the advice of the avaristic cap-tain and crew, he suggests listening to St.Paul and �avoid harm and loss.�

Paul�s admonition to the crew is as valu-able today as it was then. Leaders would dowell to study his New Testament epistles thatfocus on the spiritual and administrative lifeof early Christian communities.

If we spend time in such prayerful re-flection prior to our parish council delib-erations, we will become proficient in hear-ing Paul�s advice challenging us to becomeleaders that more humbly serve and teachour constituents concerning our Lord.

Principle Three: Unity not mutinyThough the crew tried desperately to

control their course, the ship had beenadrift and ravaged by the storm more thantwo weeks. On the 14th night around mid-night, crewmembers pretending to loweran anchor from the bow actually at-tempted to abandon ship.

Perceiving the pretense of their ac-tions, Paul warns the centurion �unlessthese men return, we will not be saved!�

He sternly warns the centurion thatindividual crewmembers must not be al-lowed to desert.

Tragically, a vast majority of churchcommunities are replete with stories ofparishioners �abandoning ship.�

When financial storms or winds ofadministrative controversy rise to galestrength, families as well as individual pa-rishioners frequently �leave the church�in search of more tranquil settings.

Others, confronted with differingopinions or a perceived lack of personalnotoriety for their work or financial con-tributions �leave the church� to make apublic statement of their disapproval.

There are many �lifeboats� that temptus to abandon ship whenever difficultiesarise. Paul�s warning should therefore cer-tainly resonate within all of us wheneverwe are tempted to flee from the gales thatwe encounter.

If we are to truly be a eucharistic fam-ily, our focus should be on the entireChurch�s �crew�s� safety, not on ourselves.

We should remain on board in spiteof the storms. Only in this way can we besaved.

Principle Four:Sacramental nourishmentnot humanistic proficiency

St. Luke notes the crew had not eatenanything for 14 days.

Chrysostom insists the reason theyhad not eaten was because �Fear pos-sessed them and did not let them have adesire for food.� At this point of lost en-durance, Paul encourages all 276 passen-gers on board to eat.

The meal to which Paul invites thecrew, however, provides more than merelyphysical sustenance. It consists of themessage God provided through His angel.

Crew and passengers were nourishedby a feast of hope rather than succumbingto a fast of fear. Having heard Paul�s mes-sage, the crew uncharacteristically jettisonsthe remaining cargo. By lightening the ship,the possibility of deliverance is hastened.

Although this meal should not be tooclosely associated with the supper Jesushad with his disciples, it nonetheless con-veys similar implications. Confidence liesin sacramental nourishment rather thanpersonal proficiency.

While hardly any crewmembers wereChristians, the meal that was shared asnight was turning into dawn was no ordi-nary festivity.

Luke suggests it was associated withworship and prayer, a meal of spiritualrefreshment.

It was an occasion of spiritual nour-ishment, hope and encouragement in theprovidence of God.

The significance of this cannot be over-stated. We, too, should jettison the cargoesweighing down our families and parishes.

Greed, pride, adultery, addiction, ava-rice, idolatry, self-centeredness, anger,competition are all examples of hazard-ous cargoes.

Unfortunately, all too often we en-counter parishes, religious institutions andeven families adrift, directionless, and sink-ing due to such cargo. Perhaps the heavi-est cargo is our own inflated egos.

We are challenged by Paul to work outour salvation with �fear and trembling�(Philippians 2:12). Our initiatives shouldbe developed and pursued in obedienceto God.

The grain of this world should be re-placed with the wheat of the Liturgy. Lead-ers should frequent the Eucharistic Cup.In doing so we acknowledge the feeble-ness of our own strength and witness toour utter dependence on the life-givingenergy of Christ�s Body and Blood.

The Eucharistic meal creates a still-ness in a world racked by self-centeredwinds of postmodern tempests.

St. Paul�s final shipwreck did not re-sult in loss of life. The ship, however, wasdestroyed on the rocky shores of Malta(Acts 28:1).

The island, ironically, lies near Sicily.Miraculously, even though the ship hadbeen blown for hundreds of miles offcourse, it still ended up near its originaldestination. This was surely, the perfect,perfect storm!

ConclusionAs we have seen, an allegorical syn-

thesis of Acts 27 provides the basis of fourleadership prescriptions.

Leaders are always needed in time ofcrisis, danger and storm. We must makecertain that such leadership is not encum-bered with self-interest but motivated bydivine calling.

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Fr. George ScoulasGLENVIEW, Ill. � The Rev. George J.

Scoulas, 73, pastor of Sts. Peter and PaulChurch in Glenview, Ill., died Oct. 18 at alocal hospital following an illness.

He served the parish as pastor sinceFebruary 1974.

Fr. Scoulas was born to John and MaryScoulas in Miami on Oct. 13, 1927. Thefamily also lived in North Carolina andChicago, where he completed high school.

