VOL. 64 – NO. 1159 APRIL 20, 1999 http://www.goarch.org/goa/observer E-mail: [email protected]

Archbishop Asks NATO to The Glorious Light of the Resurrection Suspend Yugoslavia Bombing NEW YORK — A few days before now, in the midst of the Orthodox Christian Pascha, Archbishop Spyridon appealed to Holy Week, God has given to the world a President Clinton and leaders of NATO to way out of the madness that threatens to suspend the bombing in Yugoslavia and engulf us. May we perceive His mercy in work toward a peaceful settlement of the the midst of chaos and confusion, and find crisis and for the release of three captured the will to honor the Prince of Peace and American servicemen. begin anew the work of peace.” His Eminence issued the following state- Other appeals for peace efforts ment on the recent developments in the con- tinuing conflict in Yugoslavia: Meanwhile, in Geneva, international “The humanitarian gesture of President church bodies with headquarters here ap- Milosevic and the Serbian people in declar- pealed to the United Nations (UN) to ini- ing a unilateral cease fire and in the coming tiate immediate efforts to reach a just and release of the American Servicemen to the lasting peace in the Kosovo conflict. government of Cyprus compels the NATO “The NATO-led intervention in the Fed- alliance to honor a suspension of hostilities eral Republic of Yugoslavia manifests the fail- during the Orthodox Christian celebration of ure of the international community to achieve Pascha. This opportunity for renewing a po- a credible, negotiated solution,” says the text litical and diplomatic settlement to the very of a joint letter to UN Secretary General Kofi complex problems in Kosovo should not be Annan, from the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Conference of European Chur- Reaching for the Light N. Manginas missed. There is now every reason for NATO Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (top) and Archbishop Spyridon (below) distribute to consider honoring the Serbian cease fire, ches (CEC) and the Lutheran World Federa- tion (LWF), with the support of the World the light of the Resurrection to worshippers at Easter services in Constantinople and and to put a halt to the continuing bloodshed New York. (Related story, photos on page 32). and loss of life. Let there be an echo among Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC). the nations of NATO, that resounds with a The letter goes on to say that each day gesture of peace and good will. of bombing makes the solution more dis- “We commend President Kyprianou and tant and increases the risk of regionalization the government of Cyprus for their efforts of the conflict. It also heightens the danger on behalf of the captured American service- of a renewed divide in Europe. men. I call upon President Clinton and the WCC General Secretary Konrad Raiser, leaders of NATO to seize this moment as an CEC General Secretary Keith Clements, LWF opening for peace and negotiated settlement. General Secretary Ishmael Noko and WARC “The further escalation of this conflict General Secretary Milan Opocensky there- can only serve to exacerbate the human trag- fore appealed for an immediate moratorium edy of violence, displacement and the in- on the military interventions, in order to al- evitable hatreds that will be spawned by the low for a renewal of the political process forces of death and destruction. Especially under the auspices of the UN.

D. Panagos Committee Calls on Turkey to Act on Cyprus WASHINGTON — A key congressional president of SAE) stressed that in this committee voted overwhelmingly on April adopted language the Congress recognizes 15 to adopt bill language that commends that in canceling the deployment on Cyprus the Cyprus government’s “extraordinarily of defensive anti-aircraft missiles, the Cyprus conciliatory and courageous” actions in the government “refrained from exercising their interest of peace on Cyprus and calls on the country’s sovereign right to self-defense, a U.S. to “do all that is possible to bring about right fully recognized by the U.S. govern- commensurate actions by Turkey.” ment and by Article 51 of The Charter of the Associated Press The House International Relations Com- United Nations.” It also notes that with this REACHING FOR FOOD - Hundreds of refugees stretch out their hands for food and supplies mittee voted 23 to 11 to adopt an amend- action Cyprus displayed its “full compliance at one of the refugee camps near Kosovo. ment relating to Cyprus during its consider- with the recently adopted United Nations ation of the State Department Authorization Security Council Resolutions 1217 and Bill for fiscal years 2000-2001. See CYPRUS, page 14 Albanian Church at Forefront of Relief Efforts “We would like to thank Congressman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) who offered this by Jim Golding gees who have entered Albania from war- amendment and led efforts for its adoption torn Kosovo. in Committee. He continues to be a leader Special Section Since the end of March, Penny Pana- Since March 30-31, said Ms. Deli- in the U.S. Congress for Cyprus settlement See a special informative giota Deligiannis, director of Diakonia giannis, “they really started pouring in - lines efforts,” said Philip Christopher, president Agapes, the humanitarian relief agency of of people, horses, vehicles. This is the last of PSEKA and the Pancyprian Association of section on the affairs and the Orthodox Church of Albania, has battled country that needed or could afford such an America. the finances of the Arch- overwhelming numbers and constant rain invasion. The Albanians are just as poor as Andrew A. Athens, national chairman to aid the river of more than 175,000 refu- See RELIEF EFFORTS, page 27 of UHAC (and, in another capacity, world diocese on pages 9-13. PAGE 2 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 ARCHDIOCESE NEWS Vacancies Filled after Three Years Archbishop Enthrones New Jersey and Detroit Bishops

HIS EMINENCE, followed by Bishop Nicholas of Detroit, proceeds through the Annunciation BISHOP GEORGE reads his enthronement message to hundreds of faithful at St. John the Cathedral in Detroit for the enthronment ceremony. Theologian Cathedral in Tenafly. Dimitri Panagos photos wo historic events in the life of The Diocese of New the Archdiocese highlighted the Jersey is comprised of the all TApril 17-18 weekend — the en- the parishes in the state and, thronements of Bishops George and Nicho- by assignment from the las to the vacant Sees of the New Jersey and Archdiocesan District, the Detroit dioceses. parishes in greater Philadel- More than 700 persons from nearly phia, Delaware, Maryland every parish of the diocese attended Bishop and Virginia. George’s enthronement at St. John the Theo- logian Cathedral in Tenafly, N.J., April 17. Enthronement of In addition to Archbishop Spyridon who Bishop Nicholas officiated at the ceremony, seven other hier- The following day Arch- archs participated, along with many clergy, bishop Spyridon traveled to including Metropolitan Silas of Saranta Detroit to officiate at the en- Ekklesion, Metropolitan Maximos of Aenos, thronement of Bishop presiding hierarch of the Diocese of Pitts- Nicholas at Annunciation burgh; Metropolitan Methodios of Aneon, Cathedral. presiding hierarch of the Diocese of Boston; Bishop Nicholas was Metropolitan Nicholas of Amissos, head of enthroned by His Eminence the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox as the fifth bishop of the Dio- Diocese; Metropolitan Paisios of Tyana, cese of Detroit before a huge Bishop Philotheos of Meloa, Bishop Vikentios turnout of more than 1,700 of Apameia, and Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos. BISHOP NICHOLAS beams with joy as he ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON and Bishop George near the altar persons. The cathedral, a Also in attendance were representatives takes his place at the bishop’s throne. of the New Jersey Cathedral. new Byzantine-style struc- of other churches, Tenafly Mayor Ann Moskowitz who proclaimed the 17th as In dedication to his late wife, Presbytera ture, seats about 780. Bishop George Day, the consuls general of Maria, His Grace pledged to work with all A 75-voice choir directed by George Greece and Cyprus and several state and the clergy and presbyteres of the diocese. Raptis and Evey Simon, 100 altar boys and county officials. He also announced plans to establish 75 flower girls, highlighted the elaborate cer- USPS 412340 ISSN 0731-2547 A 70-member choir directed by Tony diocese offices in New Jersey. A reception emony. Published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Paraskevopoulos included representatives of and an enthronement banquet followed. Among the other hierarchs present of America. Semi-monthly in March, April, May, parish choirs from throughout the diocese. The Formal Election Announcement were Bishop Maximos, Archbishop Victorin June, October and November, and monthly in Bishop George was greeted enthusias- (Mega Minima) for Bishop George was read and Bishop Nathaniel, both of the Romanian January, February, July, August, September and December. tically by the people, parish officials noted. April 14 at the Archdiocesan Chapel of St. Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Paul in Manhattan. The Holy and Sacred Canada, Bishop Dimitrios of the Antiochian MANAGING EDITOR: Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Orthodox Church and Metropolitan Paisios. Stavros H. Papagermanos Inside EDITOR: Bishop George of Komanon as Bishop of the About 75 priests from all jurisdictions Jim Golding (Chryssoulis) Diocese of New Jersey on March 13. of SCOBA also attended. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Archdiocese News – 2-4 He served as auxiliary bishop to Arch- On a poignant note, the diocese regis- Zoe Gnesoulis Challenge – 29 bishop Spyridon and in November had been trar, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Evstathios ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: appointed Director of the Office of Public Metallinos, who suffered a stroke a few days Irene Kyritsis Diocese News – 30 Affairs of the Archdiocese headquartered in before the event, was brought to the cer- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Nicholas Manginas Ecumenical Patriarchate – 5 Washington. emony in a wheel chair and sat next to the Eleni Daniels Greek section – 15-18 Prior to his elevation to the episcopacy new bishop. Periodicals’ postage paid at New York, NY 10001 on June 13, 1998, Bishop George (Papaioan- Bishop Nicholas’ Formal Election An- and at additional mailing offices. Editorial and HC/HC Report – 20 nou), had served as pastor of the St. George nouncement (Mega Minima) was read on Business Office: 8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021. Phone (212) 570-3555, 774-0235. Interfaith Marriages – 21 Church, Bethesda, Md., for 27 years. He is April 2 at the Archdiocesan Chapel of St. FAX (212) 774-0239. The Orthodox Observer is Issues & Answers – 9-31 the father of three married daughters and Paul. produced entirely in-house. Past issues can be six grandchildren. The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecu- found on the Internet, at http://www.goarch.org/ goa/observer. E-mail: [email protected] Missions – 23 A native of Prodromos, Thebes menical Patriarchate of Constantinople Articles do not necessarily reflect the views Opinions – 6-7 (Greece), Bishop George, 66, is a 1957 elected Archimandrite Nicholas Pissare as and opinions of the Greek Orthodox Archdio- graduate of the Patriarchal Theological bishop of the Detroit Diocese on March 13. cese of America which are expressed in offi- Orthodoxy Worldwide – 25, 27 cial statements so labeled. School of Halki (Constantinople). He was consecrated to the episcopacy on Subscription rates are $5.50 per year. Canada Parish Profile – 14 His pastoral assignments have also in- April 3,1999 at the Holy Cross Church in $25.00. Overseas Air Mail, $55.00 per year. cluded the Church of the Virgin Mary in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he had served as pas- $1.50 per copy. Religious Education – 8 Subscriptions for the membership of the Greek Constantinople; St. Demetrios Church, tor since August,1997. Orthodox Church in America are paid through Retired Clergy – 22 Hamilton, Ontario; and St. George Cathe- Bishop Nicholas was born in Glen Falls, their contribution to the Archdiocese. Of this contribution, $3.00 is forwarded to the Orthodox Seminarian Profile – 20 dral, Manchester, N.H. NY to Emmanuel and Caliope Pissare. His Observer. He pursued graduate studies in Church family also includes brothers Michael and POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Special Events – 31 history at Boston University and received ORTHODOX OBSERVER, 8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 Voice of Philoptochos – 19 his Th.D. degree in 1976. See ENTHRONEMENTS, page 28 APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 3 ARCHDIOCESE NEWS His Eminence Welcomes Prime Minister Simitis

