VOL. 63 – NO. 1145 MAY 20, 1998 http://www.goarch.org/goa/observer E-mail: [email protected] One of Largest Classes Graduates at May 16 Commencement BROOKLINE, Mass. — For the 56th time, smiling-faced graduates of Holy Cross School of Theology passed into another phase of their lives as they collected their diplomas at the Holy Cross commencement on May 16. Archbishop Spyridon greeted each of the 39 seminarians and 19 Hellenic College students of the Class of 1998 as they crossed the stage in Pappas Gymnasium. By Jim Golding In his address during the ceremony, he exhorted them “to proclaim the Christian Ecumenical Patriarch gospel, as proclaimed by the community of saints throughout the centuries, each within to Spend 3 Days in U.S. the context of your own walks of life,” and to “apply what you have learned to today’s Prior to his official visit to Canada at the context in a way that brings salvation to oth- end of May, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho- ers.” (see full text and list of graduates on lomew will spend three days in New York and page 8) Connecticut where he will receive an honor- (Orthodox Observer photo) ary degree at Yale University on May 25, Me- Honorary degrees ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON, flanked by Metropolitans Isaiah and Nicholas of Amissos, and morial Day. Among the commencement highlights other Holy Cross School of Theology officials, with graduates of the seminary. His All Holiness will arrive at the air- was the conferral of honorary degrees to gentleness, faith, meekness and self-control. the students kept their focus on why they port in White Plains, N.Y., late in the after- Michael G. Cantonis, who recently endowed These are test scores that prove you have came to study here. They did not allow any noon on Friday, May 22. The following day, the Michael G. Cantonis Chair of Greek passed the examinations in this holy place.” negative publicity to interrupt that focus. he will preside at a Patriarchal Great Ves- Studies at the school, and to Metropolitan President’s comments They accepted the reality as a challenge, and pers at St. Irene Chrysovalantou monastery Nicholas of Amissos, head of the Carpatho- they prevailed.” in Astoria, beginning at 3:30 p.m. A recep- Russian Orthodox Diocese. In his address to the audience, Metro- Valedictorians Athina Kokkori for Hel- tion in his honor will take place at 7 p.m. in Mr. Cantonis is an Archon, a member politan Isaiah, who is nearing completion of lenic College, and Brian Sietsema for Holy the Great Hall of the Castle in Tarrytown, of the Archdiocesan Council and Holy Cross his first year as HC/HC president, reflected Cross, spoke in both Greek and English, N.Y., followed by a dinner. board, and also is a strong supporter of the on the school’s progress since its founding challenging their fellow students to take their Sunday morning, the Patriarch will travel University of Florida. in 1937 and over the past year of transition. newly acquired knowledge and use it to to Bridgeport, Conn., for Orthros and Patri- Metropolitan Nicholas also delivered “Much has changed in the composition spread the Orthodox faith. archal Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Church. the commencement address. He told the of the student body from 1937,” he said. Other speakers included the Rev. Dean A reception and luncheon will follow. graduates that they have a responsibility to “More and more students who study here N. Paleologos, dean of St. Spyridon Cathe- He will depart for Yale University Mon- serve Christ and His Church. “...You have are from different backgrounds, ethnicities dral in Worcester, Mass., representing the day morning for the 10:30 a.m. honorary not received this blessing that comes with and cultures. Even the cradle Orthodox re- school trustees. Fr. Paleologos is the son of degree ceremony at Woodbridge Hall. your graduation from Holy Cross or Hellenic flect the fact that most of the marriages of one of the first graduates of Holy Cross in Yale President Richard C. Levin will host College only for yourselves. We were not our Archdiocese today include spouses of 1943, Fr. Nicholas Paleologos. His own son, a luncehon in honor of the Patriarch and other born only for ourselves, but for others.” diverse ethnic backgrounds....we are wit- also named Nicholas, is one of this year’s honorees at the University Commons at noon. He said their diploma and course work nessing the realization of the prophetic Hellenic College graduates. His All Holiness will depart for Ottawa, cannot define their success at the school, words of the Holy Saturday morning Divine Canada from the New Haven airport at 2:30 pm. but the proof of their achievements will be Liturgy, when we joyfully cry out, “Arise of Philoptochos gift According to a press release from Fr. found “in the testimony of words which pro- God, and judge the earth; for You shall take Mimi Skandalakis, National Philop- Demetrios A. Recachinas, pastor of Holy ceed out of your hearts. For the heart is the an inheritance from all the nations.” tochos president, presented a gift of $50,000 Trinity Church, a statewide Orthodox cel- most compelling witness of all.” He continued, “This past year could from the women’s organization for the ebration has been declared with Archbishop The Metropolitan also told them that have been most disturbing, if not truly dev- school’s scholarship fund. Spyridon issuing an inviation to all Ortho- the standards by which they will be mea- astating, for our students due to undue in- Professor Antonios Danassis-Aftenakis, dox churches in Connecticut to participate. sured consist of “love, joy, peace, patience, fluences from within and from without; but vice chancellor of the University of Athens, speaking in Greek, praised the role of the Greek language in spreading Christian learn- ing. A representative of the Greek Consu- Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece Énstalled late in Boston presented two scholarships ATHENS.— Archbishop Christo- from the Greek government. doulos of Athens and All Greece was in- The Rev. Deacon John Chryssavgis, act- stalled on May 9, 1998 in a formal cer- ing dean of Hellenic College and Holy Cross, emony in Athens in the presence of Par- also offered greetings to the audience and liament president Apostolos Kaklamanis, praised Metropolitan Isaiah’s service in his the prelates of the Holy Synod and repre- first year as president, saying that he “set sentatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate the tone for the peace and progress of our and other Orthodox Churches. community over the past year.” After the ceremony, Archbishop Earlier in the day, Archbishop Spyridon Christodoulos thanked the prelates for the celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy Cross trust they showed in him by electing him Chapel, where he also ordained Deacon head of the Church of Greece and added Dimitri Moraitis to the priesthood, and el- that the Church will continue its course evated Fr. Joachim Cotsonis, director of the with unity for the good of the country. school library, to the rank of archimandrite. The new Archbishop also spoke on On Sunday, His Eminence ordained the relations with the Mother Church, the Brian Sietsma to the priesthood at St. Ecumenical Patriarchate, and on his plans Nectarios Church in Roslindale. to greatly improve them. His visit to the Emphasizes Eucharist Patriarchate has been scheduled for June At Deacon Moraitis ordination, the 12-15. Archbishop emphasized the central role of (Full coverage on page 11) (N. Manginas photo) See COMMENCEMENT on page 2 PAGE 2 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 ARCHDIOCESE NEWS A Reminder about the Clergy-Laity Congress Registration for 34th Clergy Laity Con- sage of Orthodoxy, The future role of Or- gress in Orlando, Fla., is still being accepted thodox religious education, The interfaith but should be sent in as soon as possible, marriage challenge, The growth of monasti- as a little more than a month remains until cism, Youth ministry, Environmentalism, the conclave, Congress organizers request. Church and society and Emerging technol- Some 3,000 delegates, observers and ogy and the Church. guests from the 450 parishes of the Arch- Speakers will include Fr. Frank diocese are expected to attend. Marangos, director of the Archdiocese De- partment of Religious Education; Fr. John By Jim Golding Chryssavgis, acting dean of Holy Cross The $475 fee must accompany the reg- School of Theology; Fr. George Economou, istration form which should be sent to: 34th pastor of Assumption Church, Pawtucket, Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress at the Greek R.I.; Fr. Nick Krommydas, chancellor of the Orthodox Archdiocese, 8 East 79th St., New Boston Diocese; and Fr. Charles Joanides, York, NY 10021. pastor of Assumption Church, Waterloo, This year’s general theme, “One Faith, Iowa; and Mr. Theo Nikolakis director of the One Family, One Future: Together the New Archdiocese Department of Internet Minis- Millennium,” will be reflected in a religious tries. education program in 15 workshops. Delegates will be able to attend teach- The workshops will cover three ing seminars to learn about programs and “catechetical portfolios” corresponding to procedures for stewardship, parish finances, the congress theme and will address the legal matters and other issues. HIS EMINENCE with Metropolitans Isaiah and Nicholas, other school officials and Hellenic A youth rally will take place on Wednes- College graduates. (Orthodox Observer photo) following topics: The spirituality of the Pentecostarion, Understanding the Sacra- day, July 8. Archbishop Spyridon will speak ment of Marriage, Liturgical participation and with the youth at that time. The rally will Inside Hellenic College its implications for faith development, Re- include a day trip to Sea World. newing the local parish, The marriage life Other special events at the Congress Archdiocese News — 2-3 Holy Cross 1998 cycle, Orthodox spirituality, An examination of Orthodox ecclesiology, The eternal mes- See CLERGY-LAITY on page 21 Bible Guide - 9 Commencement Books — 17 from page 1 St. John Chrysostom Festival Finals June 6 Challenge – 19 In these last remaining weeks prior to On Saturday morning, the speakers will Classifieds – 22 the Eucharist in Orthodox worship. “With- the 15th annual St. John Chrysostom Na- assemble at St. Nicholas Church for the fi- out the Eucharist, there is no Church,” His tional Oratorical Festival Finals, diocesan- nal level of the festival. An awards luncheon Diocese News — 10 Eminence said after Fr. Moraitis’ ordination level festivals have been under way through- will follow where each finalist will receive a Greek section – 11-14 speech. “The faith is not emotionalism, it is out the United States and the plaque and certificate personally signed by not a church of moralistic teaching, it is a Metropolitanate of Canada. Archbishop Spyridon who will attend the HC/HC Report — 4 church of essence and substance. People entire weekend. come to church to be transformed, not to Missions – 7 By Presbytera Margaret Orfanakos Scholarships will be awarded to the top feel well.” three speakers in each division. The remain- Of Special Interest — 20 Commencement weekend began May The 20 finalists to be selected will partici- ing 14 participants will receive honorable 15 with Vespers, presided over by Arch- pate in the 1998 finals at St. Nicholas Church mention ranking and a $200 U.S. Savings Opinions — 8 bishop Spyridon. In a brief ceremony after in Northridge, Calif., Saturday, June 6. Bond. Orthodoxy Worldwide — 6 the service, he presented each seminarian Weekend activities will begin June 5 The diocese finalists and their families with the Cross of the School. He called the when participants and their families will be will spend the remainder of the day at Uni- Parish Profile – 16 cross “the essence of our Orthodox Chris- welcomed by host committee members, versal Studios. People – 16 tian faith” and also told them “your ministry who have spent the past few months plan- A hierarchical Divine Liturgy will take will bring other crosses...wear this cross with ning the three-day event. place on Pentecost Sunday at St. Sophia Religious Education – 9 humility, wear it with love.” Everyone will have the opportunity to Cathedral in Los Angeles followed by a fare- Seminarian Profile — 4 His Eminence also held a trisagion get to know one another at a welcoming re- well luncheon where the finalists will be the prayer service for the mother of Metropoli- ception and orientation session hosted by honored guests. Tell Me Father – 18 tan Methodios, Stavroula Tournas, who died St. Anthony Church of Pasadena. The host committee is headed by the on May 14. Young Adults — 24 A Vespers service will immediately fol- Revs. Constantine Valantasis of St. Nicho- In conjunction with the graduation low and a social hosted by the Junior GOYA las Church, Paul Paris of St. Sophia Cathe- weekend, the Class of 1948 held its 50-year of Greater Los Angeles will take place after- dral, and Efstathios Mylonas of St. Anthony reunion at the school. One of its graduates, ward. Church. Fr. George Poulos of Stamford, Conn., ad- dressed the congregation at the Holy Cross USPS 412340 ISSN 0731-2547 Chapel after the vespers. He recalled the Public Schedule of Archbishop Spyridon Published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese early history of the school, from its begin- of America. Semi-monthly in March, April, May, May 15-16 Hellenic College/Holy May 23 Great Vespers at Saint Irene June, October and November, and monthly in nings at Pomfret, Conn., and of the role of Cross School of Theology Commence- Chrysovalantou Monastery; Astoria, NY January, February, July, August, September its founder, Bishop Athenagoras Cavadas. ment Exercises. May 24 Patriarchal Liturgy, Holy Trin- and December. “For over 60 years Holy Cross has pro- – Ordination to the Priesthood of ity Church, Bridgeport, CT DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE EDITOR: duced some of the most brilliant theologians Deacon Stavros Akrotirianakis and Dea- May 25 Conferral of Honorary De- Constantine Deligiannis in the Orthodox faith,” Fr. Poulos said. He con Dimitrios Moraitis and ordination to gree on His All Holiness at Yale Univer- EDITOR: called the seminary Bishop Athenagoras’ the Diaconate of Demetrios Tonias and sity. Jim Golding (Chryssoulis) “legacy to Orthodoxy.” Brian Sietsema. May 25-29 Accompanied Ecumenical ASSOCIATE EDITOR: At the conclusion of commencement May 17 Divine Liturgy, St. Nectarios Patriarch on Pastoral Visit to Canada.. Eleni Daniels activities at the school, Metropolitan Isaiah, PRODUCTION & ADVERTISING MANAGER: Church, Boston- Ordination to the May 29 Delivered the “Constantinos Stavros H. Papagermanos reflecting on the event to the Observer, com- Diaconate of Brian Sietsema and Memo- Papparrigopoulos Lecture: Byzantine mented that “it was a day blessed by the rial Service commemorating the victims Legacy and Orthodox Christians Today, Periodicals’ postage paid at New York, NY 10001 Lord. The joy and exhilaration is something of the Pontian Genocide. at the Queens College Center for Byzan- and at additional mailing offices. Editorial and I don’t recall too often. It was magnificent.” Business Office: 8 East 79th Street, New York, May 20 Received at the Archdiocese: tine and Modern Greek Studies Com- NY 10021. 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Orthodox Ministry ACCESS: POSTMASTER: Send address changes to http://www.goarch.org/access May 22-25 Visit of His All Holiness June 20 Saint Basil Academy Com- ORTHODOX OBSERVER, 8 East 79th Street, Orthodox Observer: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew mencement Exercises, Garrison, NY New York, NY 10021 http://www.goarch. org/goa/observer MAY 20, 1998 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 3 ARCHDIOCESE NEWS Ecumenical Patriarchate Elects Two New Auxiliary Bishops New York, NY - As the Orthodox Ob- tory at Boston University and received his server went to press, it was announced that Doctor of Theology Degree in 1976. His dis- the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumeni- sertation was entitled: Patriarch Athenagoras cal Patriarchate conveined on Monday, May and the Greek Orthodox Church of America. 18 and unanimously elected two auxiliary A widower, Father George and his late bishops for the Archdiocese of America. Presvytera Maria have three married daugh- Named as auxiliary bishops to Arch- ters and six grandchildren. bishop Spyridon were Bishop-elect George The Very Rev. Archimandrite Couchell (Papaioannou) of Komanon and Bishop-elect (60), a native of Spartanburg, SC, attended Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos. Northwestern University and graduated The Rev. Protopresbyter Papaioannou from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of (65), a native of Prodromos, Thebes (Greece), Theology in 1963. He has been executive has been a priest of the Greek Orthodox Arch- director of the St. Photios Foundation in St. diocese since 1958, the last 27 years at St. Augustine, FL since 1981 and executive di- George Church, Bethesda, MD. A 1957 rector of the Orthodox Christian Mission graduate of the Theological School of Halki, he pursued graduate studies in Church His- See AUXILIARY BISHOPS on page 23

ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON and Metropolitan Nicholas at the elevation service at the 1997 Stewardship Commitment Update Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Our Savior in Johnstown, Pa. (D. Panagos photo) The following is a listing of those All Saints Church, Canonsburg, PA churches which have also met their Annunciation Church, Rochester, NY Metropolitan Nicholas Installed 1997 stewardship obligations: St. Constantine & Helen Church, St. Demetrios Church, Merrick, NY Middletown, OH at Carpatho-Russian Diocese St. John The Theologian Cathedral, Assumption Cathedral, Denver, CO Tenafly, NJ St. Catherine Church, St. Demetrios Church, Chicago, IL Greenwood Village, CO JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Archbishop Metropolitan Nicholas, because we have St. Nectarios Church, Palatine, IL Holy Trinity Church, Tulsa, OK Spyridon, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch been moved by God and in the spirit of that Annunciation Cathedral, Houston, TX and other hierarchs representing the Stand- love we cry out: Axios! Axios! Axios!” Assumption Church, Pawtucket, RI St. Demetrios Church, St. Nicholas Church, Waco, TX ing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bish- Archbishop Spyridon later announced Assumption Church, Price, UT ops in America participated in the May 6-7 that Metropolitan Nicholas would deliver the Ft. Lauderdale, FL elevation of Bishop Nicholas of Amissos, commencement address at Hellenic Col- head of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox lege-Holy Cross School of Theology, where 1998 SUMMER SPECIALS Diocese, to the rank of Metropolitan. he was to receive an honory doctorate. His Eminence also presented the Met- By Jim Golding ropolitan with a silver reliquary adorned with the Cross of the Church of Hagia Sophia in A Resurrection Matins on May 6 began Constantinople. the ceremonial activities as more than 1,000 “I am truly humbled and honored by persons, including ecumenical guests, the words of Your Eminence,” Metropolitan The Most Popular Air-Only Program To Athens from Homeric Tours Via American International Airways crowded into Christ the Savior Cathedral. 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Commenting on the newly en- throned Metropolitan His Eminence stated, Faith in the U.S. “... each one of us who is here has been Speaking recently with the Macedonian MAY 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31 JUN 12, 21, 28 touched in some way by the ministry of love Press Agency in an exclusive interview, Arch- JUN 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, JUL 05, 11, 19, 27, 31 that you have demonstrated in your four de- bishop Spyridon stated that for the first time 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28 AUG 02, 08, 09, 13, 16, 21, 23, 26, 28 cades of priestly and high-pastoral ministry in the history of Orthodoxy there is an op- JUL 02, 04, 09, 10, 13, 18, 26, 30 SEP 01, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, to Christ and His Holy Orthodox Church. AUG 01, 03, 07, 08, 15, 22, 27 16,17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28 portunity to spread its message to more SEP 05, 12 OCT 01, 02, 05 And it is in response to your love for us, that people. we have come here today. 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AGE: 35 By Dr. Brant Pelphrey She was Orthodox Tutor for the 1988- 89 Graduate School at the Ecumenical Insti- GRADUATING CLASS: 1998 In the College, Fr. Constantine Newman tute in Bossey, Switzerland, and before com- will teach a new elective course in the Clas- ing to America, was for several years part of PREVIOUS EDUCATION: sics Program entitled “Greek and Roman a diocesan study group on translating litur- Ph.D., Linguistics, MIT, 1989; BA with high- Comedy.” A new course in general chemis- gical texts. est distinction, Studies in Religion, Univer- try will be taught by Adam Metropoulos. Fr. Eugen Pentiuc is parish priest of St. sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 1985; In Religious Studies, a new elective on Michael’s Church in Southbridge, MA. He coursework in Semitic philology, Harvard Baptism and Eucharist will be taught by Dr. holds a Th.M. from Bucharest Orthodox University, 1987-1988. John Klentos. And Dr. Ellen Lanzano will School of Theology, an M.A. in Biblical Stud- offer an English Honors seminar for the first ies and Archeology from the Ecole Biblique H & PARISH: Grand Rapids, Mich.; OMETOWN time. et Archeologique Francaise in Jerusalem, a currently reside in West Springfield, Mass., New at Holy Cross in a part-time ca- Ph.D. in Hebrew and other Semitic lan- attend Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. I have had to commute some 540 miles pacity will be Fr. Anthony Coniaris, Dr. Eliza- guages from Harvard University, and is a George, Springfield. every week for the past four years. beth Theokritoff, and Rev. Dr. Eugen Pentiuc. candidate for the Th.D. in Old Testament • What gifts do you hope to bring to Fr. Coniaris will be co-teaching the from Bucharest Orthodox School of Theol- PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE: your service in the Church? preaching course with Fr. Chryssavgis. Fr. ogy. He served as representative of the Ro- Pronunciation editor, Merriam- I have some abilities as a teacher. I Coniaris served St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox manian Patriarchate in Jerusalem and to the Webster Inc., August 1990- present; assis- also have musical abilities and linguistic Church in Minneapolis, from 1948 to 1993. Holy sites. He will be teaching “Elementary tant visiting professor in English, Westfield skills which I hope will be useful in bring- He is currently president of Light and Life Classical Hebrew” at Holy Cross. State College, Westfield, Mass., June 1992- ing the treasures of Byzantine hymnody Publishing, and a member of the Arch- Additional electives in the School of present; assistant visiting professor in Lin- to the faithful of America. diocesan Standing Committee of Liturgical Theology will be: “Unity of the Apostolic guistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, • What are your major strengths and Translations. Fr. Anthony is the author of Church,” by Dr. Nektarios Papadopoulos September 1989-June 1990. weaknesses? numerous books which have served pastors (visiting professor in New Testament, from FAMILY BACKGROUND: I love the Lord and His people, I am and preachers for decades. the University of Athens); “Contemporary The second of four children of John well organized and dependable, and I cher- He is a graduate of Holy Cross School Orthodox Theologians” by Dr. George and Dorothy Sietsema; raised in Grand ish intellectual honesty; I am rather impa- of Theology and Northwestern Theological Bebis; and “Readings in Canonical Litera- Rapids; my father’s parents immigrated tient, I am too shy, and I have trouble re- Seminary (Minneapolis), and pursued post- ture” by Dr. Lewis Patsavos. Fr. George from the Netherlands and my mother’s par- membering names. graduate studies at the University of Min- Dragas is offering two new elective courses, ents came from Sweden and Denmark. I • Who is your favorite saint? nesota and at St. John’s University, one on “Patristic Interpretation of the Old was raised in the Christian Reformed St. Basil the Great. He had the heart Collegeville. Testament” and one on “the Doctrine of Jus- Church. of a shepherd, the mind of a scholar, the Dr. Elizabeth Theokritoff will teach a tification.” HOME PARISH INVOLVEMENT: eloquence of a poet, and the steely self- course in “Worship as Theology,” concen- Finally, Fr. Nicholas Kastanas will teach After being received by Chrismation discipline of a champion athlete. He con- trating on the great feasts of the Church. Dr. the Teleturgics class, replacing Fr. Alkiviadis into the Orthodox Church in 1991, I be- tributed immensely to the philanthropic, Theokritoff studied Classics and Medieval Calivas who has applied for a year’s sab- came a member of the choir, an assistant dogmatic, liturgical, and ascetical life of and Modern Greek at Oxford, and has trans- batical leave. chanter, and my wife and I supervised the the Church. Sunday School for a year. • What is your most vivid memory as a seminarian? • What prompted you go to the semi- The Paraclesis service at the end of Mission Studies Offered nary? my first week of classes. The beauty of On April 6 and 7 the class in Orthodox both from America and abroad, in mission I went to seminary to discover whether the service and the sound of all my brother Christian Missions and Evangelism at Holy development. I was called to the priesthood and in any seminarians chanting so joyously in uni- Cross School of Theology received an un- On April 7, Fr. Alexander Veronis, of case to develop the gifts which God has son gave me a “spiritual high.” As I drove usual blessing through the visits of Fr. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in given me for service. back to Springfield I must have been 10 Dimitrios Couchell and Fr. Alexander and Lancaster, Pa., spoke on “The Parish as a • Who was the most influential person feet off the ground! Presbytera Pearl Veronis. Base for Mission.” Fr. Veronis is well known in your decision to aspire to the priest- • How can the Church reach out to the The class, which is taught by the Rev. for his work in support of Orthodox mis- hood? unchurched? Dr. George Liacopulos, studies aspects of sion worldwide. The congregation at Annun- Fr. Peter Atsales, the priest who cat- I believe that the single greatest need Orthodox mission. On April 6 Fr. Couchell, ciation formed an endowment fund for mis- echized and chrismated me into the Or- for parishes today is a revitalization of the director of the Orthodox Christian Mission sions in 1981, a part of which will be used thodox Church. teaching and preaching ministry of the Center in St. Augstine, Fla., addressed the to support a new chair for missions studies • How has attending HC affected you? Church. In this time of moral and cultural class on the history of the mission program at Holy Cross. Fr. Veronis reported that An- I have found my classmates to be in- anomie, our people—young and old—and of the Archdiocese and the development of nunciation has grown through its involve- spirations, each one the epitome of another those outside the Church are hungry for the OCMC. Fr. Couchell presented mate- ment in mission. Current chairperson of the virtue. Their love and acceptance has re- basic truths about God and His command- rial dating to the 1930’s, speaking of the role Endowment Fund for Orthodox Missions at ally helped me to have a better understand- ments, spoken in language that they can of the School of Theology and its students, Annunciation is Mrs. Helen Nicozisis. ing of myself. understand. • What is your favorite course? • How can the Church keep its young Byzantine music. people? Abbot of Iveron Monastery Visits • What activities are you involved in on With the gift of our time and atten- BROOKLINE, Mass. — On May 1, one Cross School of Theology or Mt. Athos, campus? tion. In this age when the world around of the great pioneers in the revival of Or- serves the same message and is united I have twice taught a course in Intro- can so powerfully project its message of thodox monasticism on Mt. Athos in recent through the same mystery of the Divine ductory Linguistics at Hellenic College. false identities on young people, we need years spoke to the faculty at Holy Cross Liturgy. • What is your favorite recreational ac- to give them the time and attention which School of Theology. Fr. Vasileios also spoke very inspiringly tivity: will strengthen them to discover for them- Archimandrite Vasileios, author of and anecdotally about monasticism on Mt. I love to hike and will head out and hit selves their true identity in Christ. Hymn of Entry and numerous articles on Athos, both present and past. He is con- the trails whenever I can. • How do you view the increasing use Orthodox theology, liturgy, and spiritual- sidered the pioneer of a movement of re- • What is the toughest part of being a of computers in the Church? ity, is abbot of Iveron Monastery, one of newal in monastic life at Mt. Athos, which seminarian? 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Cyprus Church Treasures Orthodox Consider Partial Boycott Desecrated in the North of World Council Assembly KALOGREA, Cyprus — More than artifacts from northern Cyprus has been a THESSALONIKI, Greece (RNS) — A “The grievance is mainly not against the 20,000 religious artifacts, consisting mainly subject of rumor and speculation. The ar- meeting of high-level representatives of 15 WCC itself, it is against some Protestant of frescoes and icons, have been stolen from ticle states that the answer to some of these Orthodox churches to plan for a synod in members of the WCC which bring to the Cypriot churches and monasteries follow- mysteries may now be found in a locked the year 2000 has recommended their council some elements or issues regarded ing the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus room behind the antique statuary and Re- churches boycott worship services, com- by the Orthodox as unacceptable,” the Rev. in 1974. Some of the world’s finest Ortho- naissance paintings that fill the salons of the mon prayers and some votes taken during George Tsetsis, the Ecumenical dox frescoes have been sold on the interna- Bayerischer Landesmuseum in Munich. the World Council of Churches assembly in Patriarchate’s representative in Geneva - tional art market for several million dollars. This collection was recovered in Octo- Zimbabwe in December. headquarters of the WCC told Ecumenical This was the subject of an extensive ber 1997 by the Bavarian police in the course The recommendation came out of an News International, the Geneva-based reli- story in The New York Times last month of arresting art smuggler Aydin Dikman, a April 29-May 2 inter-Orthodox conference gious news agency. which focused on the looting of Greek Or- 60-year-old living in Germany since 1961. of all Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, Tsetsis said the recommendation not thodox churches in Turkish occupied north- The German authorities say he is one of held at the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki, to worship and to boycott votes other than ern Cyprus, namely in the villages of Europe’s most prolific art thieves. The trove as a means for Eastern Orthodoxy to “ex- those in which Orthodoxy has a “particular Kalogrea and Lythrangomi. includes more than 140 icons as well as 10 press ... concerns” about the direction and interest” was a compromise “because there The article, titled “Greek Orthodox fragments of Byzantine frescoes depicting positions of the World Council, the interna- was pressure within some churches to send Church Icons Ravaged in the Turkish Part of Jesus’ disciples, carved wooden portals, sil- tional ecumenical agency with 322 Protes- only observers to the assembly.” Cyprus,” by Judith Miller and Stephen ver crosses, prayer books and 250 other trea- tant, Orthodox and Anglican members. Even a partial boycott would be an Kinzer, delved into the violent and destruc- sures surrounding churches. Appraisers The conference was organized by the embarrassment to the WCC, which will be tive acts aimed at the demise of the Greek have told police that the fresco fragments Ecumenical Patriarchate and chaired by celebrating its 50th anniversary in Zimba- Orthodox monasteries in northern Cyprus. alone would bring several million dollars a Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Efesos. bwe. A major event at the assembly is ex- Near the ancient village of Kalogrea, the piece on the open market. The icon collec- Among those attending the meeting pected to be a “re-commitment” service Monastery of Antiphonitis once held the tion has been appraised at $3 million. were representatives of the Ecumenical Pa- during which the 322 members are expected world’s finest Orthodox frescoes and icons. “This is the most spectacular case we triarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church, to pledge their support for ecumenism. Today it is deserted and there is no trace of have seen in Germany or perhaps all of Eu- which is the largest member church in the The Patriarchal delegation consisted of the masterpieces that once graced its walls. rope in many years,” said Peter Kitschler, WCC. One denomination, the Georgian Metropolitan Chrysostomos, and Metropoli- To the northeast, at the Church of the chief of the art-theft unit of the Bavarian Orthodox Church, has dropped its member- tans Athanasios of Ilioupolis and Theiron, Virgin of Kanakaria in the village of police. And Greek Cypriots accuse Turkish ship and retains only “observer” status with Meliton of Philadelphia and Yennadios of Lythrangomi, the scene is even worse. At Cypriot officials who rule the north of aid- the WCC. Sassimon. one time this site possessed some of the ing and abetting Mr. Dikman’s thefts. most important and beautiful works of early “The Turks are waging a war against our Turks Convert Church into Casino Christian art. It is one of the most heavily cultural patrimony,” said Demetrios looted churches in northern Cyprus. The Michaelides, associate professor of the Uni- NICOSIA, Cyprus (CNA) — The Greek Some 500 churches in the areas of Orthodox faithful worshipped there for cen- versity of Cyprus and head of its archeologi- Orthodox church of Aghia Anastasia in the Cyprus occupied by Turkey since it invaded turies amid works of mystic beauty. Today cal research unit. “They are trying to erase Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus will be in 1974, have been destroyed, looted or the building stands with broken windows, Greek and Christian heritage from the now converted into a casino as reported by the used for other purposes, such as ware- open to rain and dust, and home to pigeons largely Turkish, Muslim north.” Turkish Cypriot newspaper “Avrupa” (Eu- houses, stables or public lavatories. and rodents. The article went on to say that the art rope). The Aghia Anastasia church itself is not These scenes focus on what European dispute comes at a time when membership The newspaper, considered outspoken old, but its icons belonged to an older police investigators say is one of the most talks recently opened between Greek Cyp- for its criticism to the occupation regime, church. Some of the churches that have been systematic art looting operations since the riots and the European Union. Turkish Cyp- says that the conversion of the church, on destroyed date back to the 12th century, Nazis plundered the countries they occu- riots adamantly oppose the talks. Leaders the northern coast of Lapithos, has already while most of their priceless relics have been pied during the World War. The article of the Turkish Cypriot enclave threatened begun. sold on the international black market. largely reports on a single suspect, Aydin to merge with Turkey, a move that Greece Dikman, described as a Turkish citizen has vowed to block at all costs. whom Bavarian police arrested for allegedly The Times also reports on the histori- Russian Patriarch’s First-Ever Visit to Japan stealing from Orthodox churches in Cyprus. cal significance of Cyprus calling it a prize This is the extent of The Times monthlong sought by contesting nations, empires and MOSCOW — Patriarch Alexy II of Mos- nese Ambassador Takehiro Togo. investigation of Cypriot art thefts while men- religions. It was a center of early Christian- cow and All Russia made his first visit to Ja- “It is important for me to see with my tioning that the case being built against ity, and Ottoman Turks captured it from the pan in mid-May. He held talks with govern- own eyes how these people live and how Dikman by the German police sheds new Venetians in 1572 after a series of bloody ment officials, sanctified the renovated Res- the process of spiritual revival is progress- light on the lucrative trade. Hundreds of art- sieges and mass killings. urrection Cathedral in Tokyo, better known ing there,” the patriarch said. works were brought into the international Cyprus later became a British colony as the St. Nicholas Cathedral. The Orthodox Alexy combined his trip to Japan with a art market and, in recent months, led to a and remained so until 1960. The article notes Church in Japan has about 30,000 faithful. tour of the Russian Far East where he vis- series of raids by the police in Germany. The travel itinerary was approved dur- ited Barnaul, Chita, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno- The whereabouts of the many stolen See CYPRUS on page 21 ing the patriarch’s meeting recent with Japa- Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok.