He entered Holy Cross School of The-ology and graduated in 1950. He also stud-ied at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminaryin the late 1960s.

He married the former Maria Massas ofSt. Louis on Aug. 23, 1956, and was ordaineda deacon Sept. 1, 1957 at St. Nicholas Churchin St. Louis by Bishop Ezekiel of Nazianzos.The bishop ordained him to the priesthoodat the parish on Aug. 24, 1958.

Fr. Scoulas also served Evangelismosparish in Little Rock, Ark., and St. Nicho-las in Pittsburgh before his assignment toGlenview.

He also was a long-time OrthodoxChristian Mission Center Board member,from the Center�s inception and has beeninstrumental in its development through hisdedication, vision and active participation.

Survivors include Presbytera MaryKatherine, daughters Alexandra andKatherine, and other relatives.

Divine Liturgy and funeral service tookplace Oct. 21 with Metropolitan Iakovos ofthe Diocese of Chicago officiating.

Contributions may be made to theReverend George J. Scoulas MemorialFund, c/o Saints Peter & Paul Greek Or-thodox Church, 1401 Wagner Rd.,Glenview, IL 60025.

George ChristopherSAN FRANCISCO � Former Mayor

George Christopher died Sept. 14 at age 92.Mr. Christopher was born in Aghios

Petros, Arcadia, Greece and came toAmerica at age 2.

He was the son of a vendor and as ayouth delivered papers for the San FranciscoExaminer, then worked at the paper as acopy boy and in the accounting department,eventually becoming payroll clerk. Evenings,he attended Golden Gate College andearned a degree. After graduation he wentinto business, acquiring a defunct dairy andbuilt it into the Christopher Milk Company.

He was elected to the San FranciscoBoard of Supervisors in 1944.

Mr. Christopher served as mayor from1956 to 1964 and was a delegate to theUnited Nations and an advisor to the U.S.Department of Commerce. His many hon-ors and decorations include the offikionof Archon Protonotarios from Patriarch

Athenagoras. He also was decorated by thegovernments of France, Italy, Denmark,Sweden and Greece.

As mayor, he helped bring the Giantsbaseball team to San Francisco, and hostedSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev when hevisited the city as part of his U.S. tour in 1959.

He also expanded the city�s interna-tional airport, revitalized the financial dis-trict, built 14 libraries and made the con-struction of Candlestick Park possible.

Mr. Christopher left politics in 1966after losing a bid for the Republican gu-bernatorial nomination to Ronald Reagan.

Mr. Christopher lay in state at the CityHall Rotunda on Sept. 18.

Funeral service took place at Holy Trin-ity Church Sept. 19 with Metropolitan An-thony officiating, assisted by several priests.

Burial was in the Greek OrthodoxMemorial Park in Colma, Calif. His wife,Tula, preceded him in death.

Emmanuel CouloucoundisArchon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and longtime member of the Holy Trinity

Archdiocesan Cathedral board Emmanuel Couloucoundis died Oct. 30 at age 74.Mr. Couloucoundis was born in Marseille, France, in 1925 and came to the United

States in 1957. He worked with the Kouloukoudis family shipping business until start-ing his own shipping company in the late 1960s.

In addition to his church-related activities, Mr. Couloucoundis was a trustee for theModern Greek and Byzantine Studies Program at Queens College in New York.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, John and Sonya; several grandchil-dren; and brothers and sisters. His wife, Cleopatra, preceded him in death in 1998.

Dr. Christ T. KopanTOLEDO, Ohio � Dr. Christ T. Kopan,

an optometrist more than 40 years whowas a life member of the ArchdiocesanCouncil under Archbishop Iakovos and anArchon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,died Sept. 15 at age 83.

He was born in Sheboygan, Wis., in1916. His family moved to Chicago in 1921.

After serving in World War II underGen. Omar Bradley, he returned to Chi-cago and pursued graduate studies inoptometry at Northern Illinois College.

Harold W. FrankBOCA RATON, Fla. � Harold W. Frank,

a founder and organizer of St. Mark Churchdied Aug. 12. He was a New York Univer-sity graduate and was vice president of theAmerican Securities Corporation and presi-dent of the Corporate Board Traders Clubin New York Inc., from 1970-76.

Survivors include his wife, Emerald,four children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

In MemoriamIn Memoriam

Maria KatinasTOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. � Maria

(Potsos) Katinas, mother of Fr. NicholasKatinas of Dallas, mother-in-law of Fr.Thomas Paris of Oakland, Calif., andgrandmother of Frs. James Katinas, andPaul and James Paris, died Sept. 16 in Cali-fornia after a brief illness.

She was a member of Philoptochosand was preceded in death by her hus-band of 48 years, Emmanuel Katinas.

Services took place Sept. 21 at As-sumption Church in Town and Country.

She is also survived by 14 grandchil-dren and 16 great-grandchildren.

After graduation he practiced in Chicagoand Aurora, Ill.