NEW YORK – Greece’s Prime Minister Costis Simitis received a warm welcome from Archbishop Spyridon at the Archdio- cese April 14 while on an official visit to the United States to attend the NATO summit in Washington. Earlier this year, when His Eminence made an official visit to Greece, he was re- ceived by the Prime Minister. Upon Mr. Simitis’ 11 a.m. arrival at the Archdiocese, a prayer service took place in the Chapel of St. Paul, with the Ambassa- dor of Greece and Consul General in New York attending. In his remarks to dignitaries, Greek press representatives and Archdiocese staff members gathered in the chapel, the Prime Minister stressed the close cooperation and bond held by the Greek people with the D. Panagos American Greek Orthodox community. THEIR EMINENCES Archbishop Spyridon and William Cardinal Keeler at Baltimore The Prime Minister also emphasized the press conference. important role of the Archbishop and the Church, “ . . . we must do Orthodox Catholic Dialogue to Be Held in U.S. all that we can to assist His Emi- nence and the Greek Orthodox BALTIMORE - Archbishop Spyridon and Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusa- Church, and indeed all the activi- Baltimore’s Roman Catholic Archbishop, lem and Moscow, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, ties of the Greek Orthodox people William Cardinal Keeler, announced at a re- Georgia, and the Churches of Cyprus, that they engage in here in the cent press conference that the International Greece, Poland, Albania, the Czechoslova- United States.” Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue kia (Czech and Slovak Republics), Finland, Following the service, the between the Orthodox and Roman Catho- and Estonia, and Roman Catholic delegates Prime Minister and the Archbishop lic churches will meet for the first time in from the Vatican and around the world. held a private meeting and ex- the Western Hemisphere beginning June 7 The remarks of Archbishop Spyridon changed gifts. in Maryland. and Cardinal Keeler are below. Cardinal At a press conference later The meetings will take place over a pe- Keeler spoke first. Archbishop Spyridon reflected on riod of 10 days at Mount St. Mary’s College His Eminence Cardinal Keeler: a number of the issues they dis- and Seminary in Emmitsburg. It is a joy to be able to announce today cussed, including Cyprus, Greek- There will also be related religious func- details in connection with the forthcoming Turkish relations, and the continu- tions in Washington and Baltimore. The In- meeting of the International Join Commis- ing crisis in Kosovo. ternational Joint Commission for Theologi- sion for Theological Dialogue between the On the latter issue, His Emi- cal Dialogue is comprised of Orthodox del- Catholic and the Orthodox Churches. nence commented: “It is certainly egates from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the On June 6, 1999, the group will arrive at a concern of this Archdiocese, that BWI (airport) and then gather at Mt. St. the solution to the crisis in Kosovo Mary’s College and Seminary for its first will not be found in a prolongation of the war, but in an immediate cessation of the bom- Archbishop Iakovos meeting ever in the Western Hemisphere. I bardment and a safe return of the refugees to Kosovo.” am most honored that His Eminence Arch- Treated at Hospital bishop Spyridon, the Archbishop of the ‘Special Friend’ of Archbishop Former Archbishop Iakovos was re- United States for the Greek Orthodox Church, cently treated for a minor infection at should come from new York to join me for Loses Battle with Long Illness Stamford Hospital in Connecticut and this press conference. For many years Arch- was discharged on April 17. He had been bishop Spyridon served as the Secretary of admitted on April 5, Holy Tuesday. the Orthodox members of the Commission. hen Archbishop Spyridon vis- Archbishop Spyridon visited him I first met him when he was serving in that ited Ronald McDonald House Won Dec. 11 to preside at a Di- in the hospital on Good Friday, April 9. See CATHOLIC DIALOGUE, page 28 vine Liturgy, he made a special friend – 8-year-

old Anastasios Zervos. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ In March of last year, his parents, Gera- National YAL Conference in Phoenix simos and Vasiliki of Athens, Greece, brought Taso, their only child, to New York for treat- ment of a brain tumor. Offers a ‘Hot’ July 4th Weekend “Taso immediately took to the Archbishop PHOENIX – Nearly 1,000 young adults asteries and is located in Florence, Ariz. This and vice versa,” said Paulette Geanacopoulos, from across the United States are expected beautiful and holy place provides peace and social worker at the National Philoptochos Of- in Phoenix this July 4th weekend for the 17th serenity to those who visit it. For those who fice. “The two of them really bonded.” She re- annual Archdiocesan Young Adult League choose to head for the great outdoors, called that when the two were talking, His Emi- Conference. Sedona and the Grand Canyon are both nence told the little boy in Greek that “maybe The conference will be packed with four breathtaking adventures and easy trips from when you grow up you will be a priest.” To full days of energetic dances and events, Phoenix. which Taso responded, “makari” (I wish). intriguing workshops with original topics “All the Greater Phoenix area young Archbishop Spyridon even sent his dea- and of course plenty of sparkling pools to adults are excited to be hosting this year’s con with a birthday present for the little boy. enjoy that Arizona sunshine. national conference and we have been work- On Palm Sunday, Taso lost his battle with The conference theme is “Journey to ing hard to put together a fun and spiritually cancer. He died at 10 a.m., after about a year the Son” which will be carried through ev- fulfilling weekend,” said Sandy Meris, na- in the hospital. He received a final visit from ery aspect of the weekend. Workshops will tional conference chairperson. “Our goal Archbishop Spyridon the previous day, ironically, the Saturday of Lazarus. focus on the continuing journey young was to put together some really moving and During Taso’s hospital stay, he received support from the National Philoptochos and adults face as we strive toward salvation and motivating workshops while adding some Greek Children’s Cancer Fund. Fr. Angelo Gavalas and Dora Ziongas, social worker at Me- how to overcome common obstacles exciting and unique activities that everybody morial Sloan-Kettering Hospital who works with Greek families, both visited him frequently. through Orthodoxy. will enjoy.” The 8-year old did not allow his illness to pre-empt his concern for others. The night-time activities include a Host hotel will be the Arizona Biltmore, “He looked out for the patients from Greece regardless of their age,” Ms. Reggae dance on Thursday night, a grand which has given conference attendees a spe- Geanacopoulos recalled. “He was a real sweetheart, a little “angelaki,” and a very unique banquet and Greek glendi on Friday, a com- cial group room rate of $105 for a single/ little boy.” She said that on a visit with a group of patients to St. Gerasimos Church, he lit edy show on Saturday and a Fourth of July double occupancy and $115 for a triple/quad five candles - four for other children and the last one for himself. Country-Western dance and cookout at an occupancy. Registration fee is $225 per per- As his illness progressed, he became paralyzed on his left side and his head was old, authentic western town on Sunday. son for early registration by May 15. turned toward the left, Ms. Geanacopoulos told the Observer. When his father had asked On Monday, participants will have the For more information regarding the him what he was looking at one day, Taso responded with, “O Theoulis,” she said. opportunity to go on one of several out-of- conference please call, (602) 607-4900 or A memorial service took place at a funeral home in Astoria on April 5, officiated by the town excursions. St. Anthony’s Monastery visit the conference web site at: http:// Very Rev. Gabriel Karambis. Taso’s body was taken to Greece for the funeral and burial. is one of the country’s few Orthodox mon- www.goaldsf.org. by Jim Golding PAGE 4 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 archDIOCESE NEWS Young Adult Diakonia and Fellowship at St. Basil Joint SCOBA Letter to President Clinton The morning began with a short bad about skipping a day full of appoint- Orthros service. These 15 minutes in the ments for his spa repair business, but after Following is a letter from the hierarchs of the Chapel of St. Basil Academy were a beauti- sawing branches all day he said, “I am re- Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bish- ful, prayerful prelude to a truly blessed day. ally glad I was here to help. It was hard work, ops in America calling on President Clinton to cease but working together with so many other the bombing in Yugoslavia and work toward a peace- by Clio Alexiades made it fun too. I couldn’t believe how much ful solution to the conflict. we actually accomplished!” The Young Adult Diakonia Weekend on The Young Adults and the students were March 20-21 started with a dozen hearty together again after dinner in the Recreation souls, but by days end, over 20 volunteers Room and on Sunday for Divine Liturgy and Dear Mr. President, had committed their Saturday to service the Brunch. Sharing a Divine Liturgy with the Academy. children was a memorable experience since We write to you today, sad and heavy of heart at the terrible destruction that Fr. Costas Sitaras, director of St. Basil everyone participated, either as an acolyte has been unleashed against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We pray to Almighty Academy, spoke some encouraging words, or as a choir member. God that the military actions of NATO forces will cease immediately, making way reminding the volunteers that Christians When receiving the blessing Eucharist, for a just, peaceful, negotiated solution to the conflict. should focus on prayer, fasting and alms- one really feels in holy communion with As Orthodox Christian Hierarchs, we are deeply concerned that the power and giving, especially in this Lenten season. He others since the entire experience is com- strength of God-inspired reason and peaceful means of recourse have been aban- reminded the young adults that even though munal, in prayer, song and spirit. doned in favor of military intervention. We are mindful of the painful truth that Serbian St. Basil Academy appreciates and needs Although the Sunday afternoon volun- nationals and ethnic Albanians have engaged in mutual acts of destruction. We con- their assistance, there are others that are teers only numbered five, the students and demn these acts of evil barbarity on all sides of the complex issues that plague this sad more needy and should be remembered at God’s invisible angels helped to continue region of Europe. However, we are also mindful of the millions of Orthodox Christians this time of the year. the work. The old chapel on old campus was whose lives are now at risk from American and NATO weapons. As Americans, we One volunteer commented that “it has cleaned out, walkways swept and garbage are also deeply concerned for the lives of this nation’s noble sons and daughters, become so normal for us to focus on our was removed from the attic. many of whom come from our parishes and communities, who are also now at great individual spiritual journey by praying and Chrisanne Eleftheriou of Connecticut risk for their lives. and Ted Georgiousis of New Jersey must have As members of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in garnered a second wind from the patron saint America, we are opposed to the violence of war as a solution to political conflicts. of yardwork, as they continued to rake wet We also note with sorrow, that the failure of diplomatic efforts has brought about leaves and debris despite their many blisters the impotence of death and destruction unleashed in the name of finding a solution and sore muscles from Saturday. to death and destruction. Anastasia Haidos, an architect from Our humanitarian relief agency the International Orthodox Christian Charities Manhattan was still full of energy despite (IOCC) will continue to minister, as it has for several years now, to all who suffer the Saturday’s full day of work, and was able to consequences of this tragic conflict, regardless of their religious, national, or ethnic blow the yolk out of over two dozen eggs so origins. she could paint and stencil them with the We call upon your sense of justice and humanity to end this course of military children. Unfortunately, the weekend quickly action immediately for the good of our beloved nation and for the salvation of all ended. The rain began at 5 p.m., about 15 innocent lives whose futures rest in the palm of your hand. minutes after the group decided to quit for May the Lord enlighten and guide you and all who govern the United States of the day. Everyone was certainly thankful for America. the miracle of good weather all weekend. Respectfully to you, and prayerfully before Almighty God, The volunteers said their good-byes, but the kids begged them to stay longer. How- (signed by the hierarchs) ever, the weekend of work and fellowship with the kids had come to a close. The par- ñ Archbishop SPYRIDON, ticipants agreed that more Diakonia week- Chairman, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ends are needed. ñ Metropolitan PHILIP, Thanks to the volunteers, the Arch- Vice Chair, Antiochian Orthodox Chrisitan Archdiocese of America diocesan District YAL, and the northern New YOUNG ADULTS spruce up St. Basil Academy ñ Metropolitan JOSEPH, Jersey YAL, over $800 in supplies, equipment Secretary, Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church fasting more during Lent, but many of us and donations were made to the Academy neglect the Christian call for almsgiving. For during this Diakonia Weekend. ñ Metropolitan NICHOLAS of Amissos, Treasurer; me, being here this weekend is one way to St. Basil Academy is a national not-for- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese in the USA help me concentrate on helping others.” profit philanthropic center of the Archdio- ñ Metropolitan THEODOSIUS The volunteers worked together with cese which provides love, shelter, food, edu- Orthodox Church in America the students of St. Basil Academy on vari- cation, protection and a ‘home away from ñ Archbishop VICTORIN ous campus projects. Fr. Costas told the home’ to orphans, children of chronically ill Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada group that “the children love to help.” or destitute parents or children from bro- ñ Metropolitan CHRISTOPHER It did not take long to see his comments ken homes. Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada become reality, since the kids had already The Academy is located about 50 miles ñ Metropolitan CONSTANTINE started loading the pickup truck before most north of New York City in Garrison, N.Y., Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA of the volunteers had arrived!! on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River and ñ Protopresbyter Ilia Katre, As the volunteers grew in number, there West Point Military Academy. Vicar General Albanian Orthodox Diocese in America was a group that spent an entire day clean- The property was acquired by the ing debris, weeds, leaves, branches and Philoptochos Society in 1944 and currently vines from the courtyard of the original boys encompasses more than 200 wooded acres dormitory on the ‘old campus.’ and nearly 30 buildings. Scholarships Available through Archdiocese Another enthusiastic bunch tackled the This special place was named after St. NEW YORK – Three scholarships of of 1,000 (high school seniors) on the SAT, cleanup and organization of the gym equip- Basil, who is considered one of the greatest $1,500 each will be awarded by the Arch- or provide another measure used by the ment and even demolished an unnecessary philanthropists of the Church. The Philo- diocese through the generosity of Marian academic community if the SAT is not ad- wall in the storage room. Finally, a third ptochos Society still continues to provide a Gioles of Ridgefield, Conn., who gave the ministered. group burrowed themselves in the nooks substantial amount of the annual budget, Church a $236,000 restricted gift. Applicants also must provide evidence and crannies of the attic in the main house along with allocations from the Archdiocese Ms. Gioles’ contribution for the schol- of financial need, with preference given to as they sorted, folded and organized hun- and donations from many Orthodox Chris- arship fund was made in honor of her par- orphans and those undertaking studies in dred of clothing donations from years past. tian stewards and organizations. ents, George and Naouma Gioles. the sciences, business and the arts. One The Academy provided a delicious lun- Young Adults from New York, New Jer- Scholarships will be given to under- scholarship is reserved for a candidate who cheon to the students, volunteers and visi- sey and Connecticut visit the Academy graduate students studying any profession has chosen to study journalism or other tors from St. Gerasimos Church on the Up- monthly to spend time with the children. with the following additional criteria. course of study approved by the Archbishop. per West Side of Manhattan. This Young Adult involvement began over Applicants must be Greek Orthodox Scholarships will be granted for the aca- Following lunch, the kids left campus 10 years ago as a result of the national YAL’s (with preference to those of Greek descent), demic year. the first year’s total distribution to celebrate a sweet sixteen and the volun- ongoing commitment to support the minis- who are high school seniors who plan to will be limited to $4,500. teers returned to their work. the work con- try work of St. Basil Academy. attend college or university in the next aca- Ms. Giles’ parents, now deceased were tinued until dusk. To become involved with this YAL ef- demic year, or full-time college students immigrants from the northwestern part of “Helping with the Academy’s spring fort, contact: Clio Alexiades at pursuing an undergraduate degree at an ac- Macedonia. Her father emigrated to America cleanup has made me realize there is so [email protected]. credited college or university. in 1915. He returned to Greece to marry much more we can do. To maintain the For more information about the Acad- Applicants must provide required evi- her mother 10 years later. Academy’s 200 acres, I think they need an dence of scholastic standing, with a grade Prospective applicants may fax their army of volunteers every weekend!” said emy, to arrange a visit, or to plan your own level of at least a B, or 85 percent, or 3.0 request for an application to: (212) 774- one young adult. Another volunteer, Diakonia efforts, call the Academy at (914) average. They must have scored a minimum 0251, or call (212) 570-3514. Athanasios Arianas of Long Island, first felt 424-3500. APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 5 ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Visit Greece in Late May CONSTANTINOPLE — His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will make an official visit to the Church of Greece from May 20 to June 5. During his stay in Athens he will meet with Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece, with members of the Holy Synod, President Kostis Stephanopoulos, Prime Minister Costas Simitis, Parliament President Costa Kaklamanis, other ministers, advertisement Mayor of Athens Dimitris Avramopoulos, and other government officials and digni- taries. The Ecumenical Patriarch will attend many celebrations to his honor, and will co- celebrate Divine Liturgy with Archbishop STARTEC Christodoulos. His All Holiness will stay in Athens from 1-800-397-4205 May 20-27. Following that he will visit the Metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Northern Greece from May 27- June 5. His itinerary will include stops in Aktion, Preveza, Ioannina, Metsovo, Grevena, Mihaniona, Neapoli, Hortiati, Lagada, Tsotili, Kastoria, Katerine, Veroia, Naousa, Arnaia, Drama, Kato Nevrokopi, Serres, Vergina, Thessaloniki, Kalamaria, Nea Sidirokastro, Kilkis and Igoumenitsa.