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An Orthodox priest in the military is An opportunity to witness nothing new. Perhaps it is unusual for a Others would follow from all jurisdic- Greek Orthodox priest in America, but cer- tions. In the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, tainly not so in Greece, where there is a long- our bishops were reticent to release priests standing tradition of military priests. Roma- to active duty. They were needed, and still nia and Russia, to name but two other coun- are, in the parishes. tries in which the Orthodox Church is the Over the years, though, our hierarchy majority faith, also have re-instituted chap- recognized the challenging and unique op- laincies from previous and long-standing tra- portunity for witness that priests could pro- ditions of priests serving the military. It is vide by serving in uniform; witness to the nothing new and unusual in the Orthodox American public at large, witness to those tradition. who serve in the military, both Orthodox By Fr. Milton Gianulis and non-Orthodox alike, and witness to our communities, to the Greek Orthodox faith- The United States also has a long tradi- ful. Few would feel called to this kind of tion of military chaplains. The first, not sur- ministry, and it is not for everyone. How- prisingly, were Protestant. During the Ameri- ever, those who did would find greater ease can Revolution, much of the revolutionary in obtaining release to the Armed Forces fervor was stirred up in churches, in Con- from their bishop. gregationalist chapels in New England, An- We are grateful to His Eminence Arch- glican churches in Virginia, and others bishop Spyridon for continuing to endorse First were minister-soldiers priests in the Armed Forces. Today there are over 24 priests from five Orthodox jurisdic- The first ministers to serve the military tions on active duty in the Army, Air Force were not assigned as chaplains per se, but or Navy (Navy Chaplains serve the Marine were ministers who took up arms to fight in Corps and Coast Guard). Still not enough, the “just and noble” cause. but providing a strong witness nonetheless. William Emerson was a Congregation- Perhaps the best way to to character- alist pastor from Concord, Mass. He was ize the mission of military priests is with one an officer in the Minutemen when the very word - witness. For the priest to serve only first shots that sparked the war were fired the Orthodox service members would be in Lexington. parochial in scope, and is not the case. John Cleveland was a pastor who in- cited his entire parish to take up arms with An Orthodox chaplain’s role him. James Caldwell, a Presbyterian minis- To overtly attempt to convert the non- ter from Elizabethtown. N. 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See MISSIONS on page 21 PAGE 8 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 OPINIONS EDITORIAL Archbishop Spyridon’s Address to Graduates A Reminder of Cyprus’ Tragedy Following is the text of His Eminence life, the dogmatic understanding of God he consequences of the invasion of pean police and a recent series of raids by exhortation to the graduates at the May 16 becoming man so that man could become Cyprus in 1974 by Turkish forces police in Germany that resulted in the re- HC/HC commencement. as God. Tcontinue to be felt 24 years after covery of hundreds of stolen art works, What I have said just now is — and as the tragedy. also resulted in the arrest of a 60-year-old Christos Anesti! Ha Massiah Kam! your spiritual father, I want to impress this On May 14, Archbishop Spyridon Turkish citizen living in Germany since Christ is Risen! upon you — an approach that is basic to held a memorial service in Washington for 1961, who has been described as “one of Today we celebrate an annual rite of Orthodoxy. In fact, we can look to the spiri- a young Greek Cypriot who was one of Europe’s most prolific art thieves.” The trail passage, the graduation of college and tual father of us all, His All Holiness Ecu- five missing Americans of Cypriot back- has also led to a Greek citizen who is an graduate students from our beloved and menical Patriarch Bartholomew, as one who ground captured by Turkish troops, hav- art dealer in Munich and who apparently hallowed institutions, Hellenic College and exemplifies this rule. ing been taken from his family’s home at had hidden some of the stolen icons the Holy Cross Seminary. When His All Holiness came to America the age of 17 and never accounted for. accused art thief had been selling. For the graduates, this marks the com- last year, he inspired the Greek Orthodox How many of the others have suffered the The Times reported that the trail of mencement of another phase in the ever- faithful of this country to rediscover their same fate? this stolen art also leads to the United unfolding adventure that is life. For the fami- Byzantine roots. This was my prayer before We’re not any closer to the answer, States. In 1988 an Indianapolis art dealer lies, it marks another achievement in you his arrival, and I am most thankful to God despite the ongoing talks between the two acquired four stolen mosaics which he, in loved one’s lives of which you can be proud. that this prayer was fulfilled. For, as I often sides and the participation of U.S. State turn, tried to sell to the Getty Museum in For the professors, it marks the success- said before his visit, our Church in America Department envoys. Los Angeles. The mosaics were recovered. ful formation of another generation of men would not grow to become all it was des- Along with the human factor, there It is welcome news that such a ma- and women seeking wisdom and spiritual tined to become if it let slip from memory is the cultural element that has further jor break has occurred in this “cultural understanding. And, for the Church, it marks the Church of Constantinople which first complicated any forseeable solution to this war” that has been taking place for nearly the sending forth of another generation of planted the seed of Greek Orthodoxy in this tragic issue. 25 years in northern Cyprus. voices to proclaim the saving message of country. And so, with his visit came the re- A little more than a month after our We hope that the successful police Jesus Christ. discovery of our Byzantine heritage. editorial on the plundering of Greek Or- investigation and the level of international This, indeed, is a momentous occasion. However, His All Holiness was not con- thodox churches in Turkish-occupied exposure it has generated will serve no- Now that you have completed your tent to allow his pastoral visit to America to northern Cyprus, the New York Times tice on public officials throughout the studies here at Hellenic College and Holy become a mere pilgrimage to the past. In- published a page-long story exposing the world and those in the business of art that Cross Seminary, your Church, your profes- stead, he used every opportunity to show extent of this massive crime that has been the law must be obeyed and such thiev- sors, your families, and you are asking the how we Greek Orthodox Christians, the on-going for more than 20 years. ery will not be tolerated. same question: What is it you are to do, now bearers of the Byzantine legacy, have some- The story in the April 1 issue by Judith Political differences should not de- that you have your degrees in hand? thing important to say to today’s society. Miller and Stephen Kinzer confirmed what stroy a culture, nor should they perpetu- The answer, quite simply, is to proclaim We need to look at but one example: many individuals and groups have been ate human suffering and misery. The fami- the Christian Gospel, as proclaimed by the the environment. Orthodox theology has saying for years about the looting of icons lies of the missing Cypriot youth, whether community of saints through the centuries. always taught the importance of environ- and frescoes from the churches and their or not they were American citizens, Each within the context of your own walks mental stewardship. At the same time, it is subsequent smuggling out of the country should not continue to live in uncertainty. of life. only now, after decades of environmental for sale in the international art market. They must know the fate of their loved In one sense, this may sound like a abuse at the hands of modern man, that the A large-scale investigation by Euro- ones. simple task, since the context of the Gospel issue of environmental awareness has is, to borrow the words of the Paschal emerged at the forefront of the world’s con- troparion: “Christ is risen from the dead, sciousness. His All Holiness has raised his trampling down death by death, and upon voice in this discussion, knowing that it is Graduates in the Class of 1998 those in the tombs bestowing life.” How- his obligation to bring the truth of our Faith ever, as you know from the last several years to bear upon this very important contem- BROOKLINE, Mass. — One of the Master of Theological Studies of study, it is not so simple a task. Indeed, it porary issue. largest graduating classes received diplo- Carolyn Kay Crossley, Torrance, Ca- can be quite difficult, not just because of Again, this is only one example among mas at the 56th annual Holy Cross School lif.; Evangelos Constandinos Lambrou, the theology involved, but also because of many, But the point is this: as bearers of the of Theology-Hellenic College commence- Ithaca, N.Y.; Deacon Michael Monos, the praxis it requires. Byzantine Legacy, we are obligated, espe- ment. This included 39 students in Holy Madison, N.J. Let us first consider the theology. You cially as leaders and future leaders of the Cross and 19 in Hellenic College, who Master of Divinity have spent many ours of exegeting the scrip- Church, to present our legacy to this and earned bachelor’s degrees. tures, drawing forth from them the exact future generations of Orthodox believers Rev. Stavros Nicholas Akrotirianakis, Following is the list of graduates, their meaning of the words and learning to iden- precisely as the living legacy that it is. Whittier, Calif.; Deacon Stephanos majors and hometowns. tify the original intent of the authors. Like- In other words, we have to present our Panagiotou Alexopoulos, Neo Irakleion, Bachelor of Arts wise, you have spent many hours contem- legacy in such a way that it addresses Athens, Greece; Chris Avramopoulos, plating the interpretation of the Fathers, and people’s very real concerns. We have to Eleni Alexopoulou, elementary educa- Rockford, Ill.; Earl James Cantos Jr., San analyzing how these interpretations have apply the Tradition in such a way that it ad- tion, Neo Irakleion, Athens, Greece; Diego; John Coroneus, Glendale, Calif.; informed the Tradition of the Church. dresses the real needs of the soul. And we Catherine Daniel, human development, Theologos Drakos, Toronto, Canada; Bill In addition, during your years here, for have to offer our Faith in such a way that it Zografou, Corinth, Greece; Tasos Angelo Tom Flegas, Denver; George Nicholas countless hours you have worshipped ac- brings illumination to the situations in which Douglas, religious studies, Charlotte, N.C.; Hazlaris, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Deacon cording to the Church’s liturgical order. And, we live. Francisco J. Galindo Acuna, religious stud- Methodios Vasilios Kalis, Patras, Greece; hopefully, for an equal number of hours you A wise person looks first to see from ies, Santiago, Chile; Mario Grimanis, el- Deacon John Clark Katsoulis, St. Louis; have studied the theology underlying our whence he came, so that he may better un- ementary education, Athens, Greece; Deacon Paul William Keriotis, Warren, liturgical practice, not to mention the fun- derstand where and who he is, and then may Kariofillis Vassilios Grozoudis, elementary Ohio; Panteleimon P. Klostri, New York; damentals of dogmatic theology that bring be illumined with the knowledge of where education, Thessaloniki, Greece; Stylianos Joshua Michael Makoul, Allentown, Pa. us together as the Church in the first place. he should be going, and who he should be Kalampalikis, classics, Katerini, Greece; (Antiochian Archdiocese); John Andrew At the same time, in the stillness of your emulating. Artes Christina Khitiri, elementary educa- Mefrige, Montreal, Canada (Antiochian own rooms — and in the stillness of your In this sense, therefore, I will be seek- tion, Los Alamitos, Calif.; George Khitiri, Archdiocese); Rev. Dimitrios Georgios hearts — you have experienced the peace ing to fill three academic chairs at our Holy religious studies, Tbilisi, Republic of Geor- Moraitis, Elmhurst, N.Y.; Ioannis Ana- that comes with prayer. School. The first Chair has been endowed gia; Athina Kokkori, classics, Athens, stasios Nassis, Elmwood Park, Ill.; Glen Considering this, you are now, if we by Mr. Michael Cantonis and family. Its pur- Greece; Nicholas Michael Paleologos, reli- Earl Nugent, Beaumont, Texas (Antiochian borrow St. Paul’s image of the soldier, armed pose is to ensure and promote the study of gious studies, Worcester, Mass.; Antonios Archdiocese); V. Rev. Antonios Christos with knowledge — knowledge you must Hellenism in its fullness, first at the level of Athanasios Papathanasiou, human devel- Papathanasiou, Nea Smyrni, Athens, now use for the benefit of all. And you must the Holy Cross School of Theology and, if opment, Yannina, Greece; John Popis, reli- Greece; Dimitrios Alex Pappas, Denver; use it wisely. In other words, you must ap- possible, to all at Hellenic College. gious studies, Piraeus, Greece; John James Pavlow, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Panagiotis ply what you have learned to today’s con- The second Chair is the Archbishop Sanidopoulos, religious studies, Belmont, Psillos, Harrare, Zimbabwe; Soterios text in a way that brings salvation to others. Iakovos Chair of Theology. It has been inac- Mass.; Antonios Stylianos Sarigiannis, reli- Demetrios Rousakis, Clearwater, Fla.; According to the canons of our Holy tive from the time Fr. Stanley Harakas re- gious studies, Hyde Park, N.Y.; Marian Raymond Christopher Salamy, Toluca Church, no one may interpret the Holy Scrip- tired. It will be reactivated in September and Simion, religious studies, Valcea, Romania; Lake, Calif. (Antiochian Archdiocese); Brian tures apart from the teachings of the Church consideration will be given to special theo- Fotini Fotiou-Streett, elementary education, Mark Sietsema, W. Springfield, Mass.; as they have been handed down to us from logical matters which immediately affect the Bronx, N.Y.; James W. Theos, religious Constantine D. Simeonides, Strongsville, the Fathers of the Church. These Fathers saw faithful of the Church. studies, N. Easton, Mass.; Gerta Aspasia Ohio; Michael Spiros Sintros, Andover, the sacred scriptures as part of the One Holy The third Chair is dedicated to the study Zhebo, classics, Athens, Greece. Mass.; Rev. Christopher H. Stamas, New- Catholic Divine Liturgical experience which of Patristics and Patrology. Together with the Master of Theology ton, Mass.; Deacon Mathew James Streett, ontologically transfigures the faithful into a other two chairs, my desire is that our gradu- Bellevue, Neb. (Antiochian Archdiocese); Theodoros Anastasopoulos, Greece; Holy Eucharistic branch of the Vine of Christ. ates understand the full spectrum of their William Nicholas Tragus, Torrance, Calif.; Romulus Barr, Sibiu Romania; Stylianos It is only in this context that the Priesthood heritage, both from a spiritual and practical Deacon Petros Vithoulkas, Manhasset, George Vayanos, Athens, Greece. becomes a vehicle which leads the faithful point of view. N.Y.; Deacon Jeffrey Alan Waynick, Nash- to trust not in their own human and worldly So you see, proclaiming the message Master of Arts in Church Service ville; Deacon Tewolde Gebre Yohannes, rationalizations, but rather to humbly and Maria J. Georgiades, Clinton, Ohio Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. gratefully accept and adopt as the way of See ADDRESS on p. 23 MAY 20, 1998 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 9 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION The Irrationality of Violence IONIANIONIAN VILLAGEVILLAGE