After his marriage in 1950 to KatherineSaltos of Toledo, he relocated there andbecame active in Holy Trinity Church, serv-ing as parish president. Dr. Kopan also wasactive at the diocesan level. He served aspresident of AHEPA.

Survivors include by his wife; broth-ers Gus and Andrew; sisters Demetra andVirginia; sons Thomas, Michael, Gregoryand Dean and their wives; and severalgrandchildren and other relatives.

Bishop Nicholas of Detroit officiatedat the funeral and gave the eulogy.

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challengeYouth Ministry

Email: youthoffice@goarch.org

Challenge is the Youth & YoungAdult Ministries supplement to

the Orthodox Observer.

Articles reflect the opinion of the writers.Write to: Youth & Young Adult Ministries,Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America,8 East 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021

or email: youthoffice@goarch.org

What�s UpT he essentials for serving asa volunteer youth workerinclude: availability, a

sense of calling, like being around youngpeople and have a personal prayer life.

Young people want youth advisors tobe available to them, both in and out ofChurch. Many times we have the mind setthat we have to wait for the young peopleto come to Church. An available youthworker will go visit the young persons attheir homes, their schools, athletic events,etc. Effective youth ministry will not takeplace only within the Church.

One cannot minister effectively toyoung people without being available tothem. Availability means the willingnessto open our heart up to young people,allowing them to see that we, too, are�mortal.�

Youth workers must have a sense ofcalling. If we don�t truly believe that weare called to do His work, and that ourwork is a sacred call, then we better re-consider what we are doing. Has God re-ally called us to do this work? Volunteerswho have a sense of calling view them-selves as walking alongside Jesus in theirministry.

Most people would agree that in or-der to be an effective youth worker, onemust like being around young people. Andjust as important, they need to know thatyou like spending time with them. One ofthe best ways to show young people thatyou really like them is do things with themthat are not required of you.

It is most essential for a youth workerto be actively participating in the Sacra-mental life of the Church, as well as hav-ing a personal prayer life.

How can we tell young people aboutgoing to Church, receiving Communion,fasting, and reading the Bible, if we do notfirst practice these ourselves?

If our young people graduate highschool and have not become active mem-bers of the Church, even though they havenever missed a GOYA meeting, than I be-lieve we have failed. The most importantthing to remember is that our job is not toentertain them, but to help guide them inbecoming active members of the Church.

Who can be a volunteer? The answeris anyone who is willing to make them-selves available to young people, believesthat they have a genuine calling to minis-ter, enjoys spending time with youngpeople and someone who is committedto the teachings of the Orthodox Faith.

When Jesus called the first four dis-ciples, He told them, �Follow Me, and Iwill make you fishers of men� (Matthew4:19). Even though this was not the firsttime that the four disciples had heard ofJesus and His ministry, � . . . they immedi-ately left their nets and followed Him . ..�(Matthew 4:). Wouldn�t it be wonderfulif we could just approach any potentialvolunteer in a parish whom we want onthe youth ministry team and say, �come

Essentials for a Youth Workerand join�, and immediately they wouldjoin?

Unfortunately, recruiting volunteersis not that easy. Many times we just endup using anyone we can find who is will-ing to help. Below are a few ideas thatmight help you get started in your recruit-ment process.

With the parish priest heading thisprocess, look for qualified role modelsamong active parishioners.

Serving our young people is a sacredcall and can often times be difficult. Makesure that your parish youth workers arecommitted to the Church. The parishpriest should give his blessing for eachindividual chosen to work with youngpeople.

Ask the youth group themselves whothey would like to have as a leader (rolemodel). Make sure that the young peoplethemselves find the volunteer Christ-cen-tered, interesting and likeable.

Get a list of names of potential volun-teers from the parish council � and whenyou approach them, let them know thatthe parish council recommended them.Ask them in person, rather than placing aphone call � it�s much harder to turnsomeone down �face to face�.

They should:�Be active sacramental members of

the Orthodox Faith�Enjoy-spending time with young

people�Be responsible adults�Attend a leadership-training pro-

gram offered by the parish priest and par-ish youth director (contact the Nationalor Diocese Office of Youth and YoungAdult Ministries for more details).

Don�t forget to:�Have a background check per-

formed on each individual who works withyoung people. Even if the potential advi-sors are active members of the parish, thisbackground check should be conducted.Contact your local Department of ChildSafety and Care for further details.

�Obtain at least two references fromqualified people who work with the po-tential advisors/youth workers

These steps will get you started withyour goal of recruiting volunteers. Formore information, please contact the Na-tional Office of Youth and Young AdultMinistries at (212) 570-3560 or by e-mailat youthoffice@goarch.org.

Hey, Don�t JustSit There

CERTAINLY I�m not the only one,but I must admit that I�ve letmy mind wander a little inChurch on Sunday mornings.The time I spent with friends

the night before, the homework that�s duethe next day, the football game later thatafternoon. So many different things creepinto my mind as I sit there in a pew alldressed up. After all, why should I payclose attention, the Liturgy seems to bethe same thing I�ve sat through a hundredtimes before.