Becomes Archon N. Manginas Leonidas Rallis, Supreme President of the Order of AHEPA, was recently initiated by Patriarch Bartholomew as an Archon of the Great Church of Christ with the offikion of Archon Ostiarios. He and his wife attended Pascha services at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Patriarch Warns: Nationalism ‘a Heresy’

In a recent wide-ranging interview with diation between Serbian Patriarch Pavlos, the Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia, Ecu- Roman Catholic Cardinal Kucharitz and the menical Patriarch Bartholomew sounded a leader of the Muslim community during the stern warning against nationalism, which recent war in Bosnia as an example of the “was branded a heresy by Orthodoxy as far Orthodox Church’s principled stand on the back as 1872” and was on the rise again. side of peace, adding that the Ecumenical On the eve of a visit to Greece sched- Patriarchate’s concern for harmonious uled for May 20, Ecumenical Patriarch Greek-Turkish relations stemmed from dedi- Bartholomew stressed that “even when na- cation to the same principle. tionalism invokes Christianity as a means “We have always advocated good- to justify its ends, this does not make it any neighborly relations, friendship and coop- less a heresy”. eration between the peoples of Greece and The Ecumenical Patriarch cited his me- Turkey,” he stressed. Czech Church Becomes Autonomous

Acting on a request from Archbishop menical Patriarch Meletios IV established the Doroteos of Prague and his Holy Synod, Ecu- Orthodox Archdiocese there. menical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy The Archbishop of Prague will now for- and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate recently mally be addressed as “His Beatitude” and granted autonomous status to the Orthodox the bishops will become Metropolitans. Church of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Ecumenical Patriarchate also re- The Church in what was formerly cently named Stephanos of Nazianzus as Czechoslovakia dates to 1923 when Ecu- Metropolitan of Tallin and All Estonia. PAGE 6 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 OPINIONS EDITORIAL Pastoral Reflections Stop the Bombing My beloved spiritual children, ontrary to its stated aim of their government. It has unwittingly made Christ is Risen! only striking at military tar- President Milosevic, whom many are oth- With such a voice and expression of faith, we greet C gets, NATO’s relentless erwise loathe to support, a hero resisting one another during these festive days following the Glo- month-long bombing campaign against superpower aggression. rious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, es- Yugoslavia has killed or injured many in- Ten years of bombing North Vietnam pecially through these days when we witness the rav- nocent citizens and marred the celebra- produced thousands of American casual- ages of war on our televisions and in the newspapers, tion of Orthodox Christian Easter. The U.S. ties and an eventual defeat for the U.S., we ought to strengthen our faith in the Risen One, for government has ignored pleas from many not Hanoi’s surrender. only He can bring true and lasting peace to our world. Orthodox leaders for a cease-fire and a Lessons of war from the U.S. past In the last month, we have seen the face of war in return to peace talks. have gone unheeded. the continuing conflict in Kosovo. We hear a multitude No one condones the “ethnic cleans- For example, countless bombs and of voices expressing every kind of opinion over how our ing” policy of Yugoslavian President cruise missiles have been fired at Iraq, (and Church should respond. As your Archbishop, I have Milosevic. His actions have driven tens of thousands of troops committed to battle) tried to exert as much moral force and argument as I thousands of Kosovars from their homes. but Saddam Hussein is still in power. possible can to encourage a peaceful settlement to the very real and complex prob- He has caused the deaths of thousands of NATO has ignored pleas for a cease- lems in that part of the world, so very close to ancient center of our Faith. We know others and indirectly the deaths of his own fire from numerous religious leaders and from our Lord Himself that “those who live by the sword, die by the sword,” and that people. However, there is a bitter irony bodies, including Archbishop Spyridon, violence alone cannot provide the solution to our problems. We have also seen the and questionable motives concerning the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Arch- heartbreaking plight of the enormous refugee crisis becoming worse every day, with U.S./NATO’s selective intervention. bishop Christodoulos, and the World no apparent end in sight. Consider that over the past few years: Council of Churches. As Orthodox Christians, our duty must first and foremost be to pray for peace, for • 800,000 persons died in ethnic Bombs fell night after night during as our Lord said in another place: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be fighting in Rwanda, but there was no in- Orthodox Holy Week, shattering the sa- called the children of God.” And we must do more than pray, for the Lord blessed tervention on the part of either the United credness of our most holy season and those who ‘make peace.’ States or United Nations. demonstrating a kind of contempt for Or- In calling for a cessation of the bombing of Yugoslavia during Holy Week, I had • 1.5 million have died in the fight- thodox Christianity. Had the crisis involved hoped for a window of negotiation to open for all sides in the conflict. Unfortunately, ing in southern Sudan. No intervention. Iraq or some other Islamic nation, rest our pleas and the pleas of many other Orthodox and world religious leaders went • Thousands of Christians in Indo- assured that no action would have oc- unheeded. nesia and India have undergone severe curred had the Moslem celebration of We cannot condone this bombing, for in addition to destroying innocent life – persecution, including many killed, as the Ramadan intersected American military what the press conferences call “collateral damage,” the bombing is hardening the result of Moslem and Hindu attacks. No interests. positions of all sides and exacerbating the refugee crisis. On the other hand, we can- intervention. The bombing has damaged monas- not condone the violence that is being perpetrated on the civilian. Therefore, we stand • Thousands of Haitians risked teries, schools, trains and killed numer- in the midst of a dilemma, which can only be overcome by our efforts to bring healing. their lives in small boats to flee the op- ous civilians. We must stand with our Serbian Orthodox brothers and sisters, and particularly pressive regime in Haiti. Intervention con- Additionally, on at least two occa- with His Beatitude Patriarch Pavle, for he has been a consistent moral force for peace sisted of sending a U.S. Navy destroyer to sions, cruise missiles overshot their in- and justice in the region. The Serbian people are a long-suffering people, who have Port-au-Prince harbor which was fired tended targets in Serbia and landed in endured much, particularly in World War II. The memory of the hundreds of thou- upon and promptly withdrew. Bulgaria. One of these missiles landed only sands who died at the hands of the Nazis and fascists is a powerful memory in this Need we even mention the sad chap- a few kilometers from an aging nuclear small country. This memory must be honored, not exploited, and certainly not pun- ter of the Cyprus tragedy in 1974. Where power plant. ished for the sins of a few. was NATO or the United Nations when If there is evidence of humanity’s We also have the Christian, indeed human, obligation to offer our assistance to tens of thousands of Greek Cypriots were better side, it is the extraordinary humani- any and all innocents whose lives have been shattered by this conflict. I am proud of “ethnically cleansed” from their land? How tarian effort to help the refugees and other the work that IOCC has been doing and the generosity of the faithful of our Holy perceptions change. victims by the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the contributions that have come forward to support the relief effort. Millions of Kurds being oppressed by Church’s Diakonia Agapes Service, the These efforts are a direct manifestation of our Christian love in a place where love and the Turks would like to gain their freedom. International Orthodox Christian Charities respect for human life has been diminished by the forces of violence. So far, the U.S. and UN have remained and other worldwide relief organizations As the days and weeks continue, let us redouble our prayers and our acts of silent. that have been providing food, clothing mercy, as being the most significant contribution that we can make from afar. Let us In the early 1990s no outcry was and shelter in an effort to alleviate the suf- pray that the bloodshed will cease and that a righteous and reasonable solution may heard when more than 200,000 Serbs had fering. Sadly the sheer numbers of refu- yet be found, so that the dignity and value of all the people of this troubled land may be to flee their homes in the Krajina region gees have overwhelmed relief organizers safeguarded in truth and in justice. Let us pray for the peace of the world and in when Croatia became independent. and workers. whatever capacity God gives each one of us, work to make that peace a reality. Foreign observers and Yugoslav citi- It may be politically difficult, but zens have in recent days, both in print NATO’s civilian and military leaders can still ×ÑÉÓÔÏÓ ÁÍÅÓÔÇ! media and on television, have commented take the moral high ground and lead the way that the continuous bombing has only suc- to a more constructive, God fearing ap- Religion not a factor atrocities committed in Kosovo. There is no ceeded in rallying average Serbians around proach to peace and justice in the region. other choice to be made. The American people, including Greek-Americans, are re- Editor, volted by Serb aggression. If Bosnia did not calling themselves “ethnic Albanians” are As Orthodox Christians everywhere convince us, Kosovo has. Moslems trying to carve out an Islamic state prepare to celebrate Holy Easter, the world If and when troops are sent to Kosovo, LETTERSLETTERS from within the Serbian borders. watches yet another catastrophe unfold in there will be a tide of anti-Serbian emotion What possible valid business could they the Balkans. The humanitarian disaster in the US which will sweep everything from have in Serbia and why aren’t we helping which has quickly developed is the result of its path. Do not let the Greek Orthodox Serbians in their fight to preserve their Chris- unbridled nationalism taken to a new ex- Church in America suffer because of mis- Balkan crisis tian heritage instead of helping the Moslems treme. When the Jews intoned “Never guided support for criminals. obliterate the Serbs? Again” I always understood them, not us. Alex Sparkuhl Islam already has engulfed the Mediter- Now it is our turn to come forward and place Las Vegas ranean, most of Africa, and the Near East. Its blame where it belongs, squarely on the Editor, tentacles reach as far as Burma and Tibet. shoulders of the Milosevic regime. Pray for leader? The present crisis in the Balkans should Turkey is a Moslem state, as also is Pakistan, It no longer matters who lost what in be a vital concern to every member of the Kashmir, Islamabad and some parts of India. 1389. This is the 20th almost the 21st cen- Editor, Greek Orthodox faith. The pattern is the The once Christian states of Albania, tury. We are our brother’s keeper, not his Being an American citizen I can sym- same as that of the Russian octopus of com- Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Macedonia are assassin. The disdain the Serb military has pathize with the American people wanting munism in place in the years after World overrun by Moslems. Need we add that so shown for human life and the gratuitous vio- to pray for “our boys”, but, in light of the War II. are many of the former Russian satellite lence inflicted on innocent persons is with- recent aggression of the United States of The difference today is that Islam is the states, in addition to the countries in the out equal in post-WWII Europe. America against the Serbians, the Petitions specter behind all the turmoil threatening Near East? Not to mention Iraq, Iran, Af- The Easter cease-fire declaration by the in the Divine Services - “For the honorable the existence of Christianity. Make no mis- ghanistan and the Arab countries which en- Yugoslav government is an insidious attempt government of our country and all civil au- take about it; the Islamic movement is glo- danger Israel. to rally other Orthodox Christians to their thorities and for our armed forces, let us pray bal in scope and its goal is the entire world. While all these Moslem nations appear evil cause. Religion has nothing to do with to the Lord” and “....the military leaders, civic It was Moslem zealots and dissidents to tolerate Christianity, they would not hesi- the ugly events in Kosovo. To invoke the leaders, and Christ-loving armed forces” - who fomented the civil and military strife tate to arise and move actively against any Savior’s name in this cause is to make Him disturbs my conscience greatly. and upheaval in all those African countries enemy to establish the supremacy of Islam an accomplice in genocide. I am a Greek Orthodox Christian, and whom the world community was trying to in all the world. The Greek Orthodox Church in America parish council secretary for St. Elias Greek rescue from Islamic onslaught. And even Steven P. Alexander should clearly distance itself from the today, those Moslem dissidents in Serbia Cameron Park, Calif. Serbian government and condemn the See opposite page APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 7 LETTERSLETTERS...... IonianIonian VillageVillage from previous page Their politeness, kindness and consid- Celebrating 30 Years Orthodox Church, in Santa Fe, N.M. I de- eration of our problems helped us to go test the acts of the American armed forces through that terrible ordeal with courage. and officials of the American government You’ve been so helpful, very encouraging, who are currently waging acts of terrorism gentle and tactful. You have not sought out against our Serbian Orthodox brothers and recognition, but God knows what you do, sisters. Is it necessary for such petitions to as do the souls of all children that received be offered in our American parishes? Must I a sincere and hopeful smile during their fight participate in such hypocrisy? In view of the for life. fact that many Orthodox Christians are be- In this most difficult time of our life, it ing butchered or are under the threat of was good luck for us that we could find con- being butchered by the government of this solation and great comfort from these country... and countless Serbian churches people. destroyed, is it possible for such petitions We really can’t find adequate words of to be removed from our services? How can thanks. May God help you to continue the we continue to offer such prayers to God? good deeds you do, giving you courage, It deeply grieves me to think of the death health and faith. and destruction condoned by and supported I wish that your efforts will always be by these prayers offered by the Church. recognized and embraced with love, from Please... for the love of our Serbian Ortho- all Greeks, for the good of our proud small dox brothers and sisters, I pray this petition Greek society and especially for the children Friendships and Memories that last a lifetime! be removed from all our Divine Services! fighting bravely for their lives. Maria Weiss Thank God people like you exist. At Ionian Village this year! Santa Fe Vassilios Lainas Brussels, Belgium Please check the program you are interested in: It is in circumstances such as these that ____ Summer Travel Camp, Ages 12-15 • June 28 - July 17 our leaders especially need our prayers. Diffi- ____ Byzantine Venture, Ages 16-18 • July 25 - August 12 cult as this may be to accept, true Christians He’s Navy ____ Byzantine Venture, Optional Trip to Constantinople • Departs July 20 are even to pray for their enemies.- Editor ____ Spiritual Odyssey, Young Adults 19 and older • July 11-26 Editor, A petition against a petition I read, with great interest your article, “From the Halls of St. John-Tenefly to the Name ______Editor, Shoes of Bennett Field,” February 20. But I Address ______I was shocked and disheartened when feel compelled to set the record straight on I attended Palm Services at my Greek Or- a few issues. You stated that Fr. (Lt.) Panos City, State, Zip ______thodox Church and heard the same weekly joined the United States Marine Corps. Al- Phone ______prayer recited by our priest “For our coun- though I do not know Lt. Panos I feel confi- try, our President, and all those in civil au- dent that he is in fact a commissioned of- Mail this form to: Ionian Village, 8-10 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021. thority and in the service of our country, ficer in the United States Navy. Or contact us at: Phone (212) 570-3534, E-mail [email protected] let us pray to the Lord.” The photograph that accompanied the Ionian Village is a program of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Our President, William Jefferson article was that of Lt. Panos in a Navy uni- Clinton, has been bombing our Serbian form and the Marine Corps does not have a Orthodox brethren. The same was done by Chaplain Corps. The 6th Communications 30 Year Anniversary Celebration Specials Adolph Hitler in World War II but Hitler Battalion is referred as 6th Comm Battalion. was not our president. Serbia stood with When I was on active duty I served at RUSH, BOOK NOW!!! the allies in World War II as opposed to Camp Lejeune from 1984-86, and it was in the Albanian and Bosnian Muslims who North Carolina. With all that out of the way, GREAT SAVINGS ! GREAT SAVINGS ! joined forces with Hitler. I would like to welcome Lt. Panos aboard HOMERIC TOURS PRESENTS ... THE BEST SUMMER AIRFARES It would seem to me that it would be and thank him for his service to God and appropriate to our Orthodox believers that country. Semper Fidelis. the Greek Orthodox Church would omit George M. Papageorgiou this weekly prayer at this time. Maybe we Major USMCR should pray that William Jefferson Clinton Clearwater, Fla. NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO/FROM ATHENS VIA WORLD AIRWAYS WIDE BODY MD-11 come to his senses and cease this carnage. The problems of Kosovo cannot be $ resolved by the brutal bombing inflicted on the Serbian Orthodox people by William In praise of immigrants Jefferson Clinton. 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Prodigal Son from the funeral procession of This, then, is what the Tomb of Christ their sinfulness! affords the contemporary Corey Andersons Finally, the four-day burial of Lazarus who desire the safety of their Father’s (John 11) represents the final stage and con- House! How else can we explain why we sequence of sin. Augustin refers to this type carry the Koubouklion (tomb) which con- tains the Epitaphio (burial icon cloth) in sol- See RELIGIOUS EDUCATION page 28 APRIL 20, 1999ISSUESSPECIAL & SECTION • ISSUESANSWERS AND ANSWERS PAGE 9 A Special Informative SectionYour on the Affairs and the Finances of the Archdiocese GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA

uch has been written in the priests who agreed to put their names on a letter that was criti- very critical of Archbishop Iakovos). cal of Archbishop without directly naming him have reconsid- Unfortunately, the ease of communication, whether by fax Greek-American Media and ered the use of their names. Witness this letter, from a priest: or the Internet, and the willingness of a relatively small group M of people to spend an enormous sum of money have given even more has been widely dis- tributed in parishes via the fax machine and the birth to the so-called “Crisis in the Church”. The real crisis is that we are spending more time, money, energy, and resources Internet, concerning the operation of the Arch- Archbishop Spyridon visited St. Sophia Parish on Sun- day, March 21. I was informed of this visit on Friday, on fighting amongst ourselves than we are doing the ministry diocese at East 79th Street in New York City. Criti- March 12. The short notice did not give us much time to of Christ. cism has flown fast and furious, fueling often- prepare for his visit. In spite of this, the visit went very The self-appointed organizations that collect funds for the smoothly. This is the first time since the Archbishop’s en- campaign against the Archbishop and the Archdiocese would wild speculation, skepticism, and even deeply dis- thronement that I have had the opportunity to see and ex- do better if they were funding scholarships for seminarians or turbing discontent. perience him up close. I truly did not know what to expect sending worthy young people to Ionian Village, who might not otherwise be able to afford to go. In fact, there are lan- A public relations campaign against the person of the Arch- from him since I was one of the 105 priests that signed the letter of concern about the governance of the Archdiocese. guage programs in our Communities, youth programs, Chris- bishop and the Archdiocese (spending maybe as much as one tian education and music programs, programs that deal with million dollars — the figures have yet to be disclosed) has I too have been disturbed about the dramatic changes that have been taking place in our Archdiocese. I had devel- interfaith marriage couples and a whole host of real ministries sought to either intimidate the Archbishop into resigning or that need even greater attention, especially on the local level. intimidate the Ecumenical Patriarchate into reassigning him. oped a very negative attitude toward his Eminence’s abil- ity to lead effectively our very complex Archdiocese. This is where we should be concentrating our energies and our Letter after letter has been circulated, filled with accusations resources as a community of believing Greek Orthodox Chris- and personal opinion that targets individuals. Yes, the Arch- I had no idea what would transpire during the Archbishop’s visit to St. Sophia in view of what I had read tians. Instead, we have seen movements that are caught up in diocese brought a civil lawsuit in order to regain its property an ambiguous ‘conversation’ about Church “governance”. (the mailing list) that had been improperly and perhaps ille- about his visits to other parishes. His presence in our midst belied the very negative image that has been por- While allowing for the good intentions of most if not all gally misappropriated. For that, we were condemned as “un- of the critics of the Archdiocese, it is important to remember Christian”. And in the end, the attempt to regain the property trayed of him on your web page and in the Greek-Ameri- can news media. I found him to be a very warm and car- that in our society, accusations do not constitute facts. What did not fully succeed. However, the Archbishop and the Arch- you will read in this “Special Section” today are facts, and diocese have been the subject of frivolous lawsuits which, rather ing human being. He is very approachable. In spite of his extreme fatigue and a nagging cold, he projected an im- they speak for themselves. than being condemned, are passed out as some kind of proof of The truth is that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese America, wrongdoing at Archdiocese Headquarters. More public rela- age of goodness, kindness and concern for the Church and our people. He took the extra time to meet with people spanning the length and breadth of our country, is actually an tions attacks. extremely small institutional foundation. The total number of We have been relatively silent throughout all these attacks, who needed to see him privately. He profusely compli- mented St. Sophia for its beautiful complex and its Ortho- employees on the payroll, including all the Dioceses and Hel- chiefly out of a sense of Christian consideration, but also be- lenic College/Holy Cross is less than 200. Just to make a com- cause given the choice to do the ministry of Christ or answer dox Christian witness in Southeastern Connecticut. I got the distinct impression that his Eminence is mak- parison, the Communications Department of the Evangelical false accusations; we prefer the ministry of Christ. Now talk is Lutheran Church in America is nearly 70 full time employees. heard of withholding of funds, a revolt of the Archdiocese from ing a real effort at reconciliation with those of us who have disapproved of his administration to date. As a priest, I The Archdiocese has a broad and wide-ranging responsi- the Mother Church of Constantinople (what some people call bility to do the ministry of Christ, and we are trying the best autocephaly), and more and noisier cries of financial misman- too have suffered the wrath of the people in the past. I think that there is something in the American psyche that we know how to do so, even in the face of often-unrelenting agement, tax evasion, fraud and a host of other crimes — none criticism and personal attacks. The full complement of youth of which is true. makes us turn on people who don’t meet our expectations without first giving them a fair chance. We expect instant ministry, religious education, Greek language education, min- For too long now, a group of disparate individuals has istry to interfaith marriages, Hellenic College and Holy Cross, vented its opinion. This group not only disagrees with the Arch- results from our leaders. In view of this experience with his Eminence at St. St. Basil’s Academy, Internet Ministries, Communications, the bishop, but they also disagree with the fact that he is the Arch- Orthodox Observer, Correspondence (literally tens of thousands bishop. Indeed, they have even suggested to the Patriarchate Sophia, I would request those of us who have been on his back during the last two and a half years should back off letters received, processed, and responded to), Ecumenical and who the Archbishop should be! This is not their choice. In- Interfaith Affairs, Publications, the Ministry of the Registry of stead, it seems that the past two years have given voice to ev- and give him a chance. If he is truly trying to improve his image, we all have a Christian duty to cease all the nega- Greek Orthodox Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals, and the as- ery kind of discontent and dissatisfaction that ever existed in signment of parish priests — all these and more are the ‘daily our Church — all this despite the greatest prosperity the mod- tive reporting that is coming from too many people. Fr. Tom Paris from Oakland, CA set the tone two weeks bread’ of the staff of the Archdiocese. It may be easy to criti- ern Church has ever known. Perhaps this notion of withhold- cize in full-page newspaper ads and targeted mailings to com- ing funds is the most insidious. Is this where we have finally ago when he too publicly said that we must back off for the good and unity of our precious Church. The alterna- munities, but to do the ministry is a whole other story. arrived? Is everything in the Church about money? Throughout the past two years, everyone with an opinion In the hopes that the vast majority of the faithful in the tive to backing off is uncertainty and chaos. We should now move forward in unity so that the sovereignty of Jesus has found a means to voice it, as is their right and privilege. Archdiocese do not believe this to be so, that being a Greek However, it is no one person’s right, and it is no group’s right Orthodox Christian means more than the size of your wallet Christ can prevail and not the arrogance of man. I pray that all of our Orthodox Faithful in America —irrespective of how well-known its members may be— to and that being an American means more than constantly insist- level unfounded criticism. ing on your right to express yourself, we are including this will continue to have a spiritually fruitful lent and a glori- ous Pascha. That is why we have decided to put this “Special Section” Special Section of ISSUES AND ANSWERS, to give clear, of ISSUES AND ANSWERS in the hands of the membership accurate and factual answers to the questions in our commu- I remain yours of the Archdiocese. You may have heard for some time now, nity about the functioning of the Archdiocese as an institution. the stream of criticisms that are often filled with misinforma- Now it is one thing to disagree with someone, with a deci- In the LOVE of Jesus ÿFr. Constantine J. Simones tion and partial information. In this “Special Section” we hope sion or a policy made by a person in authority. That is certainly to clarify some of the issues that have been whirling about our legitimate. However, to say that another person should not be community for some time now. Please do not think that this what they are because you judge them not to be... that is a information is new or unheard. The responsible parties, the different story altogether. How many business people and en- oes that sound like someone who has been in- Holy Eparchial Synod and all the members of the Archdiocesan trepreneurs would like their local priest to come into their busi- timidated or threatened? The truth is that there Council and the Executive Committee of the same have access ness and tell them —not that they may have made a mistake— D are people in our Archdiocese who simply do not to all this information —whether it is shared in open meetings but that they have no right at all to own and operate their busi- like the Archbishop and do not think that he should be Arch- or simply for the asking. ness!! Yet this is what has been happening in our Archdiocese bishop. But being an Archbishop is not simply a matter of be- There has been enough criticism and accusations of wrong- for nearly two years. ing liked or disliked. To think that the election of an Arch- doing. Christian responsibility and love call for an end to the Please, do not include the Hierarchy and the priests of our bishop could be undone on the basis of a popularity contest infighting and to reforms forced down the throats of our faith- Church with those who are attempting to usurp the Archbishop. would reduce our Church to a mere social club. ful by a relatively small group of individuals. As for those who For those of you who have read the report of the (then) five The issues go much deeper. One could fairly say that in have brought the level of dialogue in our Church to a point Members of the Holy Synod to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the more than half of the history of the Archdiocese that His where the persons and positions of His All Holiness Ecumeni- which has been distributed nearly everywhere by those trying Eminence Archbishop Iakovos ruled, there were also many cal Patriarch Bartholomew and His Eminence Archbishop to usurp the Archbishop, you may understand