On Tuesday, March 24, two assassins portant psychological component, I would in camouflage lay in wait in the woods be- suggest that the root cause of irrational vio- hind their school, then opened fire with rifles lence is spiritual and not the result of so- on children and teachers when they filed out ciological phenomena. Although fatherless during a false fire alarm in Jonesboro, Ark. As homes have had negative psychological a result, four young girls and a teacher were consequences, the exiling of our Heavenly killed and 11 other people were wounded. Father from the spiritual fabric of mankind The boys were 11 and 13 years of age! has had a more devastating effect! The Jonesboro rampage is at least the As a result of such a self-appointed spiri- fourth school shooting in the United States tual divorce, society has become increasing in the past five months. lost and confused. It should not come as a great surprised, therefore, to learn that chil- By Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos dren as well as adults have begun to exhibit irrational behavior for in the final analysis On Dec. 1, a young boy opened fire on immorality is always preceded by impiety! a student prayer circle in a hallway at Heath Consequently, the irrationality of violence High School in Paducah, Ky., killing three will never be curbed until we repair society’s Friendships and Memories that last a lifetime and wounding five other children. The killer spiritual relationship with its Father. Immo- Please check which program you are interested in: was 14! On Dec. 15th an angry sniper rality will never be adequately controlled by Summer Travel Camp, Ages 12 to 15 – June 30-July 18 wounded two students in the town of political initiatives, educational reforms or Byzantine Venture, Ages 16 to 18 – July 26-August 13 Stamps, Ark. The sniper was arrested after societal reengineering alone. While such  (*) Optional Byzantine Venture Pilgrimage to the Patriarchate July 21-26 a manhunt. He was 14. Finally, on Oct. 1, measures are indeed beneficial, they can a 16-year-old boy killed his own mother af- never replace the need for spiritual revival! Spiritual Odyssey, Young Adults, Ages 19 and above – July 12-27 ter shooting nine other students including Holy Scripture describes numerous his former girl friend at his high school. The occasions when national decay was allevi- Name: ______suspect admits committing the crimes as ated by spiritual revival. The 29th chapter Address:______part of a satanic ritual of initiation! of II Chronicles, outlines the spiritual initia- I am certain that we would all agree that tives of a young king who inherited the rule City, State, Zip:______the aforementioned examples illustrate the of a morally deprived society. King Hezekiah Phone:______precarious degree to which our society is turned to religious rather than political or plagued with violence. 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While this may indeed be an im- that King Hezekiah was one of the best lead- ers in all of Israel’s history. He is described HOLY SCRIPTURE READINGS in this way: “he did what was right in the sight of the Lord!” Chapter 29 of II Chronicles JUNE ...... outlines the activities of this young king dur- ing the first 16 days of his reign. 1 M ...... Acts 21:8-14; Jn. 14:27-15:7 Chapter 29 of II Chronicles is impor- 2 T ...... Heb. 8:1-8; Lk. 12:8-12 tant, therefore, as it provides us with a de- 3 W ...... Acts 23:1-11; Jn. 16:15-23 scription of King Hezekiah’s most success- 4 Th ...... Heb. 7:26-8:2; Jn. 10:1-9 ful building program, a three-phase para- In today’s world it’s nice to find a secure place where you can develop your 5 F ...... Acts 27:1-28:1; Jn. 17:18-26 digm that coincides with our own spiritual potential while working toward a successful career. Hellenic College provides a 6 S ...... 1 Thes. 4:13-17; Jn. 10:27-38 rebuilding process known as theosis. 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12345678901234567890123 Phone: ______30 T .....1 Cor. 4:9-16; Mt. 9:36, 10:1-8 12345678901234567890123(212) 774-0239 PAGE 10 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 DIOCESEnews Alpha Omega Council to Honor Sunday School’s 60th Metropolitan Methodios Reunion Planned BOSTON — Metropolitan Methodios, SEATTLE – St. Demetrios Church will the spiritual leader to over 200,000 Greek hold the 60-year reunion of its Sunday Orthodox faithful throughout New England, School on Aug. 16, following Liturgy. will be honored Oct. 10 as this year’s Alpha It is open to students from the 1930s Omega Council “Person of the Year.” The and early 40s onward, according to infor- much-anticipated event will take place at the mation from Vicky Carras Kangles of Seattle. Westin Copley in Boston. Those wanting to attend should con- The Alpha Omega Council was unani- tact Mrs. G. Iles (Catherine Nekas) at (206) mous in its selection of Metropolitan 323-8454, or Alice Dwyer (Plumis) at (206) Methodios as this year’s award recipient. 283-4890. Anyone unable to attend is in- “We chose His Eminence in grateful recog- vited to send a biography bringing every- nition of not only his significant contribu- one up to date on their life, for a reunion tions and guidance to his Diocese and indi- booklet to be published. vidual parishes, but for his boundless efforts in helping all those in New England who are hungry and needy,” explained James Illinois Church ERNIE ANASTOS of New York’s Channel 9 Lemonias, General Chairman of this year’s will host a career fair with Aphrodite Daniel event. Marks Feast Day of Citibank, who organized the event. Former Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis will be Master of Cer- PALOS HILLS, Ill. – Sts. Constantine and Cathedral Site of Citibank emonies at this year’s awards banquet. Well- Helen Church celebrated its feast day be- known local and national dignitaries from Metropolitan Methodios (A. Bratsis photo) ginning the evening of May 20 with a Great Career Fair on May 30 throughout the ecclesiastical and political who cannot afford hotel accommodations. Vespers service with Metropolitan Iakovos worlds will pay tribute to His Eminence. Metropolitan Methodios served as and other clergy participating. President of Hellenic College and Holy Cross A reception took place after the service. NEW YORK – Citibank’s newly devel- Recently elevated to the position of Greek Orthodox School of Theology in On the morning of the feast day, oped Hellenic Business Development office Metropolitan by Patriarch Bartholomew in Brookline, Mass. from 1989 to 1995. Orthros and a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy will hold the first-ever Citibank-sponsored November 1997, His Eminence came to “This year’s Person of the Year event is officiated by Metropolitan Iakovos began at Greek American Career Fair on May 30, with New England as Bishop of Boston in 1984. extremely special given both the recipient’s 8:30 a.m. Fr. Byron Papanikolaou, proto- Archon Ernie Anastos, anchor for Channel Through his inspiring vision, Metropolitan position as our spiritual leader and his ma- presbyter, and Fr. Nicholas Jonas, assistant 9 News, as event host. Methodios was the driving force behind the jor efforts and contributions to helping his priest, also participated in the service. According to information from construction of the Diocesan Center located fellow man,” stated Alpha Omega Council Aphrodite Daniel, Citibank’s Hellenic Rela- at 162 Goddard Avenue in Brookline, Mas- President Ernest Sofis. Working with Mr. tions manager, the fair begins at 12:30 p.m. sachusetts. This focal point of the Diocese Sofis, Vice President Nicholas Cockinos, the at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Community of New England was completed in 1986. His entire Board of Trustees, and Banquet Chair- Center on East 74th Street and is open to Eminence has since instituted countless pro- man James Lemonias, are Committee Chairs high school and college age students ages grams which serve and enlighten the faith- George Behrakis, John Dallas, George Danis, 15 to 20. ful and share Orthodoxy with the outside Arthur Dukakis, Gregory Filias, John Archbishop Spyridon has blessed the public. Gianakouris, John Halachis, Luke Tsokanis, event. In a letter from his office he has ral- Metropolitan Methodios is responsible and Nicholas Xanthaky. lied the community’s participation and in- for creating such highly successful programs The Alpha Omega Council is a preemi- vited churches schools and youth organiza- within the Diocese as the Marriage Prepa- nent Greek American organization known tions to attend the fair. ration Seminars, as well as the establishment here and in Greece for its ideals in promot- His Eminence will attend the event to of the Philoxenia House, which offers hos- ing Hellenic culture and fellowship, and for present a $2,500 scholarship to a college- pitality to patients and their families who generous philanthropy. bound student. come to Boston for medical reasons and They will have the opportunity to speak with prominent Greek American profession- als about career choices in more than 20 professions and vocations. Among those participating will be at- torney James Armenakis, TV anchorwoman Alexis Christoforous, psychologist and pub- licist Aphrodite Clamar-Cohen, Ph.D., air- line co-pilot Paul T. Daniel, fashion designer HOLOCAUST OBSERVANCE “Demetrios,” TV meteorologist Nick Gre- The Rev. Andrew Koufopoulos, pastor of gory, Temple University Pharmacy School St. George Church in Knoxville, Tenn., offers Dean Peter H. Doukas, Ph.D., textile stylist a reading at a community Holocaust Diane George, surgeon Dr. Panos Manolas, Observance held at the city’s World’s Fair psychologist Spyros Orfanos, Ph.D., Cooke Park in conjunction with the Knoxville County, Ill., Commissioner Maria Pappas, Museum of Art’s exhibition “Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art about the magazine editor Greg Pappas, architect Holocaust.” (Photo courtesy of Harry Steve Papadatos, Presbytera Nikki Moskos) Stephanopoulos, Archdiocese News and Information Department director, advertis- ing agency head William Tragos, and musi- CELEBRATE HERITAGE Flushing Church PTAs Hold cal conductor Constantinos Yiannoudes. Greek School students of St. George Church in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., celebrated the Students planning to attend should Feast of the Annunciation and Greek Independence Day with poems, songs and dancing. make reservations with the business office, The kids are shown with their teachers and Fr. Nicholas Pathenos. Fund-raiser, and Dinner or stop by a Hellenic banking center in FLUSHING, N.Y. – St. Nicholas Church Astoria, Whitestone, Bayside or Bay Ridge. Phoenix to Host Church Music Conference Greek Afternoon School held a “breakfast of love” May 3 attended by more than 300 Condolences PHOENIX – Holy Trinity Cathedral will evening at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts persons that raised more than $10,000 for be the site of the 1998 San Francisco Dio- for a Mexican fiesta will highlight Saturday’s the Ronald McDonald House. The Orthodox Observer extends its cese Church Music Federation Conference activities. “We have a holy purpose to help the sympathy and condolences to Metropoli- June 18-21. Sunday will feature the Hierarchical Ronald McDonald House, not only economi- tan Methodios for the passing of his Registration deadline is May 29. Adult Divine Liturgy with Bishop Anthony, as- cally, but spiritually,” said the Rev. Paul Palesty. mother, Stavroula Tournas, on May 14, and youth choristers are invited. sisted by local clergy, along with the par- “A sick person with a serious illness feels iso- to Rev. Dr. Stanley Harakas for the pass- The adult program begins Thursday, ticipation of the adult and youth choirs. lated and cut off from society. They need ing of his daughter, Katherine DeFilippo June 18 with a golf tournament and a trip More information: call Chairman people with a positive attitude around them.” on April 18, and to Mr. Elias Kulukundis, to St. Anthony Monastery. Kristen Bruskas (602) 838-4583; registra- PTA President Hari Kalogiannis ex- president of Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Rehearsals begin Friday morning, fol- tion chairman Georgia Tripsas (602) 953- plained that contributions go toward main- Cathedral, for the recent passing of his lowed by a workshop by the renowned 3873; visit the official website at http:// taining the facility for families of children wife, Cleopatra. 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ÁÈÇÍÁ.— Ìå âõæáíôéíÞ ìåãáëï- éóôïñßáò ôùí. ðñÝðåéá Ýãéíå óôç Ìçôñüðïëç Áèçíþí ç »ÓôñÝöù ôï óôï÷áóìü ìïõ ðñïò ôïõò ôåëåôÞ åíèñüíéóçò ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ åëåýèåñïõò ðïëéïñêçìÝíïõò, ôïõò «åí ôç Áèçíþí êáé ÐÜóçò ÅëëÜäïò, ê. ×ñéóôü- Ðüëç ôå÷èÝíôåò êáé ôñáöÝíôåò», ðïõ ç äïõëïõ, ðáñïõóßá ôïõ ðñïÝäñïõ ôçò øõ÷Þ ôïõò ðåñéäéíïýôáé åñùôéêþò ìå ÅëëçíéêÞò ÂïõëÞò, Áðüóôïëïõ ÊáêëáìÜíç, êáýóç êáñäßáò ãéá ôï ðáñåëèüí ôïõò»... ôùí éåñáñ÷þí ôçò ÉåñÜò Óõíüäïõ ôçò êáé ç Ñùìéïóýíç ôïõò åßíáé óôåöáíùìÝíç Åêêëçóßáò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò, åêðñïóþðùí ôïõ «ìå ôçí Üëù ôïõ ÃÝíïõò». Ôïõò áîßæåé ç Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ êáé Üëëùí ðáíåèíéêÞ áßäéïò åõãíùìïóýíç êáé ôïõò ïñèïäüîùí åêêëçóéþí. Äåí ðáñÝóôçóáí ôçí ðñïóöÝñïõìå ôáðåéíÜ, áîéü÷ñåï ï ðñüåäñïò ôçò Äçìïêñáôßáò êáé ï äþñï ôçò êáñäéÜò ìáò êáé óõíåéäçóéáêü ðñùèõðïõñãüò êáé ôçí êõâÝñíçóç åêðñï- üöëçìá åõèýíçò. óþðåõóå ï õðïõñãüò Ðáéäåßáò ÃåñÜóéìïò »Ôá èõãáôñéêÜ áéóèÞìáôá ôéìÞò êáé ÁñóÝíçò. áãÜðçò ôçò áðü 148 Ýôç ÁõôïêåöÜëïõ Óôç óõíÝ÷åéá, óõíïäåõüìåíïò áðü Åêêëçóßáò ìáò, ìå ôá ïðïßá ðåñéâÜëëïõìå ðïìðÞ áñ÷éåñÝùí, éåñÝùí êáé ëáïý, áíÝêáèåí ôçí ÌçôÝñá Åêêëçóßá, êáé ôá ìåôÝâç óôï Áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêü ÌÝãáñï, áìößäñïìá äéêÜ ôçò, óõíáðïôåëïýí ôïõò üðïõ äÝ÷ôçêå ôá óõã÷áñçôÞñéá êëÞñïõ áäáìÜíôéíïõò êñßêïõò ìéáò ÷ñõóÞò áëõóß- êáé ðéóôþí. Ôçí åðïìÝíç, ï íÝïò Áñ÷éåðß- äáò, ðïõ ìáò óõíäÝåé êáé ìáò åíþíåé óå óêïðïò Ýäùóå åíþðéïí ôïõ ðñïÝäñïõ ôçò áäéÜëõôï óýíäåóìï åí ×ñéóôþ, áôßìçôï äþñï ôçò ÄåîéÜò ôïõ Õøßóôïõ. ×ñÝïò ìáò Ôïõ Íéê. Ìáããßíá åßíáé íá óõíå÷ßóïõìå ôïõò óôåíïýò ÁÈÇÍÁ.—Êïñõöáßåò ðñïóùðéêüôçôåò ôçò äåóìïýò áãÜðçò êáé áëëçëïðåñé÷þñçóçò, Äçìïêñáôßáò ôç íåíïìéóìÝíç äéáâå- ÅëëçíéêÞò êïéíùíßáò ðáñáâñÝèçêáí óôçí êáèþò ôþñá, «óôï ëõêüöùò ôçò ÷éëéåôßáò âáßùóç, üôé èá ôçñåß ôïõò êáíüíåò ôçò åíèñüíéóç ôïõ íÝïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ Áèç- ï ÷ñüíïò ãéá ôï ‘ÖáíÜñé’ åßíáé áíÜóá åêêëçóßáò, ôï óýíôáãìá êáé ôïõò íüìïõò íþí êáé ÐÜóçò ÅëëÜäïò ê. ×ñéóôüäïõëïõ Üã÷ïõóá». ôïõ êñÜôïõò. (Áíù). Ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï åêðñï- »Êáé ìðïñþ óÞìåñá íá áíáããåßëù Óôïí åíèñïíéóôÞñéï ëüãï ôïõ ï óþðçóáí ï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò ÃÝñùí ×áëêç- åðßóçìá üôé ðñïãñáììáôßæåôáé óýíôïìá, Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ×ñéóôüäïõëïò åõ÷áñß- äüíïò ê. Éùáêåßì êáé Ìçôñïðïëßôçò ÐÝñãçò ìÝóá óôïí åðüìåíï ìÞíá, ç ðñþôç ìïõ ÅõÜããåëïò (ÄåîéÜ). (öùô. Íéê. Ìáããßíáò) óôçóå ôïõò éåñÜñ÷åò ãéá ôçí åìðéóôïóýíç åðßóêåøç óôï ÖáíÜñé, ùò Ýêöñáóç ôéìÞò, ðïõ ôïõ Ýäåéîáí, áíáäåéêíýïíôÜò ôïí óôçí ôç Åêêëçóßá, åð’ áãáèþ áõôÞò êáé åéò ôüíéóå üôé: «Óõíå÷üìáóôå áðü âáèéÜ óåâáóìïý êáé áãÜðçò ðñïò ôïí Ïéêïõ- çãåóßá ôçò Åêêëçóßáò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò. Ïé äüîáí Èåïý. óõíáßóèçóç ôçò åðåßãïõóáò áíÜãêçò ðïõ ìåíéêü ìáò ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç. Ç Åêêëçóßá ôçò åêðñüóùðïé ôçò ðïëéôéêÞò çãåóßáò »Êáé ç äéáìïñöùèåßóá áýôç óõíåß- Ý÷åé ï ëáüò ìáò íá äåé ôéò ðñïóäïêßåò ðïõ ÅëëÜäïò Ý÷åé êáé ôç äéÜèåóç êáé ôç äýíáìç åõ÷Þèçêáí óôïí Ìáêáñéüôáôï ìáêñï- äçóéò Þôï ïéïíåß åñìçíåßá ôçò âïõëÞò ôïõ óôçñßæåé óôçí Åêêëçóßá ôïõ íá äéêáéþ- íá óôáèåß, ìå üëï ôï êýñïò ôçò ðáãêü- çìÝñåõóç êáé åîÝöñáóáí ôçí åëðßäá ãéá Èåïý, Þôéò êáé åîåäçëþèç äéÜ ôçò åí áãßù íïíôáé ðëÞñùò». óìéáò åêêëçóéáóôéêÞò ôçò ïíôüôçôáò, êáëÞ óõíåñãáóßá ìåôáîý Åêêëçóßáò êáé Ðíåýìáôé åêëïãÞò êáé ðñïêñßóåùò õìþí Åéäéêüôåñá, ãéá ôéò ó÷Ýóåéò Åêêëçóßáò åõóõíåßäçôá ðáñÜ ôü ðëåõñü ôïõ Ïéêïõ- Ðïëéôåßáò, þóôå íá áíôéìåôùðéóôïýí ôá ìåôáîý ðëåéüíùí åêëåêôþí áäåëöþí». êáé Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ ôüíéóå ôá ìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ ãéá ôçí õðåñÜ- äõóåðßëõôá ðñïâëÞìáôá ðïõ áíôéìåôù- Óôï ôÝëïò ôçò ðñïóöùíÞóåþò ôïõ, ðáñáêÜôù, ðïõ áöÞíïõí íá äéáöáíåß ç óðéóç ôùí äéêáßùí ôïõ. Ç äå ðñùôüèñïíç ðßæåé ç ÅëëÜäá. ï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò ×áëêçäüíïò ðñüóöåñå, Ýíáñîç ìéáò íÝáò ðåñéüäïõ óôéò ó÷Ýóåéò Åêêëçóßá Êùíóôáíôéíïõðüëåùò êáé ï Ôïí ê. ×ñéóôüäïõëï ðñïóöþíçóå êáé åê ìÝñïõò ôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç, ôùí äýï Åêêëçóéþí. óåðôüò ôçò ÐñïêáèÞìåíïò ðñÝðåé íá ï áíôéðñüóùðïò ôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý áñ÷éåñáôéêÞ ñÜâäï óôï íÝï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï. «Ìå éäéáßôåñï óåâáóìü ðñïò ôçí ãíùñßæïõí üôé Ý÷ïõí üëçò ôçò êáñäéÜò ìáò ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïõ, Óåâ. Ìçôñï- Ôï ÷ñÝïò ðñïò ôï ÖáíÜñé ðïëéüôçôá ôïõ èåóìïý êáé ìå ãëõêéÜ ôç èÝñìç êáé üëïõ ìáò ôïõ íïõ ôç äéÜèåóç, ðïëßôçò ÃÝñùí ×áëêçäüíïò ê. Éùáêåßì, ï Ôï ÷ñÝïò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò áíÜìíçóç ôùí áðü ôá íåáíéêÜ ìáò ÷ñüíéá þóôå íá âñïõí óôï ðñüóùðï üëçò ôçò ïðïßïò ÷áñáêôÞñéóå åëðéäïöüñá ôçí ãéá ôçí óõíÝ÷éóç ôùí óôåíþí äåóìþí ðñïóùðéêþí ìïõ ó÷Ýóåùí ìå ôïí Ðáíá- Éåñáñ÷ßáò ìáò êáé óôï äéêü ìïõ ôïõò åêëïãÞ ôïõ êáé ìåôÝöåñå ôéò åõ÷Ýò ôïõ áãÜðçò êáé áëëçëïðåñé÷ùñÞóåùò, åðåóÞ- ãéüôáôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ê. Âáñèï- áêñáéöíåßò óõíáíôéëÞðôïñåò êáé ôïõò ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ãéá óôåíÞ óõíåñãáóßá. Óôçí ìáíå ï íÝïò Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò Áèçíþí êáé ëïìáßï, óôñÝöù íïóôáëãéêÜ ôç óêÝøç ìïõ äåäçëùìÝíïõò õðïóôçñéêôÝò óå ü,ôé ôåëåôÞ åíèñüíéóçò ôïõ íÝïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêü- ÐÜóçò ÅëëÜäïò ×ñéóôüäïõëïò, êáôÜ ôïí ðñïò ôï ôáðåéíü ÖáíÜñé, ôç èåïöýëáêôç áðïâëÝðåé óôç äüîá ôïõ Èåïý». ðïõ Áèçíþí, ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï åíèñïíéóôÞñéï ëüãï ôïõ ðïõ åêöþíçóå Ðüëç, üðïõ óýìöñïíåò ïé åêëåêôïß ôùí Óçìåéþíåôáé üôé ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò êáé ôïí ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç Âáñèïëïìáßï åêðñï- óôïí Êáèåäñéêü Íáü ôùí Áèçíþí. áêïéìÞôùí, óõíáñìüæïíôáé ìå ôá ýøéóôá, Áèçíþí êáé ÐÜóçò ÅëëÜäïò ê. ×ñéóôüäïõëïò óþðçóáí ïé Ìçôñïðïëßôåò ÃÝñùí ×áëêç- Óôçí åíèñïíéóôÞñéá ïìéëßá ôïõ ï íÝïò óõììáñôõñïýí ôá «ðñïóôá÷èÝíôá ìõóôé- èá åðéóêåöèåß åðßóçìá ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü äüíïò Éùáêåßì êáé ÐÝñãçò ÅõÜããåëïò. ÐñïêáèÞìåíïò ôçò ÅëëáäéêÞò Åêêëçóßáò êþò» êáé óõìâéþíïõí ìå ôç ãïçôåßá ôçò Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï áðü 12 Ýùò 15 Éïõíßïõ. Ï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò ÃÝñùí ×áëêçäüíïò Éùáêåßì óôçí ðñïóöþíçóÞ ôïõ ðñïò ôïí íÝï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï åßðå ìåôáîý Üëëùí: «¢ðáíôåò çìåßò åí Öáíáñßù, ïìïý Åðéìíçìüóõíç äÝçóç ãéá ôïí ÁíäñÝá ÊáóÜðç ìåè’ åêáôïììõñßùí Ïñèïäüîùí, êáé äç ïõ÷ß ìüíïí ôùí åí ÅëëÜäé, ìåô’ åõöñï- ÏÕÁÓÉÃÊÔÏÍ.—Óôá ðëáßóéá ôïõ óýíçò êáé áãáëëéÜóåùò åäÝ÷èçìåí ôï 9ïõ óõíåäñßïõ ôçò ÐáíåëëÞíéáò Óõíôï- ÷áñìüóõíïí Üããåëìá ôçò ðáíçãõñéêÞò íéóôéêÞò ÅðéôñïðÞò Êõðñéáêïý Áãþíá, õìþí åêëïãÞò ùò ÐñïêáèçìÝíïõ ôçò ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. áãéùôÜôçò ÁõôïêåöÜëïõ êáè’ ÅëëÜäá Óðõñßäùí áíÝðåìøå åðéìíçìüóõíç Åêêëçóßáò, ðñïóöéëïýò èõãáôñüò êáé äÝçóç óôéò 14 ÌáÀïõ óôá óêáëéÜ ôïõ ôåôéìçìÝíçò áäåëöÞò ôçò Ðñùôïèñüíïõ Êáðéôùëßïõ, óôçí ÏõÜóéãêôïí, ãéá Ýíáí Åêêëçóßáò Êùíóôáíôéíïõðüëåùò. áðü ôïõò 1619 áãíïïýìåíïõò ôçò »Êáé ôïýôï ü÷é ìüíïí åê ëüãùí ÔïõñêéêÞò åéóâïëÞò óôçí Êýðñï, ôïí óõíáéóèçìáôéêþí, Þôïé äéÜ ôçí óõíäÝïõ- Åëëçíïáìåñéêáíü ÁíäñÝá ÊáóÜðç, ðïõ óáí ôçí õìåôÝñáí Ìáêáñéüôçôá ìåôÜ ôïõ ðñï ìçíüò ôï Áìåñéêáíéêü Õðïõñãåßï ÐáôñéÜñ÷ïõ çìþí êáé ôùí ðåñß áõôüí Åîùôåñéêþí áíáêïßíùóå åðßóçìá üôé áãßùí áäåëöþí öéëßáí êáé áãÜðçí åí åßíáé íåêñüò. ×ñéóôþ áðü ðïëëþí Þäç åôþí, áëëÜ êáé Ï ÁíäñÝáò ÊáóÜðçò Þôáí Ýíáò áðü äéüôé ç åãíùóìÝíç êáé ðáãêïßíùò ïìïëï- ôïõò Áìåñéêáíïýò õðçêüïõò ðïõ áé÷ìá- ãïõìÝíç áîßá êáé éó÷õñÜ ðñïóùðéêüôçò ëùôßóôçêáí áðü ôá ÔïõñêéêÜ óôñá- õìþí åß÷åí áðü ìáêñïý åðéâëçèÞ åéò ôçí ôåýìáôá êáôÜ ôçí åéóâïëÞ ôïõ 1974 óõíåßäçóéí ðïëëþí, ðëåßóôùí, åíôáýèá ôå óôçí Êýðñï. Ï åíôïðéóìüò êáé ç êáé áðáíôá÷ïý ôïõ Ïñèïäüîïõ êüóìïõ, áíáãíþñéóç ôçò óùñïý ôïõ Þñèå ùò êáé ïýôïé ðÜíôåò ðñïóÝâëåðïí ðñïò ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ.-Åðéìíçìüóõíç äÝçóç åîÝðåìøå ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. Óðõñßäùí áðïôÝëåóìá íïìïèåôÞìáôïò ðïõ øçöß- óôá óêáëéÜ ôïõ Êáðéôùëßïõ óôçí ÁìåñéêáíéêÞ Ðñùôåýïõóá, ãéá ôïí ÁíäñÝá ÊáóÜðç áõôÞí, ùò äõíáìÝíçí íá áíáëÜâç ìåßæï- Ýíáí áðü ôïõò 1619 áãíïïõìÝíïõò ôçò ÊõðñéáêÞò ôñáãùäßáò. (öùô. Ä. ÐáíÜãïò) ˜ óåë. 13 íôáò, õøçëïôÝñáò, çãåôéêÜò åõèýíáò åí ÓÅËÉÄÁ 12 ÏÑÈÏÄÏÎÏÓ ÐÁÑÁÔÇÑÇÔÇÓ 20 ÌÁÚÏÕ 1998 Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò óôï ãçñïêïìåßï ÂáëïõêëÞ âéâëßï Ç ¢ëùóç ôçò Êùíóôáíôéíïõðüëåùò Ôï 1994 êõêëïöüñçóå óôçí ÁèÞíá Ýíá Ýîï÷ï óýããñáììá ìå ôçí åðéìÝëåéá ôïõ ëáìðñïý, üíôùò, åðéóôÞìïíá êáé êáèçãçôÞ ðáíåðéóôçìßïõ, ôïõ èáõìÜóéïõ áíèñþðïõ êáé óôï÷áóôÞ ê. ÅõÜããåëïõ ×ñõóïý. Ôï óýããñáììá áõôü öÝñåé ôïí ôßôëï «Ç ¢ëùóç ôçò Ðüëçò» êáé åêäüèçêå áðü ôïí ðåñßöçìï êáé ðñáãìáôéêÜ åðéôõ÷Ýóôáôï åêäïôéêü ïñãáíéóìü ôïõ åîáßñåôïõ ê. Ä. Êüêêéíïõ, «Áêñßôáò». Ç Ýêäïóç áõôÞ ôéìÜ, üëùò éäéáéôÝñùò êáé ôïí ê. Êüêêéíï áëëÜ êáé ôïí áãáðçôü

ôïõ êáè. Ãåùñãßïõ ÌðåìðÞ ê. ×ñõóü, äéüôé ãéá ðñþôç, ßóùò, öïñÜ åêäßäåôáé Ýíá ÊÙÍÓÔÁÍÔÉÍÏÕÐÏËÇ.— Ôçí ÊõñéáêÞ ôùí Ìõñïöüñùí óýã÷ñïíï Ýñãï ðïõ âëÝðåé êáé óðïõäÜæåé êáé ìåëåôÜ ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïò, üðùò êÜèå ðïëýðëåõñá, Ýíá áðü ôá óðïõäáéüôåñá ãåãïíüôá ôçò ÷ñüíï, åðéóêÝöèçêå ôï Íïóïêïìåßï ÂáëïõêëÞ ôçò ðáãêüóìéáò Éóôïñßáò, ôçí Üëùóç êáé ôçí ðôþóç ôçò ÏìïãÝíåéáò åõëïãþíôáò ôïõò áóèåíåßò êáé ôñïößìïõò Êùíóôáíôéíïýðïëçò, ôçò Âáóéëßäáò ôùí ðüëåùí, ôïõ ôïõ Ãçñïêïìåßïõ êáé ôóïõãêñßæïíôáò ìå üëïõò êáõ÷Þìáôïò ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò Ïñèïäïîßáò. ¸ôóé, êáèþò ðáó÷áëéíÜ áõãÜ. ÔÝëåóå åðßóçò ôñéóÜãéï ãéá ôïõò ãéïñôÜæïõìå êáé öÝôïò ôçí 29ç ôïõ ÌáÀïõ, ôï êáôáèëé- ðñïêáôü÷ïõò ôïõ ÐáôñéÜñ÷åò, ðïõ áíáðáýïíôáé åêåß. ðôéêü êáé ìåëáã÷ïëéêü áõôü éóôïñéêü ãåãïíüò áò ìáò (öùô. Íéê. Ìáããßíáò) èõìßóåé ôçí éóôïñßá ìáò êáé áò ìáò êÜíåé íá æÞóïõìå ôéò Üãéåò ìíÞìåò ôùí çñùéêþí ðñïãüíùí ìáò. Áõôþí ðïõ Ýðåóáí áãùíéæüìåíïé ôïí Üãéï êáé ôßìéï áãþíá ôçò åëåõèåñßáò êáé ôçò äéêáéïóýíçò, ðïõ áðïôåëïýí áíáöáßñåôá áíèñþðéíá äéêáéþìáôá êÜèå óýã÷ñïíïõ ÊÙÍÓÔÁÍÔÉÍÏÓ Ï ÌÅÃÁÓ áíèñþðïõ. ÄéáâÜæïíôáò ôéò çìÝñåò áõôÝò ôï âéâëßï ôïõ ê. Ï ÁõôïêñÜôïñáò ôùí áñåôþí êáé ôçò ÷ñéóôéáíéêÞò åëðßäáò ×ñõóïý Ýæçóá ôïí ðüíï êáé ôçí ïäýíç, áëëÜ êáé ôçí ãåííáéüôçôá êáé ôçí áðïöáóéóôéêüôçôá ôùí ìåãÜëùí Ýóá óôïí ðüíï êáé ôéò èëßøåéò êáé ôéò åðéóêüðïõò, ðñåóâõôÝñïõò, äéáêüíïõò, áíáãíþóôåò çìåñþí ôïõ 1453, üôáí ç ëåãüìåíç ÂõæáíôéíÞ áðåñßãñáðôåò äïêéìáóßåò êáé ôá êáé åîïñêéóôÝò êáé Ýôóé äåí õðÞñ÷å ÷þñïò ãéá ôïõò áõôïêñáôïñßá åîÝðíåå êÜôù áðü ôçí ÏèùìáíéêÞ Ì áâÜóôá÷ôá ìáñôýñéá ôùí ðñþôùí åãêëçìáôßåò ôçò áõôïêñáôïñßáò (âéâëßï 8ï). Ìå ôï ëáßëáðá êáé ôçí êïñïúäåõôéêÞ áäéáöïñßá ôçò ëåãüìåíçò ÷ñéóôéáíþí ôùí ðñþôùí ÷ñéóôéáíéêþí áéþíùí, ç äéÜôáãìá ôùí ÌåäéïëÜíùí ôïí ÖåâñïõÜñéï ôïõ 313 ×ñéóôéáíéêÞò Äýóçò. ÐñÝðåé íá óçìåéùèåß êáé íá Èåßá ×Üñéò ðáñïõóßáóå ôç ìåãáëïðñåðÞ êáé Üëëáîå ðëÝïí ç áõôïêñáôïñéêÞ ðïëéôéêÞ Ýíáíôé ôùí åðáéíåèåß, üôé ôï âéâëßï «Ç ¢ëùóç ôçò Ðüëçò» åßíáé óôçí ãåííáéüäùñç ìïñöÞ ôïõ ðñþôïõ ÷ñéóôéáíïý ×ñéóôéáíþí. ÁëëÜ ï ÌÝãáò Êùíóôáíôßíïò ðñï÷þ- ðñáãìáôéêüôçôá ìéá óõëëïãÞ óðïõäáßùí ìåëåôþí áðü áõôïêñÜôïñá, ôïõ Êùíóôáíôßíïõ ôïõ ÌåãÜëïõ. Êáé ñçóå áêüìç ðåñéóóüôåñï. Áí êáé óåâÜóôçêå ôéò Üëëåò äéáðñåðåßò åðéóôÞìïíåò, ¸ëëçíåò êáé ìç, áêüìç êáé åíüò Þôáí ðñÜãìáôé ìåãáëïðñåðÞò ï áõôïêñÜôïñáò èñçóêåßåò ôçò á÷áíïýò áõôïêñáôïñßáò ôïõ, Ýãéíå Ôïýñêïõ êáèçãçôÞ êáé ñß÷íïõí öùò êáé æùÞ óôá Êùíóôáíôßíïò: Øçëüò êáé åýñùóôïò, ìå üìïñöá, Ýíáò ÷ñéóôéáíüò áõôïêñÜôïñáò êáé ÷ùñßò äéóôáãìïýò ãåãïíüôá ôçò åðï÷Þò åêåßíçò ìå åíÜñãåéá êáé ðïëëÝò äéáêÞñõôôå üôé ïé åðßóêïðïé åßíáé õðåýèõíïé ôùí öïñÝò ìå áíôéêåéìåíéêüôçôá áëëÜ êáé ìå áãÜðç êáé ìå ôïõ êáè. Ãåùñãßïõ ÌðåìðÞ åóùôåñéêþí ðñïâëçìÜôùí ôçò Åêêëçóßáò, ï ßäéïò ðïíåìÝíç óõíôñéâÞ ôçò êáñäéÜò. Ìå áõôÞ åíáãþíéá Þôáí «åðßóêïðïò ôùí åêôüò» êáèéóôÜìåíïò, ìÜëéóôá ðñïóÝããéóç ôçò éóôïñßáò ï ìáêáñéóôüò ¢ããëïò, áëëÜ áäñÜ ÷áñáêôçñéóôéêÜ êáé ôáõôü÷ñïíá ãåííáéüöñùí õðü ôïõ Èåïý óôçí õøçëÞ áõôÞ áðïóôïëÞ. (Åõó. âáèéÜ Åëëçíïñèüäïîïò Philip Sherrard ñùôÜ, áí ç ßäñõóç êáé äßêáéïò êáé óõíåôüò, áðïôåëïýóå ôç íÝá Âßïò Ì. Êùí/íïõ, 4) ôçò Ðüëçò áðü ôïí ÌÝãá Êùíóôáíôßíï ïéêïäïìÞèçêå ùò ðñïöçôéêÞ åëðßäá ãéá ôç èñçóêåßá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý. ñ÷áßïé êáé óýã÷ñïíïé éóôïñéêïß, üðùò ïé ÷ñéóôéáíéêÞ ðüëç ÷Üñç ôçò Âáóéëåßáò ôïõ Èåïý Þ ÷Üñç ÃåííçìÝíïò óôçí Äáêßá, óôçí óçìåñéíÞ ðåñßðïõ ÅõóÝâéïò, ËáêôÜíôéïò, Óôåöáíßäçò, ìéáò åêêïóìéêåõìÝíçò Ðïëéôåßáò; Ï åõóåâÞò ¢ããëïò Á ÖåéäÜò êáé R. Grant ìéëïýí ìå óåâáóìü êáé óõããñáöÝáò äéáêñßíåé ôçí Ýíôïíç áðïêáëõðôéêÞ êáé ÂáëêáíéêÞ ÷þñá, ðåñß ôï ôåëåõôáßï ôÝôáñôï ôïõ ôñßôïõ áéþíá, ãéïò ôïõ Êùíóôáíôßíïõ ôïõ ×ëùñïý åõãíþìïíá áéóèÞìáôá ãéá ôá üóá ðïßçóå ï ÌÝãáò åó÷áôïëïãéêÞ êëÞóç êáé ðñïïðôéêÞ êáé ðïñåßá ôçò êáé ôçò åõóåâïýò ÅëÝíçò, áíáäåß÷èçêå óýíôïìá óå Êùíóôáíôßíïò ãéá ôçí êáôáäéùêüìåíç êáé êáôáðåñé- ìåãÜëçò ðüëçò, áëëÜ êáé ôçí áãùíéþäç áíèñþðéíç êáé ðñïéêéóìÝíï êáé öùôéóìÝíï óôñáôéùôéêü êáé ðïëéôéêü öñïíçìÝíç Åêêëçóßá ôïõ ÅóôáõñùìÝíïõ Éçóïý. Ïé åãêüóìéá ðñïÝêôáóÞ ôçò, ðïõ ôçí êáèéóôÜ ðñüôõðï Üãéï çãÝôç. ÷ñéóôéáíéêÝò ãéïñôÝò ãßíïíôáí ãéïñôÝò ôïõ ÊñÜôïõò, ôçò Üíù ÉåñïõóáëÞì óå äéáñêÞ áãþíá ìå ôçí ðôùôéêÞ Ôçí 25ç Éïõëßïõ 306 áíáêçñý÷èçêå áõôï- ìå áõôïêñáôïñéêÜ ÷ñþìáôá ÷ôßóôçêáí åêáôïíôÜäåò êáé áìáñôùëÞ ðíåõìáôéêÞ êáôÜññåõóç. Ãé’ áõôü ï êñÜôïñáò ôçò Äýóçò. Ðëçèþñá áõôïêñáôüñùí, áðü íáïß óå üëá ôá ìÝñç ôçò Áõôïêñáôïñßáò êáé êõñßùò îáêïõóôüò èåïëüãïò ôïõ 14ïõ êáé ôïõ 15ïõ áéþíá, ï ôïí Äéïêëçôéáíü ìÝ÷ñé ôïõ ÃáëÝñéïõ êáé ôïõ Äéêßíéïõ óôçí Êùíóôáíôéíïýðïëç êáé óôïõò ¢ãéïõò Ôüðïõò, ÉùóÞö ÂñõÝííéïò, èñçíåß ãéá ôçí çèéêÞ êáôÜðôùóç ôïõ êáé ôïõ Ìáîéìéáíïý êáé ÌáîÝíôéïõ, äåí ìðüñåóáí ìå ôç âïÞèåéá, âåâáßùò, ôçò ðñïóöéëïýò ìçôñüò ôïõ, Âõæáíôßïõ ãéá ôçí óêëçñüôçôá ôçò êáñäéÜò ôùí óõìðá- íá áíáóôåßëïõí ôçí êáôáêüñõöç êáé åðéôõ÷Ýóôáôç ôçò Áãßáò ÅëÝíçò. Ç èÝóç ôïõ êëÞñïõ áíõøþèçêå óå ôñéùôþí ôïõ, ôçí ôýöëùóç êáé ôç ëçóìïíéÜ ôïõ, ãé’ áõôü Üíïäï ôïõ íåáñïý áõôïêñÜôïñá. ÔÝëïò, ç ìÜ÷ç ôçò äçìüóéï ëåéôïýñãçìá êáé ðáíôïý äéáöáßíïíôáí, üôé áîßæïõí ôç èåßá ôéìùñßá... (Ç Üëùóç ó.36-39). ¸ôóé, üôáí Ìéëâßáò ãÝöõñáò, ôçí 28ç Ïêôùâñßïõ 312 êáôÜ ôïõ ï ÷ñéóôéáíéóìüò Þôáí ç åðßóçìç èñçóêåßá ôïõ Þñèå ðëÝïí áíáðüöåõêôá ç Üëùóç, ôï ãÝíïò ôùí ÌáîÝíôéïõ, áíÜäåéîå ôïí Êùíóôáíôßíï ìïíïêñÜôïñá áõôïêñÜôïñá, ï ïðïßïò, ìÜëéóôá äéÜâáæå ôçí Áãßá ÅëëÞíùí Ýíéùóå âáèéÜ ôïí «èñÞíï» êáé ôçí «êáõôçñßá» ôçò á÷áíïýò ÑùìáúêÞò áõôïêñáôïñßáò. Êáé ôïýôï ÃñáöÞ, áíÜôñåöå ôá ðáéäéÜ ôïõ ìå åêêëçóéáóôéêü êáé ôï «âÜñáèñï» êáé ôçí «áã÷üíç» êáé ôç «ñïìöáßá» ôçò åðåôåý÷èç ìå ôçí âïÞèåéá ôïõ Óôáõñïý. öñüíçìá êáé ðáñáêïëïõèïýóå ôá åêêëçóéáóôéêÜ ðôþóçò, üðùò ôçí ðåñéãñÜöåé ï ÃåííÜäéïò Ó÷ïëÜñéïò, ï ßíáé ãíùóôÞ ðëÝïí ç éóôïñßá, ôçí ïðïßá æçôÞìáôá áðü êïíôÜ. ¢ëëùóôå, óõãêÜëåóå êáé ðñþôïò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ìåôÜ ôçí Üëùóç (áõô. ó.130). ÁëëÜ äéçãåßôáé ï ßäéïò ï Êùíóôáíôßíïò, üôé êáô’ ðñïÞäñåõóå ôçò Á´ ÏéêïõìåíéêÞò Óõíüäïõ óôç äåí ëýãéóå. Ãé’ áõôü ìðïñïýìå óÞìåñá, íá ìéëÜìå ãéá ôï Å üíåéñï áëëÜ êáé êáôÜ ìåóçìâñéíÞ þñá, ìå Íßêáéá ôï 325. Âáöôßóôçêå ðñéí ôï èÜíáôü ôïõ, ÂõæÜíôéï ìåôÜ ôï ÂõæÜíôéï (Í. Iorga) Þ ãéá üñáìá, åßäå ôï óçìåßï ôïõ Óôáõñïý ìå ôçí ðñïôñïðÞ öïñþíôáò ôïí ëåõêü âáöôéóôéêü ÷éôþíá. ÊïéìÞèçêå «Ôïõñêïêñáôßá» (ð. Ìåôáëëçíüò) Þ êáé ãéá ôç «ÌåãÜëç «åí ôïýôï íßêá». ÐñÜãìáôé, Ýêôïôå ï óôáõñüò õðÞñîå ôçí çìÝñá ôçò ÐåíôçêïóôÞò, óôéò 22 ÌáÀïõ 337 êáé Åêêëçóßá åí áé÷ìáëùóßá» (êáè. Runciman) áëëÜ ü÷é ãéá ôï íéêçöüñï óýìâïëï ôïõ áõôïêñÜôïñá óôá ôÜöçêå óôï íáü ôùí Áðïóôüëùí óôçí Êùíóôá- ôçí åîáöÜíéóç ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò Ïñèïäïîßáò. ¢êïõóå ï Èåüò óôñáôéùôéêÜ ëÜâáñá êáé óå üëåò ôéò åêäçëþóåéò ôçò íôéíïýðïëç, áíáêçñõ÷èåßò áðü ôçí Åêêëçóßá ùò ôéò ïëüèåñìåò åõ÷Ýò ôïõ ÃÝíïõò êáé äåí ôï åãêáôÝëåéøå. áõôïêñáôïñßáò, óôá íïìßóìáôá, ïéêïäïìÞìáôá, «éóáðüóôïëïò». Ðñïóåý÷åôáé ï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò ÌõñÝùí Ìáôèáßïò: «...Ðùò åíäýìáôá êáé óå äéÜöïñåò ëáôñåõôéêÝò êáé ðáíç- Êáé äßêáéá ç Åêêëçóßá ãéïñôÜæåé ôçí Üãéá ìíÞìç õðïìÝíåéò, ÄÝóðïôá, óêëÜâïõò íá ìáò âëÝðåéò, êáé ãõñéêÝò ôåëåôÝò. 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Our prices are lower than SATELLITE DISH êõêëïöïñßåò áð' what music sells in Greece. ôçí ÅëëÜäá. $ Åðßóçò êõêëïöïñåß ï CONSIGMENTS FOR CHURCH 149 Ãåíéêüò ìáò ÊáôÜ- ëïãïò ãéá ôï 1998. FESTIVALS - PLEASE CALL 224 óåëßäåò ãåìÜôåò áðü üëç ôç ÅëëçíéêÞ ìïõóéêÞ êáé âßíôåï GREEK VIDEO RECORDS & TAPES ðïõ õðÜñ÷åé óôçí 25-50 31st STREET, ASTORIA NY 11102 - FAX: 718-932-4911 áãïñÜ. TEL 718-932-8400 - CALL FREE: 800-473-3522 or 800-GREEK 22 PAGE 16 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 PEOPLE Young Church Serves Part of Long Island’s North Shore Former mayor keynote speaker PARISH profile Former Mayor of San Francisco George Name: Christopher was keynote speaker at the Founders’ Day Program of the Hellenic Greek Orthodox Church Memorial Cultural Center in Salt Lake City, of the Resurrection May 3. He also was the recipient of the Location: HCA’s Hellenic Heritage Award. Other Glen Cove, N.Y. award recipients were Mary K. Mousalimas of Oakland, Calif., and William D. Cocorinis Size: 190 families of Salt Lake City, who received the Axia and Diocese: Archdiocese District Axios awards, respectively. Founded: 1976 Clergy: Fr. Emmanuel Gratsias Honored educators (Holy Cross ’70, and Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland) Two educators will be honored by the Hellenic American Educators Association/ Noteworthy: United Federation of Teachers on June 7. Dr. Same priest has served parish since Constantine J. Efthymiou, professor of biol- its founding ogy at St. John’s University, and teacher-poet Eleni Paidous have been selected to receive the 1998 Educator of the Year and Educator Church building with parish office and community hall at right (Orthodox Observer photo) Through the Arts awards, respectively. A re- ne of those association questions “only had enough money to pay me for a with an idea of what the sacrament ception will take place at Esperides Restau- Oon achievement tests grade month and a half” (at an annual salary of means. rant in Astoria from 1 to 5 p.m. schoolers must take periodically about $14,000), but once he started to hold Fr. Gratsias has been known for his might read something like “circle the services and organize the parish, the com- participation in ecumenical activities for Tactics talk term that doesn’t belong.” For example: munity “took off.” the Church. He served for many years New York City, urban sprawl, horse Within a few months the Sunday as the Archdiocese representative to the Vice Admiral Michael P. Kalleres pre- farms; you would circle the last item. School, Greek school, GOYA, and National Council of Churches in Christ sented a lecture May 17 at Chicago’s Hel- But not if we’re talking about Resur- Philoptochos chapter were established. The general assembly (comparable to a board lenic Museum