All too often the Church becomes forus just a place we go rather than some-thing that we are a part of. We must real-ize, however, that when we talk about�Church,� we aren�t necessarily talkingabout the building, the clergy, or even theservices. Instead, we are talking about our-selves, because we, along with the bish-ops and priests, make up the Church.

Think about it. Without the people,the church building remains quiet. With-out the people, the priest cannot conductthe Liturgy alone. Without thepeople�there is no Church. Realizingthat we are an essential part of the Church,we can see how important our role is inwhat goes on at the Divine Liturgy. Thisbeing the case, on Sunday mornings wecan�t �just sit there.�

The Divine Liturgy is a time for us tocome together as Orthodox Christians andworship God as a community. Jesus saysin the book of Matthew, �For where twoor three are gathered together in my name,I am there in the midst of them� (18:20).Gathering together we form the Body ofChrist. As a community of believers weexpress our love for one another, and forChrist Himself.

Knowing this, we have a better idea asto why we are in Church on Sunday morn-ings. But what are we supposed to do whilewe are there? As I said before, it is some-times easy to let our minds wander during

by Paul Zaharas the Divine Liturgy. With all of the pressuresthat we face in our lives today, it can bedifficult to stay focused on what is goingon around us. Over the centuries, how-ever, the Church has realized that some-times it is hard to concentrate. As a result,we have been given many different thingsto draw us back into the Liturgy.

If we simply become aware of oursurroundings, the Divine Liturgy fills eachof our five senses. With our eyes we seethe icons that teach us and remind us ofthe presence of Saints. Our ears hear theimportant words of the prayers and thebeautiful singing of hymns. We experi-ence the sense of touch when we makethe sign of the cross and when we vener-ate the icons. We smell the fragrant in-cense that is offered up to God. And fi-nally, we taste the Communion as we re-ceive the Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

In each of these ways we are drawninto the Divine Liturgy and we participatemore fully when we are aware of them.Further, we are not in Church on Sundaysto watch the clergy pray. We are encour-aged throughout the Liturgy and directedby the various petitions to also pray.

When the priest or deacon says, �Forpeace in the whole world, for the stabilityof the holy churches of God, and for theunity of all, let us pray to the Lord,� he istelling us exactly what we should be do-ing-praying for peace, stability, and unity.

Or when he says, �For travelers byland, sea, and air, for the sick, the suffer-ing, the captives and for their salvation,let us pray to the Lord,� we should be pray-ing for the salvation of the travelers, thesick, the suffering, and the captives.

It is important to remember that theDivine Liturgy is not a magical show thatis conducted by the clergy. It is rather, acommon act of worship by all the people,clergy and laity. We as members of theBody of Christ are a necessary part of theChurch, and the Divine Liturgy is an op-portunity for us to actively participate inworshiping God. For this reason, on Sun-day mornings we can�t �just sit there.�

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All too often, Christian leaders aremeasured in terms of their ability to raisefinancial resources.

Although the ability to motivatepeople to share their resources and mon-etary assets is important for the viable ad-ministration of any Christian institution,the message of Paul�s voyage is clear.

Crew should always take precedenceover the cargo. Our attention must alwaysfocus on the individual�s needs.

Financial portfolios, endowmentsand gifts should never eclipse a person�svalue. Like the crew, storms afford us theopportunity to assess our priorities.

Ironically, shipwreck can be avoidedby placing our trust on God�s will ratherthan on our own professional abilities, anddivine guidance rather than personal reli-ance.

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trial in Rome.Rome signified the possibility of wit-

ness and evangelization.Paul�s courage was a result of spiri-

tual confidence in God�s Word. Theapostle�s inspired character and servant-centered leadership were the direct resultof his conviction that his ministry had adivinely appointed destination.

His leadership was, therefore, predi-cated on divine guidance and not on per-sonal preference or proficiency.

Our prayerful examination of the per-fect, perfect storm described in Acts 27 canhelp us focus on the most valuable lead-ership principles: the Eucharist, not theeconomy; spiritual guidance, not self-reli-ance; unity, not self-perseverance or in-surrection, and the crew, not the cargo.

The contemporary Orthodox Churchneeds servant-centered leaders inspired bywisdom, fortified by sacramental nourish-ment, enlightened by Christian zeal andenergized by God�s purpose.

In the end, the central message is thatdeliverance and rescue belong to God.

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DIOCESE OF ATLANTA

Vikki Alexander was all smiles atchurch.

The 13-year-old, a member ofKnoxville�s St. George Greek OrthodoxChurch, sat at a banquet table flanked byher parents, two teachers and her princi-pal, Clifford David from Cedar BluffMiddle School.

And Vikki wouldn�t have it any otherway.