that even in the problems and issues. There was not, however, the ease of com- Spyridon are made sport of, they shall not be answered in this strongest disagreements that go so far as to recommend one munication and the media forces that are so prevalent today publication. Disrespect cannot be dignified, only forgiven. party step down, time and a genuine Christian spirit have a (although one of the Greek-language newspapers that is so criti- way of healing such wounds. Witness the joint Lenten Encyc- cal of Archbishop Spyridon — and thus considered a reliable lical of the Holy Synod. It is also worth noting that many of the source of information by critics of the Archbishop — was also ˜ page 10 PAGE 10 SPECIAL SECTION • ISSUES AND ANSWERS APRIL 20, 1999 YOUR GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE ˜ page 9 the direct ministry of Christ, but when our credibility is un- Enthronement of Archbishop Spyridon. They are offered to charitably and sarcastically attacked, we have an obligation to give a picture of the work that goes on every day by the de- The point of this “Special Section” is to get accurate, give responsible answers so that the members of our Church voted staff (mostly of lay people) at the Archdiocese. In a se- objective, substantiated information out to you, the parish- can at least have the whole picture. ries of articles, we at the Archdiocese hope to bring you a de- ioners of the Archdiocese, so that you can decide for your- In addition, we would like to make this an opportunity for partment-by-department glimpse of the growth and develop- selves if what you may be hearing is accurate, and then make a sharing further information with you of a more positive nature. ment of the Church in America since the enthronement of His judgment on your own. Included in this “Special Section” is an introduction to just Eminence Archbishop Spyridon. We begin with the Office of

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In addition, it keeps track of the pertinent information of keep employees informed of personnel changes or big events THE CHANCELLERY each employee, such as sick leave, vacation leave and per- in the lives of the Archdiocesan staff. This is bringing about sonal days. With the touch of a button, it is now possible to better communication, developing a stronger sense of fam- The Chancellery has a number of diverse functions, determine if someone is in the building, out sick, on vaca- ily, and building a stronger sense of cohesion within the each one instrumental to the proper operation of the Arch- tion, or working off-site. This information is also used in Archdiocese. diocese as a whole. The Chancellery oversees the every day conjunction with job performance evaluations in determin- COST SAVING MEASURES responsibilities of the Archdiocese and manages unforeseen ing pay raises and encourages a merit pay scale, much like Throughout the Archdiocese, under the direction of the emergencies. This is not a job that can be accomplished in a a normal business environment. Archbishop, there has been a constant program of cost sav- 40-hour workweek, but rather is a 24-hour a day on call The Archdiocese has developed new job applications ing measures. In a search of ways to be better stewards of the responsibility. and employment contracts that clearly identify the rights resources of the Church, three bids are now required for all Getting down to the specifics, throughout 1998, just and responsibilities of employees, the terms of employment, jobs or contracts costing over $500. This policy was applied the Chancellery logged an average of 122 calls per day from and work expectations. Employment Contracts have become on our general liability and auto insurance package, and an both clergy and laity around the United States. This number the official practice of the Archdiocese since December of annual saving of approximately $60,000 was realized. does not include the Office of the Archbishop, the general 1998, which ensure that all parties understand salary and receptionist or the calls of any other department. Each Another example is the cost of the semi-annual of these calls was assigned to a Chancellery staff two-day meeting of the Archdiocesan Council, to- member or directed to the proper department. These gether with the National Philoptochos Board, man- calls dealt with administrative issues facing the Arch- dated by the Uniform Parish Regulations. The meet- diocese as a whole, the Archdiocesan District or with ings have been moved from the traditional venue, the administrative issues from dioceses that have been Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, to the Archdiocesan Cathe- operating without a local bishop. With the consecra- dral Center in New York. Additionally, tablecloths and tion of three new bishops by the Holy and Sacred skirts, as well as other items were purchased, as it Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constan- was less expensive to purchase than to rent. The rental tinople, this high volume of calls should decrease costs alone for the Archdiocesan Council dropped later in 1999. from nearly $7,000 to just below $600. Besides the There have been a number of long-term projects phenomenal savings, the Archdiocese will have these started over a year ago that have been designed to items to use in the future for other functions as well. bring about a more efficient operation of the Arch- The holidays are also not costing as much at the diocese. One that has now been completed is a com- Archdiocese as they used to cost. Production costs of prehensive filing system, which had not previously the Archbishop’s annual Christmas card went for $0.82 existed. Nearly 1000 clergy files have been reviewed, per card to $0.41 per card. Furthermore, while main- sorted and re-filed, making the information in them taining the beauty and spirit of decorations for the readily accessible. Additionally, every parish in the annual open house and Christmas season, nation has been individually contacted to update and Archdiocesan costs for those decorations dropped verify clergy and parish information, ensuring accu- nearly $3,000. rate information for the new Management Informa- In the past, every Archdiocesan department was tion System at the Archdiocese. This information in- ordering what they needed without determining the cludes, verification of addresses, telephone numbers, needs of the entire Headquarters. As every business- fax numbers, e-mail addresses, emergency clergy person is aware, typical business principles dictate that numbers, cellular or beeper numbers, titles, and other lower prices can be achieved by quantity ordering and statistical information. by price comparison. One specific example is our The next long-term project will be to convert acquisition of letterhead. The practice had been for the 600 parish files into the same accessible system every department to order their own stationery in small employed for clergy. It is critical that the Archdio- batches, which was not cost effective and which made cese be able to open the file of any clergyman or it difficult to keep track of inventory. Now, under the parish and readily access information in a fast and Archbishop’s policy, the mailroom is responsible for efficient manner. This has been a very time consum- keeping an inventory of the quantity of stationery, ing project requiring the reading and organizing of computer paper, and other supplies used at the head- tens of thousands of pages of documents. These files quarters; and orders what is needed in bulk. are now properly stored and secured as many of the His Eminence established a new policy concern- documents contain confidential information on our ing purchases of supplies or office furniture this past clergy and parishes. As this project continues, we year. Approval from the Office of the Chancellor is necessary for any such order over the amount of $500. will be asking parishes for copies of their charters The Archdiocese Headquarters at 79th street in NYC and by-laws to ensure complete and accurate files. This process is used not only to monitor the amount of expenditures, but is also used to document orders of fur- Regular staff meetings have also been established as a benefits. Another first at the Archdiocese is the use of job niture and computers providing the necessary documenta- part of normal operations. Monthly staff meetings with se- descriptions and job evaluations. These descriptions and tion required by our insurance carriers. It also acts as a cen- nior staff are helping to build a stronger office infrastruc- evaluations are currently in the process of being prepared tral clearinghouse for used and recyclable equipment. ture at the Archdiocese. Departments can thus avoid dupli- and will be used in the process of pay raises. No pay raises cation and increase efficiency. These meetings have already have been given to any employee for over 5 years. These YOUR ARCHDIOCESAN HOME produced many new and productive ideas. raises, which will be implemented sometime in 1999, and The two buildings located at 8 and 10 East 79th Street The Chancellor also serves the function of the Direc- will be based on merit. may be masterpieces of architecture and design, but for a tor of the Department of Personnel. As such, he is respon- Another project, which was long overdue, is the updat- long time they have been in need of repair and just plain sible for interviewing, hiring, promoting, and as required, ing and reissuing of a new ‘Personnel Policy Manual,’ which tender loving care. These turn of the century buildings have for terminating employees. has not been updated since 1988. Besides the standard is- suffered two major floods in the course of just over two PERSONNEL UPDATE sues, this manual will include proper protocol for issues such years. The Archdiocese cannot afford to have another such It is vital that the Archdiocese be able to accurately as who signs contracts, how departments formally commu- incident. In the 1998 incident, a 1½-inch water main broke track the time personnel report for work and to know who nicate one to the other, and other related issues. on the fifth floor of building 10. Damage from this flood is in the building for security reasons. Just as important, the For the very first time, Archdiocesan staff members are included the Office of the Archbishop, the front two rooms mostly lay staff of the Archdiocese deserve their fair share receiving professional computer training in the software they of the second floor, the room opposite the Chapel on the of vacation time, sick leave, or personal days each employee are expected to use. Be it Microsoft Word, or Excel, or an- first floor; the Archives located in the basement, and dam- still has available. A new program has been developed in- other required application, staff members are being sched- age to our heating system. The expected date of completion house specifically for the Archdiocese by Management In- uled for professional training in order to increase productiv- is the end of March. Because of some unusual construction formation Systems (MIS) in order to professionally accom- ity and enhance professionalism in their final work-product. materials used in the late 19th century, the process of dry- modate these needs. This computer software application An Archdiocesan Headquarters newsletter is published documents the start time and ending time of every employee. by the Assistant Chancellor, Fr. Michael Kontogiogis, to ˜ page 11 APRIL 20, 1999 SPECIAL SECTION • ISSUES AND ANSWERS PAGE 11 THE CHANCELLERY Top Financial Procedures Installed at Archdiocese