and Cultural Center on tac- rection parish in the northern Nassau parish also started a quarterly newspaper, of trustees), and as a representative to tics he used during his 32-year military ca- County community of Glen Cove, where the Koinonia, that has become very popu- the local and national Orthodox/Roman reer. He spoke on the occasion of the all three terms bear some relevance. lar. The choir and Greek festival were es- Catholic Consultations. museum’s newest exhibit, “Defenders of Located only 25 miles east of Man- tablished in 1978. He has served the Archdiocese with Democracy: Greek Americans in the Mili- hattan, the parish lies in a hilly, wooded At a banquet in late 1980, Archbishop his resonant voice as the announcer to a tary.” area reminiscent of New England that is Iakovos proclaimed the parish as the national radio audience during Patriarch Admiral Kalleres, an Archon of the Ecu- considerably less densely populated than “Church of the Resurrection.” Dimitrios’ liturgy in Washington in 1990, menical Patriarchate and member of the the rest of this thickly settled suburban Growing numbers prompted the par- and at the enthronement of Archbishop Archdiocesan Council, retired in 1994, af- county. Horse farms are a common site, ish leaders to look for a larger facility. The Spyridon in New York. ter leading eight commands in combat and as are a number of sprawling estates, 14 parish had planned to relocate to a site near In 1982, Fr. Gratsias also hosted a peacetime, including th U.S. Second Fleet golf courses, and even a few vineyards Long Island Sound several miles from Glen program called “Christianity: East to in the Atlantic, the NATO Striking Fleet, the on the peninsula along Long Island Sound Cove but, instead, purchased the St. Hya- West” at the radio station of Long Island Military Sea Lift Command, two financial occupied by the villages of Glen Cove, cinth Roman Catholic Church and rectory University’s C.W. Post Campus. His top- management directorates and the U.S. Navy Locust Valley, Bayville, Upper Brookville on a main road near downtown, which con- ics ranged from theology to current Personnel Policy directorate. and others. tinues to serve the community. The church, events to interviews. The program aired While Greek immigrants had settled which had served the area’s Polish Catho- for nearly a year but ended because of Medal winner here many decades ago, their numbers lics, seats about 300. Its stained glass win- budget cuts at the university. The National Ethnic Coalitions Organi- were too sparse to establish a church. dows each depict a sacrament of the church The parish serves the greater com- zation presented its Ellis Island Medal of Until the mid-1970s, many Greek Ortho- and an alcove near the front of the church munity through the rental of its basement Honor award to Archon Ernie Anastos, news dox Christians living in this area at- serves as a small chapel. It contains 90 icons hall. Organizations that include Weight anchor for UPN Channel 9 News in New tended services at parishes either in representing more than 150 saints. Watchers, a local Hispanic organization York, at a ceremony May 9. Flushing, Garden City, Hicksville in cen- The parish has a mostly American-born and various civic groups regularly use the tral Nassau County, or Greenlawn in membership, with many inter-church mar- facility. adjacent Suffolk County. Others did not riages, converts and young couples. “It’s Interaction with the community in- Exhibits art even go to church. reflective of what’s happening in America,” cludes the popular Greek food festival According to a parish history by said Fr. Gratsias, adding that, “inter-church which takes place the first weekend in Artist Thomas Xenakis recently pre- Nancy Dertilis, a small advertisement in marriage people feel very comfortable here.” June. And, this year, the parish will take sented an exhibition of his Byzantine paint- a local “Pennysaver,” in the winter of Over the past 20 years, Resurrection part in welcoming “America Sail ’98,” the ings for an MFA thesis at the Hoffberger 1976, and an organization known as the parish has given strong support to the Mis- parade of Tall Ships that will dock in Glen School of Painting of the Maryland Institute North Shore Hellenic Association, sions Program, not only financially, having Cove July 11-14. College of Art. founded in 1973, provided the impetus given $14,000 over a 10-year period, but Resurrection Church is currently in- for the future parish. also through individual parishioners volun- volved in plans for a new church com- Publishes book People interested in establishing a teering to serve as missionaries. One mem- plex. Within the past year, members church met over a period of months at a ber, Alexander Poulos, spent 22 months in raised more than $500,000 to purchase Wyoming resident Ted Kerasote, for- private office, at a local stock brokerage East Africa. a six-acre site in Old Brookville, about merly of Flushing, N.Y., recently authored firm and at a bank. The community has also supported the three miles south of the present church, his third book, “Heart of Home” (Villard Pub- With Fr. Constantine Volaitis of St. cardiac program at the State University of at a prime location near the intersection lishers), which was reviewed in the New Nicholas, Flushing, advising and encour- New York-Stony Brook a few miles to the of two major highways. The site is more York Times. Mr. Kerasote has been a writer aging them, the group met with Bishop east, which often treats patients from centrally located to parishioners in vari- for “Sports Afield” magazine for 20 years. (later Metropolitan) Silas, and the Arch- Greece. ous parts of northern Nassau County. His themes focus on nature and wildlife. diocese granted a charter on July 22,1976 Fr. Gratsias has placed a high priority Community leaders are selecting an ar- establishing “The Greek Orthodox Com- on religious education. Twice a year, in the chitect, but actual construction of the fa- Scholarly family munity of the North Shore.” spring and fall, he holds an adult education cility is several years away. The first Divine Liturgy took place program consisting of eight classes that meet One short-term effect of this project The family of Gregory and Mary on Aug. 15 at a Methodist church in Glen weekly. Topics include Bible studies, the has been a drop in Fair Share revenue by Boussios of St. Paraskevi parish in Cove, officiated by Fr. Demetrios Church Fathers and the sacraments. The par- nearly 18 percent as parishioners chan- Greenlawn, N.Y., has the distinction of hav- Frangos, from the Archdiocese. Neigh- ish also has a book store, consisting of a wall neled more of their donations toward the ing five children who each hold at least one boring parishes either loaned or donated of shelves in the narthex. “Education is im- property purchase. However, Fr. Gratsias degree from the State University of New items used in the service. portant,” said Fr. Gratsias, “and we promote expressed confidence that members York-StonyBrook campus. According to in- On Sept. 15, Archbishop Iakovos as- the purchase and reading of Orthodox litera- soon will resume their generous support formation from Fr. Athanasios Demos, pas- signed Fr. Gratsias, then serving as as- ture.” He estimates that the church has sold of the parish and its ministries. tor, the five Boussios children hold five sistant priest at Three Hierarchs Church 10 cases of the Orthodox Study Bible alone. Church of the Resurrection is located bachelor’s degrees, six master’s degrees in Brooklyn, as the new parish’s first full- The priest also holds three sessions with at 34 Cedar Swamp Road in Glen Cove. and four advanced certificates. time priest. couples contemplating marriage in which he Ph. (516) 671-5200. Fr. Emmanuel, a Washington, D.C. reviews the theological aspects of marriage, ORTHODOX OBSERVER native, recalled to the Observer that par- “so that a couple will walk into a marriage —Compiled by Jim Golding Email: [email protected] ish leaders told him at the time that they knowing about its impact on their lives and MAY 20, 1998 BOOKSORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 17 Third Edition of Constantelos’ Book Published Hellenic College Press recently pub- The Rev. Dr. Michael Fahey, S. J. a lead- lished the third revised and enlarged edi- ing Roman Catholic theologian, editor to tion of the book, Understanding the Greek Theological Studies, writes in Emmanuel, a Orthodox Church: Faith, History and Prac- pastoral theological monthly, that “the book tice, written by Demetrios J. Constantelos, would be ideal reading for a Roman Catho- Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarch- lic. . . [and] one would hope too that this title ate and Charles Cooper Townsend Sr. dis- would be assigned as required reading in tinguished Professor of History and Religion, Catholic seminaries.” Similar enthusiastic Emeritus, at The Richard Stockton College reviews appeared in The Living Church, a of New Jersey. leading journal of the Episcopal Church, The book was originally published by Theologia of Athens; and other popular and Seabury Press—Harper and Row. A second scholarly periodicals. edition was published by Hellenic College This edition of Understanding the Greek Press in 1990. Orthodox Church of nearly 300 pages in- Understanding the Greek Orthodox cludes new chapters such as “Spirituality and Church has been highly praised by Ortho- Spiritual Growth,” “Liturgy and Liturgical dox and non-Orthodox reviewers alike, in- Life” and more. The book concludes with cluding book reviewers of secular profes- three revised chapters on the Greek Ortho- sional journals such as Choice, Library Jour- dox in the English-speaking world (United nal, Religious Studies Review, and others. States, British Isles, Australia). It is an ideal Writing for The Word, the official book not only for Sunday School teachers monthly of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, and lay people of all educational background Father Stephen H. R. Upson, a highly re- but also for community festivals where fel- spected Harvard scholar, concludes by em- low Americans seek to learn more about the phasizing that “this book should be read by faith, history, and praxis of the Greek Or- every seminarian of whatever jurisdiction, thodox and other Orthodox churches. by as many lay people as possible, and all As the Library Journal’s unqualified rec- the clergy, no matter what their training and ommendation put it: Understanding the experience. The more the reader knows, the Greek Orthodox Church is a fascinating more he will enjoy himself while learning.” book. The Life and Times of Constantine the Great The Life and Times of Constantine periods of persecution of Christians prior the Great: The First Christian Emperor to Constantine’s final triumph. By D.G. Kousoulas, 511 pages -Bethel, Conn. It chronicles the great battles of his Rutledge Books Inc., $24.95 career, especially the fateful engagement ISBN: 1-887750-61-4 at the Milvian Bridge where his troops On the Feast Day of Sts. Constantine marched under the banner monogrammed and Helen, we honor two of the Church’s with XP (chi rho signifying Christ) after his greatest saints who had profound influence vision of the cross in the sky, and their ul- on Christianity. timate decisive victory in 312 AD. We know Constantine by rote as the He eventually became “Augustus Roman emperor who turned the small city Maximus” (Supreme Emperor). of Byzantium into the imperial Constan- His celebrated accomplishments in- tinople and gave Christianity legal status clude the Edict of Milan in 313 that ended in the empire. His highly devout mother persecution of Christians and granted them discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem and equal legal status with other religions of established many churches in the Holy the empire, thus introducing the principle Land. of freedom of religion. But we really don’t know them as Kousoulas devotes a considerable por- people, or what their lives really were like, tion of the book to Constantine’s influence and the environment that nurtured and on the Church. sustained them. As the institution continued its expan- Dimitrios G. Kousoulas, emeritus pro- sion and development in peace and secu- fessor of political science at Howard Uni- rity, Constantine paid close attention to and versity in Washington, has addressed that. exercised great influence over the Church’s A student of Constantine’s life for more internal affairs, even though he did not than 25 years, Professor Kousoulas has become baptized as a Christian until many produced what some have called “one of years later, on his death bed. the most detailed and intimate biographies He used public funds to support the of the man who ushered in the Christian Church and his imperial authority and state era and changed the course of Western bureaucracy to deal with internal feuds Civilization.” between bishops, and heresies such as Kousoulas has drawn extensively from Donatism and Arianism that threatened to original Latin and fourth century Greek tear apart the Church. His decision to relo- sources to recreate the life and times of cate the capital of the empire to Byzantium, Constantine the Great in vibrant detail. planted the seeds from which the Byzan- He traces the complex and fascinating tine Empire eventually sprouted. life of this great leader from his birth to the The reader gets the distinct impression daughter of an innkeeper in Illyricum (what that, as arbiter of the faith in Church af- is now Serbia and Croatia) and an officer fairs, Constantine took on the role of Su- in the Roman army, Constantius, who later preme Pontiff. went on to become one of four rulers of In today’s secular multi-cultural soci- the empire under Diocletian, through his ety, with its wall of separation between development into adulthood, and the hard- Church and State, we cannot begin to com- ships and intrigues of the harsh era that prehend the far-reaching influence of such molded him. a leader. Professor Kousoulas’ book brings Written not as a dry piece of academic into focus the very real person who was research, but in a very flowing reader- Constantine the Great. friendly style, this important work provides insight into the late third and early fourth centuries and factors that led to several See CONSTANTINE on p. 21 PAGE 18 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 Learn Greek The Easy Way PAPALOIZOS PUBLICATIONS Tell Me Father BOOKS (Adult level) Price Qty. Amount Modern Greek, Part 1 13.00 Workbook for Modern Greek, part 1 5.00 Cassete tapes for part 1 (set of 8, in Album) 32.00 Modern Greek, Part II 12.00 The Holy Mother Church Workbook for Modern Greek, Part II 5.00 Cassette tapes for Part II (set of 6) 26.00 What am I to believe? 