�This is an evening to recognize ourteachers,� Vikki said, waving her hand to-ward the other tables where the churchyouths sat with relatives and educators.�We often applauded the students, but Iam grateful for this chance to say thankyou to teachers. Greeks love education,and I am glad we had this event.�

From Catechetical School, Greek lan-guage, parochial, private and public schoolsystems, teachers were among the guestsof honor at a banquet Sept. 9 at St. Georgewhere the Rev. Presbyter Michael A.Platanis, 37, is parish priest. He was ap-pointed by His Grace Bishop Alexios, whowas chosen to head the Diocese of Atlantain March 1999. The Diocese of Atlanta,under the jurisdiction of the Greek Ortho-dox Archdiocese of America, encompasses65 parishes in seven Southeastern states,including Tennessee, the Carolinas andAlabama.

Bishop Alexios was in Knoxville thatevening for the community dinner heldin the church�s new educational wing andcommunity hall expansion, a projectstarted more than three years ago. Theoriginal building was constructed in 1970.

�Deep down there is a feeling of fam-ily,� Alexios said. �We feel we belong toone another. It is part of the Hellenic spiritand celebrated throughout the ages andnot just among those people who areGreek. There are no strangers here. Weall belong to this beautiful family.�

On Sunday Alexios blessed the build-ing in a ceremony replete with prayers,scriptural readings and anointing withholy water. It preceded a luncheon servedby the parish�s Philoptochos Ladies Soci-ety chapter. Philoptochos - which means�friend of the poor� - is the country�s larg-est organization of Greek Orthodoxwomen. Its philanthropic work rangesfrom assisting the hungry, supporting theeducation of young men going into thepriesthood, and addressing health careand social issues such as domestic violenceand AIDS.

At this event the mood was festive andreflective.

Traditional dancesBoys and girls, first-graders through

Bishop Alexios of Atlanta officiates at the blessing service for the new educational wing of St.George community in Knoxville, Tenn.

New WingExpandsHorizonsfor St. George

by Jeannine F. HunterNews-Sentinel staff writer

More roomfor learning

high school seniors, wore traditionalGreek attire of embroidered vests andblouses, sashes and other finery and per-formed Grecian dances from differentMediterranean regions.

�It�s in my blood,� said Doris Klonaris,who sat smiling andclapping as the chil-dren - including threeof her grandchildren -danced.

�This a pleasure,seeing my children�s

children doing a dance I learned as achild.�

Speakers, including Rep. John J.Duncan Jr., (R-Tenn.) and Knoxville MayorVictor Ashe, praised Greek families of EastTennessee for how they have enriched thisregion.

�I live nearby and feel this is a secondhome,� said Ashe, grasping a proclamationdeclaring it to be Bishop Alexios Day.

St. George Greek Orthodox Church,organized in 1937, features stunning Byz-antine mosaic iconography. Members oc-cupied their first church building on Broad-way in 1946. The church now sits on a por-tion of Kingston Pike dubbed Church Rowbecause of the presence of many houses ofworship spanning various faiths.

�In this street of churches, St. Georgeis one of the oldest here and one with aboutthe most vibrant congregations,� Ashe saidof the parish that has 250 to 300 families.

While more than 60 percent of the mem-bership is of Greek ancestry, increasingly at-tendees are from other ethnic origins suchas Serbian, Egyptian and Middle Eastern.

Fr. Platanis succeeded the Rev. Pres-byter Andrew Koufopoulos, who wastransferred to Durham, N.C. He celebratedhis first liturgy last October.

�We�re dedicating this new facility as aplace of teaching and instructing and rais-ing good children,� he said, before addingthat Greek Americans rank high among thenumber of educated Americans. �There aremore presidents, vice presidents and deansof colleges who are of Greek ancestry orfrom Greece. It is no accident. A people ofa classical world love what is true, and truthis revealed in education.�

University of Tennessee Law Schoolstudent Chris Wimberly, son of KnoxCounty Circuit Court Judge HaroldWimberly, spoke about his studies andtravels - including archaeological -throughout Greece.

Author, historian and Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Wilma Dykeman out-lined parallels between residents ofGreece and East Tennessee.

�It begins with a deep-seated senseof government, with a deep-seated senseof people,� she said. �It begins with a deep-seated sense of democracy.�

Among the other similarities Dyke-man noted are warm spirits, appreciationfor the majesty of mountains and love offamily.

�It is surely at Olympia we see ourkinship, a celebration of sports,� she said,joined in laughter by others. �The spiritof the Vols (nickname of University of Ten-nessee athletic teams, the Volunteers) isfamiliar.�

Dorothy �Dot� Talcott of Newportspoke of her late husband�s fondness forGreek culture. The pair, married by aGreek priest in 1953 in Athens, becamefamiliar with what they initially called way-side shrines in the 1970s during RalphTalcott�s tenure as director of the FulbrightProgram in Greece. Dot Talcott has servedas a Red Cross officer and, like RalphTalcott, was a U.S. Foreign Service officer.