˜ page10 inancial Procedures and policies Purpose: to ensure that enacted policies are processed through the payroll system. ing the sub-flooring has taken many months. at the Archdiocese are now the and procedures are followed Corrective Action: best in its history. Going back Corrective Action: • All employees receive compensation- This work must be accomplished before the F to the 1994 and 1995 recom- • Internal audit procedure implemented related payments through ADP payroll sys- repair of the actual damage can begin. All mendations made by Price Waterhouse -rec- • Procedure performed by an individual tem aspects of this repair are being done in co- ommendations that the prior administration who does not report to accounting manager. • All non-clergy employees issued W-2 operation with our insurance company and, failed to follow- the current Archdiocesan ad- • Procedure reviews all disbursements forms at year’s end once again, by obtaining at least three bids ministration has not only followed those ear- over $25,000 • All non-clergy employees no longer for each job for each phase. While this is lier recommendations, but has also put into • Procedure reviews twenty disburse- have compensations on 1099 forms relative time consuming, it is the right way and the place recommendations made for 1997 in ments, selected at random to common-law status employees most effective way to proceed. 1998. (The 1998 recemmendations will be • Procedure reviews five deposit, se- • All employee files updated with regards There have been some startling discov- made this year.) lected at random to required documentation for payroll with- eries during this process of repairing the A lawsuit has been filed against the Arch- holding Archdiocese. We have found that many diocese by former Archdiocesan Council Le- Recommendation: Documentation of things were repaired in such a way that was gal Committee member Simos Dimos alleges Custody and Restricted Funds Recommendation: Transfer of Pension only cosmetic. The most upsetting thing we financial mismanagement. The substance of Purpose: to have a clear understanding Lockbox Accounts found was that some rooms and pieces of the lawsuit has been widely circulated in of the terms of donations Purpose: To switch from a yearly trans- Greek-American media and on the website Corrective Action: fer to a weekly one furniture that originally had been covered of the organization known as GOAL. Addi- • Review files and original source docu- Corrective Action: with authentic gold leaf and were painted tionally, Dimas has secured virtually the same mentation on all restricted funds • Weekly transfers form each lockbox ac- over are now destroyed. We can not possi- affidavits he had used against the Archdio- • Assure that the terms of the gift and count to the investment account began in 1998 bly afford to restore these moldings or pieces cese in a prior claim of libel which was dis- terms of any distribution be obtained at the • Allows for maximization of return for of furniture to their original beauty and missed on the grounds of legal insufficiency. time of the gift Pension Fund value. In fact, many of the pieces, which These affidavits were supplied by former were part of the original purchase of the Archdiocesan Council member Helen Hadji- Recommendation: Updated Accounting Recommendation: Employee Evalua- Number 10 building, are museum pieces. yannakis-Bender and by the former Finance System tion For example, one such museum quality Director of the Archdiocese, Jerry Dimitriou. Purpose: to produce monthly financial Purpose: to outline position descrip- piece is a Louis XVI, which has an estimated Leaving aside the motivation for these reports in a timely fashion tions, including goals, responsibilities and ex- value of $25,000. The Archdiocese has rare lawsuits, this article presents the facts of the Corrective Action: In October 1998, the pectations fireplaces made of solid brass, which are financial procedures and policies in place at MIPS Not-for-Profit accounting software sys- Corrective Action: Development of a impossible to replace and are worth well the Archdiocese. These facts are based on tem was installed. new personnel manual to be approved and over $10,000. Yet these beautiful fireplaces “management letters” given to the Archdio- The system: finalized by summer of 1999, through evalu- were painted over with black paint. Thank- cese over the past four years, by the auditing • Enhances ability of Finance Depart- ation and review of all employees, including firms, Price Waterhouse and BDO Seidman ment to better control cashflow management self-evaluations and job surveys fully, we have been able to restore them. LLP. (Management letters point out weak- and accounts payable Other restoration work includes: an exquis- nesses in the financial management practices • Eliminates the “considerable amount Recommendation: An Accounting ite skylight where each piece of glass was within a given institution.) of personnel time” lost by producing account- Manual specifically designed to create a special and The facts presented below begin with the ing reports Purpose: to formalize all policies and unique look. These buildings and their con- February, 1998 resignation of Jerry Dimitriou • Produces monthly financial reports, in- procedures with regard to finances at the tents are of priceless quality and value. An as Director of Finance. In February of 1998, cluding statements of revenues and disburse- Archdiocese inventory of the Archdiocese is a project that Archbishop Spyridon appointed George ments and a balance sheet Corrective Action: must be carried out in the future. Many of Chelpon as acting Finance Director. Mr. Development of a detailed accounting the treasures purchased with the Number 10 Chelpon had eight years’ experience at the Recommendation: Hiring of a Control- manual to be completed in 1999, through building have disappeared through the years, Archdiocese, including four as the Head of ler/Staff Accountant evaluation and review of all employees, in- with no records as to their use or disposal. Accounting, where he worked closely with Purpose: to supervise day-to-day opera- cluding self-evaluations and job surveys. After the two floods, the Chancellery Mr. Dimitriou. Specifically, Mr. Chelpon was tions of accounting division is trying to determine the most efficient way charged with evaluating the financial policies Corrective Action: The new account- Recommendation: Segregation of du- to prevent future incidents. Several plumb- and procedures and identifying problems, ing manager joins the staff in May, 1999 ties for Accounts Payable and Cash Disburse- challenges and opportunities. Additionally, ments. ers and engineers have now investigated the Mr. Chelpon was asked to propose specific Recommendation: No regular financial Purpose: to ensure that a system of state of our present headquarters. They have actions in order to enact the necessary reporting package to management check and balances is in place regarding ac- identified at least three very weak locations changes. Purpose: to simplify review and man- counts payable. that could rupture because of the age of the agement of current and future operations Corrective Action: pipes. At the time of this writing, we are The Recent Past In a review of the 1994 and 1995 man- Corrective Action: Tasks divided among staff so that no obtaining our final bids. Yet at this juncture, agement letters of Price Waterhouse, it was • Provision of monthly standardized bal- single person is in charge of the accounts pay- permanently removing the potential of found that a number of critical issues raised ance sheet and income statement to the Ex- able process in its entirety. $300,000 to $500,000 worth of damage, about Archdiocesan financial procedures and ecutive Committee which now meets once a seems worth $44,000 of repairs to the policies then had yet to be addressed. The month as opposed to meeting only two or Other important recommendations car- plumbing and heating system. 1994 and 1995 letters had specified: three times a year in the past ried out include the first time ever establish- At the end of last year, as winter was • A monthly management recording • Report format to be modified accord- ment in November of 1998 of an Audit Com- preparing to descend upon New York, the package ing to information the Executive Committee mittee; a stringent signature authorization for ducts of the heating system were cleaned for • A standardized financial statement feels would enhance their analysis of the disbursements, requiring now two signatures the protection and health of the employees. • A comparison of actual to budgeted present and future financial performance of regardless of the amount; and a new policy figures the Archdiocese of public disclosure unprecedented in the his- While this did help to better warm the build- tory of the Archdiocese. For example the 1996 • A comparison of cash flows • Report format to include a comparison ings, it was also discovered that these ducts and 1997 BDO Seidman LLP audits were • An explanation of variances of actual to budgeted figures; a comparison had not been cleaned for some 20 years. printed in their entirety in the Orthodox Ob- • Segregation of duties, with regard Cleaning the accumulated dirt and mold was of current period performance versus the same server, as will the 1998 audit when it is com- to vendors and Accounts Payable an extensive job. It was later discovered that period performance of the previous year; an pleted. The Archdiocese also makes much the oil tank used to heat the building was • Establishment of a formal audit explanation of variances; and a statement of information available on its internet site. committee cash flows. Interestingly, the 1993-1997 Financial not burning properly. The oil tank was leak- No management letter was produced by ing fumes into the ducts of the heating sys- Performance Comparisons published in the BDO Seidman LLP. in 1996 because it was Recommendation: Petty Cash and tem. For the protection of our visitors and June 1, 1998 edition of the Orthodox Observer the first year a consolidated audit had been checks payable to cash clearly show that since the enthronement of staff alike, we are presently having proper required, and by the time that audit had been Purpose: to limit the number of checks filters made for the heating system. Finally, His Eminence, Archbishop Spyridon in Sep- completed, it was decided to save the recom- payable to cash or petty cash tember, 1996, the financial performance of we are reconnecting the thermostats, which mendations for the year ending December 31, Corrective Action: the Archdiocese has significantly approved. were found not to be working properly in 1997. The 1997 management letter, devel- • Large checks no longer issued to petty It should by now be clear that any criti- either building. It must be remembered that oped with the full cooperation and input of cash or cash cism that the Archdiocese was attempting to a good maintenance program saves money the Archdiocese, outlined a number of issues, • No disbursements for compensation hide its management policies and procedures and creates a productive and healthy envi- including the reiteration of the issues raised from this account is not borne out by the facts. It is hoped that ronment in the long run. in 1994 and 1995. (This means that the is- • Full documentation of funds received the outline above provides individual parish- sues raised in 1994 and 1995 were still issues is required ioners a semblance of the accountability and in early 1998.) • Assure accurate classifications of em- responsibility of the current administration of Visit the ployees and non-employees the Archdiocese. For anyone with serious and • Update information on all vendors to legitimate questions, please know that the GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE Recommendations and comply with reporting requirements Archdiocese is open to dialogue and full and ON THE INTERNET Corrective Actions Taken appropriate disclosure -disclosure that is in Recommendation: Development of an Recommendation: Employee Payment the interest of furthering the ministry of Christ www.goarch.org Internal Audit Department Purpose: to ensure that all employees and His Holy Church. PAGE 12 SPECIAL SECTION • ISSUES AND ANSWERS APRIL 20, 1999 Your Stewardship Doing the Work of Christ