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You shall receive power While He blessed them, He parted from ads of models displaying clothing on half- ternity claims than on contract negotiations when the Holy Spirit has come upon you’” them, and was carried up into heaven” (Lk bare bodies continues to go unbridled. and that an estimated 90% of athlete-re- (Acts 1:4-5,8), “power from on high” (Lk 24:50-51). “So then, the Lord Jesus . . . To the “hip-hop soul pop” singer lated paternity cases are settled “quietly, 24:49). It is God the Holy Spirit who will was taken up into heaven, and sat down at “Usher.” His new album entitled before they become a matter of public visit them. He had already promised this the right hand of God” (Mk 16:19). This is D“My Way” blatantly promotes pro- record. on Holy Thursday evening. “And I will pray what we call the Ascension. miscuous sex. Usher claims to be dedi- To the animated series “South Park”. the Father, and He will give you another “And while they were gazing into cated to helping kids in his community and Parents should not be fooled by this counselor . . . even the spirit of truth . . .” heaven as He went, behold, two men stood believes himself to be a good role model Dcartoon. It is rated TV-M which (Jn 14:16-17). “It is to your advantage that by them in white robes, and said, ‘Men of yet, his seductive lyrics and the message means that the characters can engage in I go away, for if I do not go away, the Coun- Galilee, why do you stand looking into he is sending through his music tell a dif- foul speech and experience massive selor will not come to you; but if I go I will heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from ferent story. amounts of cartoon violence, and they do! send Him to you” (Jn 16:7). “He will teach you into heaven, will come in the same way To the many professional athletes you all things, and bring to your remem- as you saw Him go into heaven’” (Acts who serve as role models for our ˜ What’s your opinion on these topics? brance all that I have said to you” (Jn 14:26). 1:10-11). Then the disciples “returned to Dyoung people. The May issue of Write to us at the Youth Office. We’ll print “When the Spirit of truth comes, He will Jerusalem with great joy” (Lk 24:52). Sports Illustrated is quoted as saying, your comments! We look forward to your guide you into all the truth” (Jn 16:13). “But “One out-of-wedlock child for every player responses. when the Counselor comes, whom I shall (Taken from THE LIVING GOD, A Cat- send to you from the Father, even the Spirit echism for the Christian Faith, Vol. 2 - St. of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He Vladimir’s Seminary Press) DIOCESE SUMMER CAMP - Compact Disc Recording Are you going to be a camper at your Liturgy which they will be learning during local diocese camp this summer? Well if their music sessions at camp. Why Church Camp? you are, you’re going to be part of an ex- His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon citing project which is being sponsored by has given this project his blessing and much the National Youth Office! work is under way to see it to its success- By Fr. Theodore J. Barbas enhanced by the love and openness of the The voices of campers throughout the ful completion! campers and staff that have gone through diocese will be recorded to produce a com- “Why should I go to a church summer the program. I have had the honor and pact disc entitled “Liturgical Hymns of camp?” This is the most frequently asked privilege of witnessing many little miracles Praise by Orthodox Youth.” The goal of question by Orthodox youth who have in the lives of precious young Orthodox this project is twofold. First, to teach kids Challenge is the youth supplement never before attended one of our Diocesan Christians who came to camp and opened the hymns of the Divine Liturgy and intro- to the Orthodox Observer produced or parish summer camp programs. The their hearts to the love and presence of our duce them to the beautiful tradition of Byz- by the Department of Youth & Young answer to this question, however, is best Lord Jesus Christ in their lives. Many prob- antine music in the Orthodox Church and, Adult Ministries. answered simply by attending a camp ses- lems, issues, and what seemed to be in- second, to allow them the opportunity to Articles reflect the opinion of the writers. sion. Once a young person experiences surmountable struggles in the lives of these experience the joy of offering their talents Write to the Office of Youth & Young the fun, love, growth, friendships, and the campers and staff were confronted, and the for the glory of God, thus, bringing them Adult Ministries, Greek Orthodox spirituality of camp, no convincing is nec- process of healing set into motion by the one step closer towards being active mem- Archdiocese of America essary. The camp programs in our Arch- willingness of the individual to allow Christ bers of the Eucharistic community. 8 East 79th Street, diocese offer our young Orthodox Chris- to work in his/her life. 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Parents, youth workers, and will be traveling to each camp to record [email protected] ˜ In the and exciting activities that are offered, the clergy need to join forces to help make the the kids chanting the hymns of the Divine BODY of the e-mail, type in: subscribe youth camp setting is perfect for one to come to reality of the camp environment—the daily a new and vibrant relationship with our practice of the Orthodox lifestyle of prayer, Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ. fasting, fellowship, confession, and com- DIOCESAN SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE Campers are literally taken out of their ev- munion—become the reality of daily life. DIOCESE/DIRECTOR CAMP SESSIONS eryday normal environments and find Camp should be seen as an oasis of fun, ATLANTA St. Stephen’s GOYA themselves in a place that helps tear down fellowship, and spirituality, which serves Fr. 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Barbas is director of the Boston Perry Skaggs, Camp Director St. Sophia JOY & GOYA (213) 935-8015 July 8-August 15 how my spiritual growth was dramatically Diocese Youth and Young Adult Ministries PAGE 20 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998 YOUNG ADULTS of Special Interest A Tribute to Our Mothers Travel to Greece The celebration of Mother’s Day on the image and likeness of God-not a disposable second Sunday of May has always had a commodity. special significance for all of us, perhaps Mother and child constitute a very spe- more so during these troubled times than cial bond of sacrificial love. Anything that ever before. People throughout the world, undermines or does violence to this bond is and Constantinople with the in all ages of recorded and pre-recorded his- a heinous crime to human nature and an tory have demonstrated their deep rever- offense to our Creator. Practices that dep- ence for motherhood. This is attested by the ersonalize motherhood by reducing human various art forms, myths, literature, and re- conception to clinical experimentation for Spiritual Odyssey program ligions of people from the most primitive to the purposes of scientific research are a de- the most highly developed cultures and so- humanizing travesty. History has shown us cieties. that hubris is not without its retribution. How blessed we are to have had moth- Fr. Peter G. Rizos, Ph.D. ers who cared deeply for our physical, men- of Ionian Village ! Even obstetricians who help to deliver tal, and spiritual well-being. How thankful thousands of babies never cease to be we should be to God for the tender but firm amazed by the normal development of the upbringing we were given by God-fearing human fetus from the moment of concep- parents whose primary concern in life was July 12 - 27, 1998 tion to the time of the entrance of the baby to give us nothing but the very best that had into the birth canal to arrive into the world for our total welfare. • Spiritual Odyssey is a summer travel program for young adults ages 19 and in the ninth month of pregnancy. How sig- A well-integrated, devoted mother is the older. You will experience the faith, culture and heritage of Greece, while nificant it is that God the Father chose to pride and joy of her husband, the inspira- making friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. have His Son enter the human race by the tion and spiritual well-spring of her children, Holy Spirit and a Virgin Mother to whom the very foundation and bulwark of our so- • The highlight of the trip is an audience with His All Holiness Ecumenical He entrusted the nurture if His beloved Son. ciety. As a planet continues to rotate on its Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople and a tour of the Patriarchate and No greater joy can come to a husband axis no matter how many miles it orbits the Byzantine monuments of the city. and wife whose marriage has been blessed around the sun, so too does our personality by the Church, and who live according to continue in our lifetime to revolve around Please send me information on Spiritual Odyssey: God’s commandments, than to be blessed its innermost core which was formed by our with a child that both of them want. Having relationship with our mother, or adoptive Name: ______a child does not bring the parents closer mother. 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A fetus is not a matter of choice God bless our mothers, living and de- as to whether or not it is to be carried to parted, and a happy Mother’s Day to them term. He or she is a child, created in the all. Late Metropolitan of Demetriados Honored VOLOS, Greece — The State of Israel for the development of the fledgling church has declared the late Metropolitan of in the United States. He became an Ameri- Demetriados, Bishop Joachim Alexandro- can citizen and resided here until 1930. poulos of Volos, a Righteous Gentile for his He served as the first priest of Agia Sophia intervention on behalf of the Jewish com- in Washington, from 1906 until 1917. He was munity during the German occupation of elevated to Bishop of Boston in 1923 and re- cloud Greece. mained there until 1930. At this time, he re- Due to his profound efforts, at least 700 turned to Volos and served as Metropolitan of people were saved. They were hidden by Demetriados until his death in 1959. tours the residents of the villages of Mt. Pelion. The late Metropolitan Demetriados has The survival rate of this community was far been awarded the title of “Righteous Among greater than that of the average in Greece, the Nations” and his nearest relative in Volos c/r neg only 26 percent perished, as opposed to the will receive a medal and certificate proclaim- national average of 86 percent. ing such on his behalf. His name will be in- Not only did he have a major impact scribed in the Holocaust Museum in Wash- on the Church of Greece, the Metropolitan ington as well as on the Righteous Honor was instrumental in laying the ground work Wall at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS offered to Communities, Or- ganizations, Church festi- vals and all other functions. Kontos Foods famous for its POCKET-LESS PITAA, is proud to present its original products once again. 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After coming to ington University and the National War Col- Greece, which is also a conflict between Is- him mainly of photo albums that show how the United States in 1951 under a Fulbright lege (now the National Defense University). lam and Orthodox Christianity. The article he obtained some of the Cypriot treasures. Kousoulas has been decorated for his refers to the 24-year Turkish occupation of “This was professional work,” Mr. MISSIONS participation in the Resistance during northern Cyprus as a “Turkish landing” and Kitschler said. “It involved making sketches Greece’s occupation by the Nazis and has that over the next 10 years, Greek Cypriot scaffolding and bringing in specialized equip- from page 7 received the Golden Cross of the Order of officials say, the churches were looted of ment. It wasn’t a matter of slipping into a Many do not have a religious affiliation. Most Phoenix. He is an Archon of the Ecumeni- more than 20,000 religious artifacts. church at night and sneaking out with some- would not have sought solace in a civilian cal Patriarchate. The article follows the trail of the arti- thing under your coat.” Church family at all were they not in the His several books, which have ap- facts allegedly stolen from Mr. Dikman Miller and Kinzer quote the Turkish military. But because they know a chaplain, peared in Greek and English, include The stretching through Europe and the United Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash who “denied they seek his or her guidance. Herein lies Price of Freedom: Greece in World Affairs States. This assertion comes from Michel that his government had in any way encour- the greatest opportunity for mission: to (Syracuse 1953); Key to Economic Progress van Rijn, a central figure in the unfolding aged or tolerated looting of Orthodox sites.” touch a young life with God’s unconditional (Ballantine 1958), translated into 27 lan- case, who says he was once Mr. Dikman’s But the article states that the Turkish mili- love and abundant grace. There is lot of guages; Revolution and Defeat: The Story principal client. Since then, Mr. van Rijn, 47, tary prohibited a reporter from visiting two missionary work to be done in this way. It of the Greek Communist Party (Oxford a Dutch art dealer, has been trying to help sites that were said to have been heavily is a spiritual desert out there, and a chap- 1965); On Government (Wadsworth the Greek Cypriot authorities reclaim some looted, the monasteries of Chrystosomos lain can be like water on parched earth. From 1968); On Government and Politics of the plundered items he helped sell for and of Akhiropietos. Visits to the normally there, it is faithfully left in His hands, for it (Brooks-Cole 1972-83), published in five Mr. Dikman. He goes on to say that some closed churches of Antiphonitis and Kana- is He who gives us the life-giving water from editions and used as a core text by more Turkish military officers and local officials karia revealed empty, dilapidated structures which we shall never thirst again. than 150 colleges and universities in the knew what Mr. Dikman was doing. Saying in desperate need of repair. Fr. Gianulis is a priest of the Greek Or- U.S. and abroad; Modern Greece: Profile that, with their knowledge, Dikman hired The reporters conclusion insinuates that thodox Archdiocese of America. He holds of a Nation (Scribners 1974); and Power and trained a team of thieves; sent the team the political strife between Greek and Turk- the rank of lieutenant commander in the U.S. and Influence: Introduction to International into northern Cyprus soon after the 1974 ish Cypriot authorities add fuel to the flame Navy, and is currently assigned as chaplain Relations (Brooks-Cole 1983). Turkish “intervention” with lists of priceless and even “helped make the thefts possible aboard the U.S.S. HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN Professor Kousoulas and his wife, frescoes and mosaics to be removed; stored and now complicate efforts to protect re- 75), America’s newest aircraft carrier, home- Mary, reside in Bethesda, Md. his loot in Kyrenia Castle, a popular tourist maining treasures.” For the time being, no ported in Norfolk, Va. —by Jim Golding site in the northern Cypriot port of Kyrenia progress can be foreseen. ABBOT CLERGY-LAITY from page 4 from page 2 at Lyons, France. ÅÉÄÉÊÇ ÐÑÏÓÖÏÑÁ... ME BOEING 747 On Saturday, May 2, Fr. Vasileios include a Fourth of July Doxology followed lunched informally with students of Holy by a reception, the Archieratical Divine Lit- ×ÙÑÉÓ ÐÑÏÁÃÏÑÁ... Cross and Hellenic College. Afterward, he urgy on July 5, the opening Philoptochos joined students in the dormitory recreation breakfast on July 6, and a grand banquet on ÔÇÓ ÏËÕÌÐÉÁÊÇÓ hall to answer questions and to discourse Thursday evening, July 9. on Orthodox prayer and monastic life. The As in past Congresses, a commemora- ÃÉÁ ÅËËÁÄÁ session lasted for almost four hours. Sig- tive album is being produced by the Archdio- nificant in Fr. Vasileios’ answers, students cese Office of Publications under the Very Rev. ÁÐÏ ÂÏÓÔÙÍÇ* - ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ commented later, were his humor, depth, Philemon Sevastiades, in cooperation with and use of paradox. Citing the Desert Fa- MILITOS Publications. The book will com- ÃÉÁ ÁÈÇÍÁ - ÈÅÓÓÁËÏÍÉÊÇ thers, he noted again and again that in or- memorate the 75 years of the Archdiocese. der to live authentically, Orthodox must The Clergy-Laity Album will have a lim- ÁÍÏÉÎÇ ÊÁÉ ÖÈÉÍÏÐÙÑÏ learn to give up everything. When asked ited run of 2,000 copies and will include spon- about the Orthodox witness to heterodox sors’ names under the following categories 1ç Áðñéëßïõ Ýùò 10 Éïõíßïõ êáé 1ç Óåðôåìâñßïõ Ýùò 31 Ïêôùâñßïõ in America, he said that “Orthodoxy does and rates: Platinum Page Grand Benefactors, not convince us, but charms us,” indicat- $7,500 or more; Gold Page Benefactors, ÐáñáìïíÞ Ýùò 1 ìÞíá ÐáñáìïíÞ Ýùò 3 ìÞíùí ÐáñáìïíÞ Ýùò 6 ìÞíåò ing that the Orthodox way is not argumen- $5,000; Silver Page Patron, $2,500; Donor, tation but living with freedom in the Holy $1,000; Supporter, $500; and Contributor, $ $ $ Spirit. $250; and Friend, $100. Those interested may On Sunday he liturgized in the Holy contact Fr. 