Many in the hall Saturday evening saw

the entire weekend as a commemorationof the church�s progress in education andindication of its growth.

�This creates a place where ourchurch members can come and participatein activities,� said Dr. James Kotsianas, aformer parish president.

Current parish president Mike Nassiossaid, �This signifies a need for young peopleto be educated spiritually and otherwise,and it shows this is a vibrant, growing com-munity always expanding with OrthodoxChristians whether they are of Greek de-scent or other ethnic groups.�

As people cleared out of the hall fol-

lowing Sunday�s luncheon, Bishop Alexiosengaged in many conversations.

When church matriarch Helen Pappasintroduced herself as a woman who nolonger could serve in the church like sheonce did, the bishop responded, �Thereis an expression we have that says, �Ifyou�re rich, sell everything and buy an oldperson, because from them you can getthe wisdom and valuable experience.�¦�

Her response, �God has been with me.�Nodding, Bishop Alexios said, �This

revisits what I was saying earlier.�This is a style of life. We don�t have

religion, a system, but a style of life.�

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tion in his honor.�You serve the Church in positions of

great importance and responsibility, there-fore, the zeal, speed and precision withwhich you perform your duties reflectupon the whole Church,� he told the gath-ering at the Archdiocese. �The Lord said,�Let your light so shine before others, thatthey may see your good works and giveglory to your Father in heaven.� Thesewords are meant for all of us. They areaddressed, however, in a particular wayto those who represent the Church, thosewith whom people interact when theycome for whatever reason to the offices ofthe Church.�

His next stop was the luncheon inMidtown Manhattan in his honor hostedby Scenic Hudson Inc., a 36-year-old or-ganization dedicated to the preservation

Patriarch Makes One-Day Stop in New York

his identity and calling, �is in a continu-ous condition of mission� as he fulfills theproclamation of the Lord �� go and makedisciples of all nations.�

He further added that PatriarchBartholomew �� is an ecumenical lightconstantly emitting the light of the Gos-pel and embracing the whole world.�

His Eminence recounted a story fromtheir Children�s Hospital visit earlier in theday, in which the parents of two prema-ture babies in the Intensive Care Unit whowere not Orthodox and probably had notheard of a Patriarch before, asked the hos-pital staff if the Patriarch could bless theinfants in the ICU.

The Patriarch immediately agreed,said His Eminence, who described theimage of His All Holiness leaning over thebeds of two tiny premature African-Ameri-can babies. The Archbishop said this wasindicative and representative of a Patriarchwho is truly ecumenical.

When the Ecumenical Patriarchstepped to the podium, moved by theoutpouring of love and enthusiasm of thepeople said: �This is why I came. I cameto see you and tell you I love you. I cameto listen to your aspirations and expecta-tions. We, the Ecumenical Patriarchate inclose cooperation with the Archdiocese ofAmerica, shall do our best in order to ful-fill your aspirations, your expectations andyour hopes.�

The Patriarch Bartholomew spoke ofthe strong ties of mutual love, mutual un-derstanding and mutual support betweenthe Mother Church and the Archdiocese.

He also spoke of the great and impor-tant role that the Archdiocese of Americais called to play, working in close coop-eration with the Ecumenical Patriarchate,in developing missions both inside and

of the Hudson River Valley, where he re-ceived Scenic Hudson�s International Vi-sionary Award for Environmental Achieve-ment. Those in attendance included Gov.George Pataki. (See related story).

Following the luncheon, more than100 clergy and presbyteres assembled atthe Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedralfor a mid-afternoon doxology and meet-ing with Patriarch Bartholomew. Follow-ing his exhortation he conducted a ques-tion-and-answer session, then bestoweda personal blessing on those present.

The visit concluded Monday eveningwith the opening of the Mary and MichaelJaharis Galleries of Byzantine Art at theMetropolitan Museum of Art. Speaking tomore than 500 guests gathered at the din-ner, Philippe de Montebello, director ofthe Metropolitan Museum said, �Mary andMichael Jaharis have made possible theproper installation of a collection that in-

spired two of the Museum�s greatest exhi-bitions � �The Age of Spirituality in 1978and The Glory of Byzantium in 1997.

In his remarks, His All Holiness said,�Through the addition of the �Mary andMichael Jaharis Byzantine Galleries� you(Mary and Michael) have given a full ex-pression of Hellenism, namely Hellenism�suninterrupted continuity from antiquitythrough Byzantine times to highest evo-lution in today�s civilization.