t is important in an age of due dili- structure at the local level for the on-going butions to the Archdiocese will hasten the re- for any reason short of dogmatic heresy, they gence, that the members of the work of the Church. moval of an Archbishop, a Hierarch or priest. are placing themselves in conflict with Christ’s I Church understand how the Church Indeed, the politicizing of stewardship cannot work in the world. Communications are means and methods survives in the world. To that end, we present by which we disseminate not only informa- be interpreted in any other way other than to In the midst of the constant struggle for a graphic representation in the form of a “pie tion, but also the images and content of the be a failure on the part of faithful Christians, the Word of God, the living presence of Jesus chart” and this brief expository narrative indi- Christ to be made manifest in the lives of faith- cating how a dollar is divided to cover the ful Christians, we mere human agents of re- needs of the Church. We have graphically demption are at best, imperfect servants. No shown the difference between administrative one can “out do” the power of the Holy Spirit costs and the allocations that flow toward min- to transform the world, to enter the hearts and istry, outreach and education. minds of creatures created in the image and Between the Administrative Office of the likeness of God and illuminate their souls to Archdiocese which is the infrastructure of dis- the Truth of the Lord. However, Christ said tribution and oversight for the apportionment that he would take men who hunted for fish of resources, and the Operational Expenses, and make them “fishers of men.” The Church which are the cost of doing business - .36 cents exists beyond time in the fullness of Heaven’s of every dollar is spent to these ends. There is trans-temporal reality but also in the material no doubt that it would be well if we could bring “here and now” of the world with all its pain- this figure down. However, this amount in- ful realities. That which we understand as our cludes the logistical movements of people and freedom to rebel against the worldly Church resources required to accomplish the delivery with whom we may not agree, dangerously pits of services, that is to say, ministries directed our egos against the truth of Christ’s call to by the Synod and the Clergy Laity Congress. sacrifice which no human failing can excuse Administrative Office expenses are the us from answering. only expenses solely devoted to the Archdio- It is time that we proclaim that the “good cese Headquarters. Of that figure, 11% is allo- of the Church” is the message of Christ’s sal- cated to the Office of Archbishop Iakovos, his vation. If people with whom we have political staff and living arrangements. or worldly differences agree in the salvific Truth of Christ’s miracles, passion, suffering, Operational Expenses include such items death and resurrection, then agreement in as benefits (including retirement for clergy), The Chapel of Holy Cross at HC/HC school in Brookline, Mass. Christ outweighs disagreement in worldly is- insurance, maintenance and legal fees. Legal sues. Those who would cripple Christ’s work fees account for 32% of this figure, the vast faith transmitted for the faithful and world to misled by worldly concerns. in the world, for which and on behalf of which majority of which are instigated in defense of know and understand. There is a tendency to assume that their the Church is both agent and guarantor, have nuisance law suits brought by individuals who Orthodoxy in the World helps to spread worldly contributions to the Church are like a in fact challenged His love for all His children claim at times to be acting “for the good of the the faith across the entire world. It funds mis- contribution to a political candidate or party. that is ceaseless and ever present. Let us work Church.” sions and provides support to the Patriarchate The assumption that there is some volun- to better what we have, what we have already Education is self-explanatory; from it as a beacon of stability and historical continu- tary, self-generating criteria of judgement re- accomplished, and magnify the possibilities comes support for youth ministries, cultural ity for hundreds of millions of Orthodox Chris- garding the offering of the fruits of our labors our sacrifices have opened up to us in the name education, and programs for parishioners to tians as well as those who seek to draw closer to God is an anthropocentric view of the of the Risen Lord. Let us cease to divide the learn more about the faith. to the light of Truth. Church’s governance. All faithful Christians, Truth of Christ over the dollar that sanctifies Diocesan Ministries provide support for It is an interesting and shortsighted as- clergy and lay alike, are servants of redemp- those who give it much more than those who each diocese directly, going to assure an infra- sumption that withholding the parish contri- tion. If they impede the work of the Church spend it on behalf of God’s will. APRIL 20, 1999 SPECIAL SECTION • ISSUES AND ANSWERS PAGE 13 A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

any people have heard and wondered about the c) Since the Archdiocesan Council in 1996 agreed that • What happened to the deposit? purchase of a residence for the Archbishop. The the retired Archbishop should live “in a style appropriate to his An anonymous donation was made which covered the lost Mquestion and answer article below addresses the position,” any Archdiocesan Council since then should have deposit. events surrounding the proposed purchase of a residence at also agreed that any current Archbishop live “in a style appro- • What did the Executive Committee of the One Plymouth Road in Harriman, New York. Simply, that pro- priate to his position.” We are after all talking about the person Archdiocesan Council decide to do about purchasing a resi- posed purchase (It never did occur.) became an issue because who represents the Greek Orthodox people in the United States. dence? members of the September 1996-September 1998 Executive • Has any Archdiocesan Council ever taken up the is- The then President of the Archdiocesan Council, Alex Committee os the Archdiocesan Council -a committee in place sue of appropriate housing accommodations for the Arch- prior to the arrival of Archbishop Spyridon- were publicly sup- Spanos, appointed an Ad Hoc Committee whose purpose was bishop? “...to review the finances of the Archdiocese, and in light of porting the GOAL corporation which had called for and con- With the expiration of the lease on the cottage due in Sep- tinues to call for the removal of our Archbishop. that review, to make a recommendation regarding the provi- tember, 1998, a recommendation regarding the purchase of a home sion of Housing for His Eminence, Archbishop Spyridon.” • Does the Archdiocese own a house for an Archbishop for Archbishop Spyridon was made by the Finance Committee of ... any Archbishop? • Did the Ad Hoc Committee provide the review for the Archdiocesan Council at their March 7, 1998 meeting. The which it had been appointed? The Archdiocese owns and maintains a house -the Archi- recommendation was well-received, but not made into a motion. episcopal residence- in Rye, New York. The retired Archbishop, No report made at that meeting was received with a motion. Prior No. Their review focused on the functional inabilites of Iakovos lives there and will continue to do so for the remain- to this recommendation the Archdiocesan Council had never con- the Finance Department -such as its inability to report current der of this life. The agreement which was approved by the sidered the issue of housing for the new Archbishop. information on a monthly basis, as is they had been created by Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Council in 1996 in- those who had only recently assumed their roles. The fact is • What problems arose in finding a home for the Arch- that these inefficiencies had existed -in spite of recommenda- cluded arrangements for Administrative expenses, medical bishop? coverage, housing allowance, grocery and food expense, of- tions made by independent outside auditors as late as 1994- for fices, traveling and staffing, at an annual cost to the Archdio- Given the realities of the real estate market in New York, a number of years. Their review also focused on the funds do- cese of over $300,000 a year. It should be noted that these action has to be taken immediately when one finds a suitable nated to replace the lost deposit for the property, despite the living arrangements were made before Archbishop Spyridon property with regards to a contract for that property. Keeping fact that the donor wished to remain anonymous. Finally, the arrived. The Archdiocese proudly honors this agreement. this in mind and believing they had the tacit approval of the report never did address the financial capacity of the Archdio- Archdiocesan Council, the Chancellor, the Very Reverend Fa- • Where has Archbishop Spyridon lived since his ar- cese to undertake the obligation of housing for His Eminence, ther George G. Passias signed a contract as a representative of rival in September, 1996? Archbishop Spyridon. the Archdiocese; and with the Finance Committee Chairper- Living arrangements for Archbishop Spyridon were made • How was the review of the Ad Hoc Committee re- son, Mr. John Mavroudis, issued a deposit of $139,000 for the ceived by the Archdiocese? and approved by the Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan purchase. Copies of the signed contract and other pertinent Council -without his knowledge before his arrival. The arrange- document on the property were sent to the Executive Commit- First, with regard to the functional inefficiencies of the ments included the rental of a 1,500 square foot cottage in a tee of the Archdiocesan Council. In fact, a poll of the Execu- Finance Committee, significant changes have been made to its state of disrepair at a cost to the Archdiocese of approximately tive Committees taken by Mr. Mavroudis one day before the policies and procedures. Specifically, the reporting on a monthly $58,000 a year. The rental expired in September, 1998. scheduled tele-conference meeting held on April 30, 1998 in- basis of the financial position of the Archdiocese has been put • Where does His Eminence now reside? dicated that a majority were in favor of the purchase. Given into place under this administration as of October, 1998. Since the lease expired in September, 1998, he still re- the fact that the Executive Committee was comprised of indi- Second, the review of the Ad Hoc Committee is at best sides in rented housing in the greater New York area at a cost viduals scattered across the country and could not physically inadequate, since it does not adhere to its purpose. Further- to the Archdiocese of over $66,000 a year. convene at a moment’s notice, the actions taken by the Chan- more, the review was posted on the GOAL corporation website before the Executive Committee received it. • Why is there a need for a second Archiepiscopal resi- cellor and the Finance Committee Chairperson were based on dence? the implied approval of the Executive Committee. Third, the review of the Ad Hoc Committee is offensive to the Chancellor who solicited the donation; but especially to a) The fact is that Archbishops do receive heads of state, • Did the Executive Committee agree to the purchase? the donor who donated $140,500. This amount covers the lost high-ranking clergy of many denominations and other digni- Why or why not? deposit, with interest. The legitimacy of this transaction has taries. It would not be appropriate to have such people calling The vote taken at the scheduled tele-conference meeting at a less-than-suitable residence. held on April 30, 1998 was against the purchase. The Office of been verified by BDO Siedman. b) As any homeowner knows, by continuing to rent a the Archbishop and the Office of the Chancellor acknowledge As of this writing, the Archdiocese continues to honor the house, the Archdiocese loses the potential to build equity for that the Executive Committee should have been called on to agreement made with the retired Archbishop, Iakovos; and it itself. vote on the contract prior to its being signed. continues its rental expenditure for Archbishop Spyridon. THE ARCHDIOCESE RESPONDS TO CLAIMS CONCERNING SALARIES

An investigative report prepared by BDO Seidman, LLP, Fr. Passias, or to the Petty Cashier; to determine the classifi- site in order to cause financial instability to the National Min- the independent outside auditor of the Archdiocese, strongly cation of each check; and to trace checks to supporting docu- istries of the Church. Such a position must be rejected as un- refutes the allegations raised in two affidavits filed in con- mentation. Finally, BDO was to determine that payments acceptable, as it is both contrary to the facts and the intent of junction with the suit against the Archdiocese brought by drawn for the Archbishop and Fr. Passias were properly re- the Parish By-Laws. Simos Dimas. The affidavits, filed by former Director of Fi- ported to the IRS. What has taken place is a development of the financial nance Jerry Dimitriou and former Treasurer of the Executive The conclusion of the BDO Seidman report is that it can management of the Archdiocese to a new and better level of Committee Helen Bender, contend that His Eminence Arch- clearly demonstrated that there was no unreported income accountability and responsibility. No one currently at the Arch- bishop Spyridon and the Chancellor of the Archdiocese, the paid either to the Archbishop or to Father Passias and that all diocese is going to criticize the past; all of us need to see the Very Reverend George G. Passias, were paid “off the books” reporting requirements were met. development of these procedures as an ongoing process of in an effort to subvert the tax laws of the United States. It has been claimed by some that the Archdiocese, and professional growth. The fact that improvements can and have BDO Seidman, LLP, prepared the report at the request specifically the Archbishop and the Chancellor, have tried to been made is sign of institutional health. Your Church, your of George D. Chelpon, the Acting Finance Director with the subvert the financial management of the Archdiocese. This Archdiocese only seeks for fairness and equity. It is unfortu- enthusiastic support of the Archbishop and the Chancellor. type of false characterization of the leadership of our Church nate that the climate of dialogue is such that voices of criti- The report was designed to review all bank statements and can serve only to polarize and scandalize our community. In cism seem to be trying to dominate the community life of our canceled checks for all Archdiocese bank accounts, includ- fact, under the leadership of Archbishop Spyridon, there has Church. We hope that these facts —and that’s what they are— ing the Archbishop Spyridon Charitable Account. Specifically, been a concerted effort to improve the financial practices of facts, will clear up erroneous impressions that are being fos- the report was to identify all checks payable to the Archbishop, the Archdiocese. There are those who would assert the oppo- tered by some within the Church.