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continued from page 24 School of Halki and the St. George Monas- It was becoming increasingly clearer as tery on Buyukada (Pringhipos) Island — both to why all these churches were still being near Istanbul. maintained and why the Ecumenical Patri- YOUNG ADULTS Like Aghia Sophia, we can only hope archate has stayed (and must continue to and pray that the Turkish government al- stay) in Istanbul despite persecution. “Lis- lows the Ecumenical Patriarchate to reopen ten with your hearts” His All Holiness had A Pilgrimage to Phanar the school of Halki, which houses the warned us, and listen we did. world’s most comprehensive library of As our buses proceeded back to our church teachings and literature throughout hotel, one young adult stood up and put the centuries. Hey, does anyone want to things in perspective for us — our blessed volunteer to create a web site for this Li- freedom and lifestyle in the United States brary? as compared to the struggle to preserve the Looking back at the entire trip, on pa- faith there in Istanbul. per, this “site-seeing” tour might seem a We agreed to take up a collection and little imbalanced with almost 20 hours of divide it amongst the seven churches we vis- liturgical experience over five days at about ited. For some who had to save hard to come 10 different churches and monasteries. Not on this trip, it was a small and willing sacri- even the 90 minutes of bazaar shopping fice to forego bazaar and souvenir shopping. stood out as much as our church visits. A memorable Pascha The flight home turned out to be the “shortest” 10-hour plane ride of our lives. On Holy Saturday night, only feet from Hard to imagine considering we just where Patriarch Gregory was hunged at the spent five exhausting, action-packed days onset of the Greek Revolution in 1821, this with very little sleep. Many of us stayed up square would come alive with the light and night after night in the hotel lobby sharing message of Pascha through His All Holiness and reliving what we saw and did. And all and be spread amongst the Orthodox faith- this after a 9-hour flight to Istanbul. ful who forewent bringing in Pascha in the Our feelings were best summed up by solitude of their own beloved parishes one young adult, Stefan, one of three Ukrai- (sparsely attended as they were). nian Orthodox young adults who joined us Individually, each of the 72 remaining on this trip, as we approached JFK: “We churches in and around Istanbul might be should ask the pilot to circle the airport for small in numbers. Together, they formed a a few more hours.” We all wanted to con- memorable mosaic. tinue sharing and reliving our experiences, Many local parishioners are used to exchange phone numbers, e-mails, etc., and seeing His All Holiness regularly. We have a few more laughs. couldn’t help but notice them noticing us. The interesting thing to note is that this Throughout the service, they were smiling trip was proposed in January to the at us, amused by (but understanding of) our Archdiocesan GOYAL board by the Archdio- curiosity and awe with our probing video cese Chancellor Fr. George Passias. After cameras and zoom lenses in full force — putting matters in the capable hands of flash bulbs ablazing. Despina Dinas, the Archdiocesan District In the Divine Liturgy that immediately GOYAL coordinator, it was organized and followed, the Patriarch administered Holy advertised in less than two months. Communion to every single person on the Fr. George and Despina thought of ev- long and slow-moving line. erything! Just before we left for Istanbul The shear simplicity and humility of earlier on Holy Wednesday evening, they this scenario (and others like it) made us even managed to secure a quiet area near appreciate the beauty of our Orthodox Chris- our boarding gate at JFK so that Father could tian heritage — a jewel, indeed a treasure anoint us with Eukeleo (holy oil). that is untouched, unspoiled, unobstructed The Patriarch’s Archdeacon, Father by worldly ways, free for the taking by the Tarassios, was also helpful in providing his- privileged and the poor alike. torical facts and general assistance to make To round-out our trip, after the Easter our pilgrimage a success. Sunday morning Agape service, we dined in fellowship on the Asian side of Istanbul with our local hosts and young adult coun- (top) Riding donkeys to St. George Kou- terparts and later that evening, the festivi- dounas Monastery on Pringhipos Island. ties continued: “Bouzoukia and dining at (right) The traditional roasting of lambs on Zorba’s” spits, Easter Monday on Pringhipos Island. On Monday we were back in the groove (bottom) On the ferry going to Halki and visiting two more spiritually historical sites: the Pringhipos islands. the Holy Trinity Monastery at the former (Photos cousrtesy of Archdiocesan GOYAL members)

Archbishop Spyridon’s Address to HC/HC Graduates AUXILIARY BISHOPS from page 3 from page 8 ment — that we see how praxis — living tional level — men and women who, by vir- the Faith — bears significantly upon the tue of your education and spiritual forma- Center since 1984. Father Couchell began of salvation is not so simple a task. Or per- message we proclaim. In fact, it is not by tion, will be looked upon by the Faithful, working for the Greek Orthodox Archdio- haps I should say, it is not as simple a task boasting triumphalistically of Orthodox the- and others, to instruct and guide them. cese in 1964, initiating the campus ministry as you no doubt thought it would be when ology that people will gravitate toward its My spiritual children, these are my program. He went on to serve as Executive you first arrived here. truth. Rather, it is by witnessing our faith- words of exhortation to you as you leave Secretary of the Standing Conference of On the contrary, proclaiming the Gos- fulness to our own proclamation that they the bosom of these institutions that have Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Ameri- pel requires much of us. It requires love. It will be attracted to the Faith we share. nurtured you these last several years. Along cas (SCOBA); president of SYNDESMOS, the requires perseverance. It requires intellec- This goes for the clergy, and future with your families, your professors, and all World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth Orga- tual honesty. And it requires spiritual dis- clergy, among you. And it goes for the of the Faithful of the Church, I pray that the nizations, and from 1971-81 was English cernment. laypeople among you. For all of you will be Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit will con- editor of the Orthodox Observer. And it is when we consider these — leaders in the Church — at the parish level, tinue to bless you with the grace to accom- Details regarding their consecrations love, perseverance, honesty, and discern- in our respective dioceses, and on the na- plish the task now set before you. and assignments will be forthcoming. PAGE 24 ORTHODOX OBSERVER MAY 20, 1998

It’s about 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, and we’re 35,000 feet up, somewhere over Eastern Europe. Sixty eight of us young adults (representing 10 states) are heading home and reminiscing about the truly unforgettable experience we had in “the Poli.” We leave having been equally im- pressed, moved, and overwhelmed by what we just experienced: Pascha “I’ stin Poli” Easter in “the City” — Constantinople. By Ted Miroulis

Although meeting the Ecumenical Pa- triarch was awesome enough for us, as was the majesty of Aghia Sophia Cathe- dral (now a museum), it was the “little” and unexpected things encountered on this trip which really impacted us the most. After touching down at Attaturk Air- port (Istanbul) on Holy Thursday morn- ing, and freshening up at the Taksim Plaza Hotel, we set off on buses for the Ecu- YOUNG ADULTS menical Patriarchate. Unlike what you’d expect from a worldwide headquar- ters of a major faith, the Ecumenical Patriarchate stands nestled in the back streets of an impoverished and still de- clining section of Istanbul. No circular driveways. No flow- ing fountains or beautifully pruned shrubbery. Just simple and peaceful surroundings (amidst chaos) that reminded Young adults with Patriarch Bartholomew in the courtyard of the Patriarchate, where His All Holiness gave them us of the humble setting of Christ’s birth. flowers from the Epitaphio. Orthodox Young Adults Build Bridge to Byzantium

With great anticipation, we all made our way to the woman, whose warm smile was infectious. With our tour service on Holy Saturday morning with His All Holiness so formal greeting room where all heads of state and dignitar- leader, Father George Passias leading the service, and later that we can refill (and relive) the warmth of Kyria Sophia’s ies are received. Upon entering his office, Ecumenical Pa- the procession of the Epitaphio, Good Friday came to Kyria humble church? Needless to say, His All Holiness, upon triarch Bartholomew I welcomed us, reflected on his visit Sophia’s church in a way that neither she, nor her fellow- finding out our decision and request, enthusiastically sent to the United States, and most importantly advised us that, parishioners, nor we from America had expected. us (with his blessings) along with Fr. George. Kyria Sophia’s while in “the Poli,” we should listen with our hearts, not Many of us had brought our Holy Week hymnals to sweet angelic voice would once again penetrate the ears with our ears. As the trip unfolded what he meant became follow along (and possibly chant) as best we could. of our hearts. Was there even a dry eye left in the building? crystal clear. At the famed Aghia Sophia Where there were once hun- dreds of thousands of Greek (and Later in the day we would visit an- other) Orthodox people, today, 72 other Sophia that would move us deeply churches remain in and around — the Cathedral (now museum) of Aghia Istanbul serving less than 3,000 pa- Sophia (Holy Wisdom). For nearly a mil- rishioners. lennium, this 6th century cathedral was Some churches are maintained the largest house of worship in the world. regularly but haven’t held liturgy for While Byzantine culture was flourishing, weeks, months, even years. There it is said to have required 60 priests to simply just is no one left to carry the liturgize on any given Sunday. torch and there aren’t enough priests. With mixed emotions we walked her hallowed halls. We were in awe know- So Why Don’t We Relocate the ing that we were walking through the cor- Patriarchate to Friendlier Soil... ridors, stairwells, and entrances (indeed Why on earth would the leaders tracing the footsteps) of ancient Byzan- of our mother Church decide to tine emperors, patriarchs of the Church, “stick it out” in Istanbul instead of and the site of the 8th Ecumenical Coun- moving the Ecumenical Patriarchate cil (869-870 AD). to any of several nearby predomi- At the same time we were quite dis- nantly-Orthodox Christian countries? heartened seeing how beautiful icono- Many would have thought that graphic Byzantine mosaics were des- the flame of Orthodox Christianity ecrated over the centuries by the Otto- was extinguished under Soviet domi- Archdiocese Chancellor V. Rev. George Passias and young adults at St. Nicholas Church where he man conquerors who turned Aghia nation and oppression, which for- conducted services on Good Friday evening. Sophia into a mosque for nearly five cen- bade any kind of religious expression turies before turning it into a museum in or worship. Who would have thought (when the Berlin Some who weren’t as familiar with these services may 1935. Saints have prophesied that Orthodox Christians will wall and communism fell) that out of its ashes, the flame of have felt awkward or uncomfortable standing there hearing once again liturgize in Agia Sophia within the next century. Orthodox Christianity would rise up and soar like a Phoe- all their peers with hymnals chanting loudly around them. Tears of joy and hope would once again flow as our nix. It is this type of hope that keeps the decreasing Ortho- If this was the case for anyone, the ice was surely melted tour buses pulled into the Panaghia Vlaherna church before dox population ever-vigilant and protective of the dwindling by our hosts who we unknowingly touched — and who in visiting Zoodochos Peghe (Life-giving Fountain) Monastery, and seemingly extinguished flicker of a flame in the form of turn touched us. where on May 29, 1453, the miracle of the fish took place their little churches throughout Istanbul. They do this to Tears of disbelief streamed down the cheeks of a few as the Ottomans broke through the wall of Constantinople. ensure that future generations can be given the faith. of the local parishioners — their beloved parish church, When the last of the two bus loads of people filed into From Agia Sophia which rarely had more than a dozen candles lit (if at all) on the Panaghia Vlaherna church, we were about to be greeted to the Tears of Kyria Sophia... any given Sunday was unexpectedly transformed into a by its approaching spiritual father and guardian, Father Basili. candle-lit opera house of worship with 70 additional voices Upon entering the room, he stopped dead in his tracks and Good Friday for our group meant visiting seven chanting the bitter-sweet lamentations of the Good Friday burst into tears, seeing his church filled with so many young churches scattered all over Istanbul (including the Ecumeni- procession. Kyria Sophia, not being used to (or prepared faces at one time. And as of Friday morning, we were joined cal Patriarchate’s Cathedral of St. George) for brief services for) this, took it upon herself to put on a chanter’s black by quite a few young members of the local group, Tis and/or chanting in each — and of course some time for robe, and tried her best to recall the tones of the hymns of Ferikoyi, thus increasing our presence and impact. icon veneration and picture taking. Each church along the the Epitaphio. Occasionally, a note would crack in her im- After he gained his composure and greeted us, Father way was admired for its few parishioners who diligently passioned effort to lead (as she felt a good host should) the Basili led us in chanting some Lenten hymns. Halfway prepared their respective Epitaphia for the evening proces- chants. through, he broke down — a second wave of tears filled his sion, which they were intent on having whether 3, 13, or Upon leaving, their tears, humility, and gratitude were face because of his joy and disbelief. Others followed suit. 30 people came. Each church impressed us in a different enough for our group to immediately call a vote before Fr. George tactfully picked up the chant where Fr. Basili way, but none moved us the way Kyria Sophia’s church boarding the bus back to the hotel. A difficult choice fell had left off. did. upon us. Should we forego an opportunity to attend the See YOUNG ADULTS inside p. 23 Kyria Sophia was a wonderful little white-haired