��We thank God for the inaugura-tion of the beautiful exhibit and all thosewho toiled and contributed to its realiza-tion, as well as those whom we honor withtheir presence at this ceremony,� he con-tinued. �The Byzantines immortalized twoof God�s attributes, namely, wisdom andpeace, in two of our biggest monuments,i.e., Saint Sophia and the Church of St.Irene. We wholeheartedly wish that theLord reward you and yours with His wis-dom and peace and His very essence,

which is love.�In commenting on the visit of the Ecu-

menical Patriarch, Archbishop Demetriossaid: �This has been an outstanding oppor-tunity for the Orthodox faithful to person-ally meet the Patriarch, to listen to him, topray with him and to receive his paternalblessings. At the same time, His All Holi-ness was obviously touched by seeing theOrthodox people in Detroit and New York.He wholeheartedly congratulated them fortheir achievements on the religious, culturaland social levels, a generous congratula-tory gesture that coming from a Patriarchlike Patriarch Bartholomew constitutes apowerful inspiration and motivation forfurther development ahead.�

After the event, His All Holiness de-parted for a long flight to Katmandu,Nepal, where he was to take part in a con-ference of the World Wildlife Fund, whichwas also attended by Britain�s PrincePhilip, a former WWF president.

outside the United States.He referred to the long history of the

Church of Constantinople, which has alwaysbeen at the forefront of mission work all overthe world for more than 16 centuries.

�The position and the internationalprestige once attributed to the ByzantineEmpire it is now occupied by the GreatAmerican democracy of the United States.�That fact in conjunction with the free ex-change of ideas and openness to all reli-gions in America the Patriarch viewed asan opportunity to further the Orthodoxfaith in this country.

Patriarchal Divine LiturgyIt is not often most Orthodox Chris-

tians have the opportunity to attend a Pa-triarchal Divine Liturgy.

In Plymouth, Mich., about 30 milesfrom Detroit, the Compuware Ice Arena,owned and operated by a Greek-Americancomputer magnate Peter Karmanos, was

transformed into the largest Greek Ortho-dox place of worship in the country.

The ice was covered with large rub-ber floor mats and a 40-by 50-foot stagewas erected for the altar and the solea.

As the Orthros service proceeded, anestimated 4,000 faithful from the area�s 17parishes filled the arena seats. Localchurches did not hold services on Sundayso that everyone could attend the Patriar-chal Liturgy.

The service was celebrated by Patri-arch Bartholomew, and concelebrated byArchbishop Demetrios, Bishop Nicholas ofDetroit, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadel-phia and Metropolitan Chrysostom ofMyra, and Metropolitans Iakovos of Krinis,Maximos of Ainou, Methodios of Aneon,Isaiah of Proikonisos, Paisios of Tyanonand Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthou.

Also concelebrating were dioceseclergy and four deacons. including theGreat Patriarchal Archdeacon Tarasios and

Archdeacon Gerasimos of the Archdiocese.A Byzantine choir under the direction

of Dr. George Bilalis, and a second largechoir, comprised of choir members fromlocal communities, under the direction ofGeorge Raptis, contributed to the creationof an uplifting spiritual experience.

An unexpected and moving part of theLiturgy was the ordination to the diaconateof John Nassis of Chicago, a graduate ofHoly Cross Seminary who has served for ayear at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Unbeknown to him, His All Holinessannounced his new name, Chrysostomos,in memory of St. John Chrysostom who�sfeast day was to be celebrated the next dayand, as the Patriarch explained, would bea fitting expectation of him to proclaimthe message of the Gospel.

Philoptochos Luncheon

The diocesan Philoptochos chaptersheld a luncheon at an adjacent arena forall faithful who participated in the Liturgy.

Patriarch Bartholomew praised thePhiloptochos for their philanthropy andgood works not only within the diocesebut also their work and contributions tothe Church and the society over the years.

In the person of National Philop-tochos President Evanthia Condakes hethanked all the members and donors whomake the work of Philoptochos possible.

He especially thanked the Diocese ofDetroit Philoptochos and its president,Despina Nicholas, for offering the lun-cheon and a monetary donation to theEcumenical Patriarchate.

He also thanked Peter Karmanos Jr.for underwriting the luncheon.

A dinner hosted by the Great Bene-factors of the Diocese concluded thePatriarch�s visit in Detroit.

The patriarchal party departed lateSunday night for New York.

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ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW COMPLETES DETROIT PASTORAL VISIT

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ECUMENICAL Patriarch Bartholomew with Archbishop Demetrios and Archdiocese staff.N. Manginas

AT HOLY TRINITY Cathedral following the doxology with members of the clergy.

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When Archbishop Demetrios cel-ebrated the Feast Day of St. Demetrios, hisname day, Oct. 26 at St. Demetrios Cathe-dral in Astoria, he was joined by Arch-bishop Anastasios of Albania, whom heintroduced to the standing-room-only con-gregation following the Liturgy.

The two hierarchs have been ac-quainted for some 50 years.

His Beatitude spoke to the faithfulabout the remarkable progress the Churchhas made in the former communist, pre-dominantly Moslem nation.

�Whatever we do, we don�t do in ourname but in the name of Christ,� said Arch-bishop Anastasios.

He told of the difficulties he encoun-tered upon being named to head theChurch eight years ago, and related ex-amples of how Orthodox Christians suf-fered for their faith over the years, withmany worshipping in secret and hidingicons in their homes for fear of being dis-covered.

But he said the Orthodox managedto keep the flame of the faith alive. �Therealways were communities that have beenlike lit candles,� the Archbishop noted.�There are many unknown martyrs in themountains who have not been properlyrecognized yet.�

He explained that a major reason forthe Church�s success in re-establishing astrong Orthodox presence in the countryhas been the continuous outreach to peoplewho need help. �I think always it�s not justcandles and prayers but to show love tothose who have nothing,� the Archbishoptold the attentive audience, who respondedto his brief talk with warm applause.

After the service, Archbishop Deme-trios presented $1,000 contribution fromthe parochial schools of New York for Al-banian church schools.

At a reception for Archbishop Deme-trios later in the day, Fr. Luke Veronis, who

heads the Albanian Church�s seminary inTirana, and first arrived as a missionary tothe country in 1993, commented on thecurrent situation.

Electricity and food shortages wereamong the hardships faced, but things haveimproved. �When I first arrived in countryseven years ago, the only thing to eat in thewinter was leeks. Now you can get anythingthat�s available in Greece or Italy.�

Fr. Luke said that, in the past nineyears, 75 new churches have been builtand 200 have been rebuilt after falling intodecay during the 40-year communist era.

Additionally, some 120 new clergyhave been ordained.

In addition to spiritual progress, heexplained that the Church also has workedto improve the Albanian people�s lot physi-cally, through the establishment of whathas become the most modern medical fa-

ARCHDIOCESE CELEBRATES FEAST DAY OF ST. DEMETRIOS

Archbishop of Albania Optimistic about Church’s Future

cility in Albania.The seminary has grown to about 200

students and, while the government hasdiscriminated against Archbishop Ana-stasios in the past, Albanians have begunto realize that the Church�s presence hasbenefited the country.

�People�s lives have been drasticallychanged,� said Fr. Luke.

�The atheist politicians can�t under-stand why a 63-year-old professor-priestwould come to Albania. But we really feelit�s a blessing.�

Fr. Luke said the hardships he andother missionaries in the country haveimposed a �forced asceticism� that hasmade him grateful for things he previouslytook for granted.

�It makes you appreciate things likeelectricity and water,� he said. �In America,life is too comfortable.�

His Beatitude told the Observer he isgrateful for the assistance that the faithfulin the United States and around the worldhave provided and continue to send.

�We need everything,� he said, �notonly church buildings, but things relatingto health, education, social work and cul-ture. Everything is welcome.�

His current priorities include creationof more programs to serve the faithful.

Meanwhile, it seems all who come toAlbania are overwhelmed by the progressthat has been made there.

His All Holiness Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew, said in November 1999,�for all who do not believe in miracles atthe end of the 20th century let them cometo Albania and see for themselves what hasbeen done here.

�We glorify God because it is not ourown work it is His Grace that gives all thesefruits,� said Archbishop Anastasios withconsummate humility.

Yet, despite the hardships, Arch-bishop Anastasios draws strength and en-thusiasm for his mission from countlessexamples of devout faith and generosityamong the people he serves.

In fact, he recalled an anecdote thatpoignantly encapsulates the generosity oftrue Orthodoxy. As he was preparing toleave Greece, on a recent trip, for Alba-nia, he received word that two elderly sis-ters were insistent upon seeing him. Dur-ing their meeting at the airport, the sis-ters gave Archbishop Anastasios a gift offour million drachmas �approximately$10,000 for a young women�s boardingschool in Albania. They explained thattheir brother Ioannis was killed duringWWII and the money came from his gov-ernment pension, which they had neverused. �The real Church history is writtenby unknowns; this is Orthodoxy,� saysArchbishop Anastasios, and he adds, �I�mvery optimistic about the future.�

His Eminence�s name day activi-ties concluded at Archdiocese head-quarters with a doxology service atthe Chapel of St. Paul, which wasfilled to capacity with well-wishersfrom New York, New Jersey andConnecticut, including parochialschool children and special guests.Among them was Archbishop Iako-vos, who spoke movingly about hissuccessor.

A reception followed where hun-dreds of faithful came to pay theirrespects to Archbishop Demetrios.

SCENES FROM NAME DAY EVENTS(Clockwise, from top, left) Archbishop Demetriosaddresses Archdiocese staff and visitors at Archdiocesechapel. Accepts a proclamation from Gov. GeorgePataki honoring him for his name day. Leaves chapelwith Archbishop Iakovos. Talks to parochial schoolchildren. Presented with gift from visitors.

Name Day Reception

ARCHBISHOP Anastasios presents Archbishop Demetrios of America with a gift on the occassionof His Eminence’s name day, at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, at St. Demetrios, Astoria.

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(D. Panagos photos)