St. Michael’s home, a caring environment for retirees, in Yonkers, N.Y. The main building of St. Basil’s Academy in Garrison, N.Y. PAGE 14 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 A Small Church in the Shenandoah Valley PEOPLE PARISH profile Classical guitarist

Name: The Cultural Committee of Holy Trin- ity Archdiocesan Cathedral in Manhattan Dormition of the Virgin Mary will present Christina Travlopoulou, a clas- Greek Orthodox Church sical guitarist currently enrolled at the Location: Julliard School on a Fulbright Foundation Scholarship, in concert at 7:30 p.m., May Winchester, Va. 5 at the Cathedral Center. Size: Ms. Travlopoulou has studied at the Nakas Conservatoire in Athens and at the About 20 families Royal Academy of Music in London. She Founded: made her concerto debut with the London 1964 Soloists’ Chamber Orchestra and has per- formed in the United States and major cit- Diocese: ies in Greece. She is the recipient of sev- New Jersey eral musical awards, including the Julian Bream Prize, and the Onassis Foundation Clergy: Presb. Michael Yachnis and Philippos Nakas awards. Noteworthy: First known Greek Orthodox to Officer Promoted settle in the Shenandoah Valley Achilles Sakis, a USAF officer stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, recently DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY CHURCH was promoted to the rank of captain. He is the son of Mr and Mrs. George and Sotiria ore than 50 years ago, the first founded in 1964 with foundations: “love selfishly dedicated herself to the benefit Tsakeredes, parishioners of St Demetrios Greek immigrants found their your God...and love your neighbor as your- of this community. M Church in Jamaica, N.Y. way to the Shenandoah Valley self.” The main purpose for building the Also the former cantor, Mr. Em- and became the first Greek Orthodox to Church was purely spiritual. A place to wor- manuel Skarvounis and the present can- settle as citizens of Winchester. ship the one and only God with all the means tor Mr. George Kakouras have greatly Officers elected These humble pioneers sought to es- which He has given to the Greek Orthodox helped, as volunteers to chant the beau- tablish a new way of life in an environ- people of the Winchester community. tiful Greek Orthodox hymns. AHEPA Chapter 152 in Los Angeles ment that offered them the opportunity Between 1964 and 1974, the Church Hundreds of Orthodox come to the recently elected Chris G. Daly as president to grow and to develop into fine citizens. was served by visiting priests from the annual festival (Paniyiri) held in August for the 1999-2000 term. The first Greek immigrants were Washington metropolitan area and else- to worship Panayia. Re-elected were George A. Leon, vice equipped with innate intelligence, with where. Rev. Maximos Aghiourgoussis (now Faithful people suffering from vari- president; Peter C. Latsis, secretary; and George V. Gialketsis, treasurer. their ever-present deep-rooted faith in Metropolitan Maximos of Aenos), Rev. Tho- ous illnesses pray to Panayia of Winches- God, in the Greek Orthodox Church, and mas Daniel, Rev. James Kalaris, Rev. ter for the restoration of their health. Spe- Daly succeeds Peter Koustas, who in the internal ideas and principles of Dimitrios Dogias, Rev. Efstration Spyro- cific cases have been reported in which served as president since 1995. He will their Hellenic Heritage. poulos, Rev. Gerasimos Raspias and Rev. restoration of health was complete. The continue as an advisor. With their bold and adventurous Paul Economidis served the community news about the spiritual and cultural life All five members are parishioners of spirit, they became vital assets to eco- during this period. of this small community have spread to St. Sophia Cathedral. nomic, cultural, and spiritual life of their In 1974 Rev. Michael Yachnis, a volun- other communities. People have come community. teer priest, started to perform Divine Litur- from all over the United States and Grecian In the beginning their main concern gies every Sunday and other Divine Sacra- Canada, as well as Greece and Hawaii. was to be successful in business and to ments. From 1974 to present the small but Designer create good wholesome families. Be- The Winchester church spiritually dynamic community extended cause of their industry and courage they was designated at first as a the church and the altar and beautified overcame many obstacles and accom- chapel of the Sts. Con- them with Byzantine iconography and Watch plished their objectives. stantine and Helen stain glass windows, large chandelier, Greek Ortho- Epitaphio, and Bishop’s throne. While the community was WINCHESTER small it was not nec- dox Church They installed an air conditioning essary to organize of Washing- system and a sound system and a bell it with the in- ton. tower with two bells. Lately the hall of $34.00 tent to cre- On Feb. 18, the Church and the kitchen facilities were ate physi- 1983, Metropoli- expanded. Featuring the cal facili- tan Silas elevated The few dedicated Greek Orthodox Grecian Flag (in color) ties to carry on the cultural, economic the chapel into an families in Winchester have accom- with the 12-hour points and spiritual aims of the community. independent church under the auspices of plished a monumental task. No wonder in Greek lettering. This As the first and second generation the Diocese of New Jersey. the visitors to our Church are puzzled. Grecian watch features Americans of Hellenic descent became The spiritual life of the community was The answer is simple. The hard working precision movements and hands, participants in the life and Church, a strengthened by the volunteer work which people of Winchester, with diversified goldtone case, stone crown and physical structure became a necessary each one has given to the Church. backgrounds and interests work as a uni- genuine leather Navy blue band. This means of preserving their faith and tra- Our volunteer priest and his presbytera, fied team of volunteers for their God. watch including a White Gift Box shipping ditions on the American scene. in spite of their advanced age and with the One said “The Dormition of the Vir- and handling is now offered to you at In 1962, at a community meeting it blessing of our Panayia travel 150 miles from gin Mary Church in Winchester is the $34.00. Also available – our Navy Blue was decided to build a church on the lot their home in Washington, to Winchester only Christian Church known where ev- framed 12 inch GRECIAN WALL CLOCK at purchased for $10,000. Now the com- in order to serve the community. The Di- erybody, from the priest down to the this same all inclusive $34.00 price. The munity of Winchester was at the cross- vine Services have been greatly enhanced youngest member, work as real volun- quality of these timepieces is such that roads of success. by the choir under the leadership of Mrs. teers for the salvation of their souls and you benefit from our lifetime warranty. 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Óôá ðëáßóéá ôçò ðáñáìïíÞò ôïõ óôçí ÁèÞíá èá Ý÷åé ôçò ÑåâÝêêáò Ðáðáäïðïýëïõ óõíáíôÞóåéò ìå ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï Áèçíþí êáé ÐÜóçò ÅëëÜäïò ×ñéóôüäïõëï êáé ôá ¢ãéåò ÇìÝñåò ôïõ ÐÜó÷á êáé äÝ÷èçêáí ôç ìÝëç ôçò ÉåñÜò Óõíüäïõ, ôïí ðñüåäñï ôçò íý÷ôá ôïõ ÌåãÜëïõ ÓáââÜôïõ áðü ôá Äçìïêñáôßáò Ê. Óôåöáíüðïõëï, ôïí ÷Ýñéá ôïõ ðíåõìáôéêïý ôïõò çãÝôç, ôïõ Ðñùèõðïõñãü Ê. Óçìßôç, ôïí Ðñüåäñï Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò Óðõñßäùíá, ôï ôçò ÂïõëÞò Áð. ÊáêëáìÜíç, ôïí Áñ÷çãü ÁíáóôÜóéìï Öùò. ôçò ÁîéùìáôéêÞò Áíôéðïëßôåõóçò Ê. ÊáñáìáíëÞ, Õðïõñãïýò, ôïí ÄÞìáñ÷ï ÁíÜóôáóç Áèçíþí Ä. Áâñáìüðïõëï, Üëëïõò ¢ñ÷ï- ×éëéÜäåò ðéóôïß áðü íùñßò êáôÝ- íôåò ôçò ôïðéêÞò Áõôïäéïßêçóçò êáé êëõóáí ôïõò ÷þñïõò Ýîù áëëÜ êáé ìÝóá Üëëïõò åðéóÞìïõò. óôïí Êáèåäñéêü Íáü ôïõ Áãßïõ Äçìç- Ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò èá ðáñáóôåß óå ðëÞ- ôñßïõ óôçí Áóôüñéá, ðåñéìÝíïíôáò ôï èïò ôéìçôéêþí åêäçëþóåùí ðïõ èá ÷áñìüóõíï ìÞíõìá ôçò ÁíáóôÜóåùò. äéïñãáíùèïýí ðñïò ôéìÞ ôïõ êáé èá ÇìÝñá áãÜðçò êáé åëðßäáò ç çìÝñá Äçì. ÐáíÜãïò óõëëåéôïõñãÞóåé ìå ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ôïõ ÐÜó÷á êáé ãëõêéÜ ç ðñïóìïíÞ ôçò Ìáæß ìå ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ôï âñÜäõ ôçò ÁíÜóôáóçò ï äÞìáñ÷ïò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò Ñïýíôé Áèçíþí ×ñéóôüäïõëï. ÁíÜóôáóçò ôïõ Êõñßïõ. ÔæïõëéÜíé (äåîéÜ) êáé ïé ðñüîåíïé ôçò ÅëëÜäïò êáé ôçò Êýðñïõ, ×áñ. ÌÜíåóçò êáé Ðáíô. ÇëéÜäçò Óôçí ÁèÞíá èá ðáñáìåßíåé áðü 20 ÌÞíõìá áãÜðçò êáé åíüôçôáò Ýóôåé- öÝñíåé ç ÁíÜóôáóç ôïõ ×ñéóôïý. Åõ÷á- ôïõ Åðéôáößïõ, ó’ ïëüêëçñç ôçí ÁìåñéêÞ. Ýùò êáé 27 ÌáÀïõ. Óôçí óõíÝ÷åéá èá ëå óôïõò ðéóôïýò ï ðñïêáèÞìåíïò ôçò ñéóôþ ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï Óðõñßäùíá, ôïí Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò Óðõñßäùí ôÝëåóå ìåôáâåß óå Ìçôñïðüëåéò ôïõ Ïéêïõ- Åëëçíïñèüäïîçò Åêêëçóßáò ôçò ÁìåñéêÞò, ðíåõìáôéêü çãÝôç ôçò Åëëçíïñèüäïîçò ôï áðüãåõìá ôçò ÌåãÜëçò ÐáñáóêåõÞò ìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ, ôùí ëåãïìÝíùí åõ÷üìåíüò ôïõò <×ñéóôüò ÁíÝóôç> êáé Åêêëçóßáò óôçí ÁìåñéêÞ, ðïõ “áãêáëéÜæåé” ôçí áêïëïõèßá ôçò ÁðïêáèÞëùóçò óôïí íÝùí ÷ùñþí, óôç Âüñåéï ÅëëÜäá áðü 27 æçôþíôáò ôïõò íá «êñáôÞóïõí øçëÜ ôï ùò ðíåõìáôéêüò çãÝôçò üëïõò ôïõò Éåñü Íáü ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäáò óôï Íéïý ÌáÀïõ Ýùò 5 Éïõíßïõ. Ïé ðüëåéò ðïõ èá Öùò ôçò Ðßóôçò ôïõò: êáôïßêïõò ôçò ðüëçò ìáò», ôüíéóå áðåõèõ- ÑïóÝë, åíþ ôï âñÜäõ ôÝëåóå ôçí ÐåñéöïñÜ åðéóêåöèåß åêåß åßíáé ôï ¢êôéïí, ç ÐñÝâå- «ÁõôÞ ôç íý÷ôá ç öëüãá ôùí ðáó÷á- íüìåíïò óôïõò ÷éëéÜäåò ðéóôïýò ï ê. ôïõ Åðéôáößïõ óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôïõ Áãßïõ æá, ôá ÉùÜííéíá, ôï ÌÝôóïâï, ôá ÃñåâåíÜ, ëéíþí óáò ëáìðÜäùí ãåìßæåé ôçí ÅêêëçóéÜ ÔæïõëéÜíé. ÍéêïëÜïõ óôï ÖëÜóéíãê ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò. ôï Ôóïôýëé, ç ÊáóôïñéÜ, ç Êáôåñßíç, ç ìå éåñü Öùò. AëëÜ áëëïý áõôÞ ôç íý÷ôá, ÁðïêáèÞëùóç - ÅðéôÜöéïò ÈñÞíïò Ëßãï ðñéí ôçí ðåñéöïñÜ ôïõ Åðéôá- ÂÝñïéá, ç ÍÜïõóá, ôéò Âåñãßíåò, ç Èåó- óå Üëëá ìÝñç ôçò Õöçëßïõ Ý÷ïõí áíÜøåé ößïõ ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò áðçýèõíå óáëïíßêç, ç ÊáëáìáñéÜ, ç ÍÝá Ìç÷á- ïé öëüãåò ôïõ ìßóïõò. Öïõíôþíïõí ïé ¿ñåò ðñéí, ÷éëéÜäåò ïìïãåíåßò êáôÝê- ëõóáí ôïõò íáïýò êáé ìå åõëÜâåéá êáé ìÞíõìá áãÜðçò ðñïò üëïõò ôïõò Ïñèü- íéþíá, ç ÍåÜðïëç, ï ×ïñôéÜôçò, ï Ëáãêá- öùôéÝò ôçò åèíéêéóôéêÞò êáé öõëåôéêÞò äïîïõò ×ñéóôéáíïýò, æçôþíôáò ôïõò íá äÜò, ç Áñíáßá, ç ÄñÜìá, ôï ÊÜôù Íåõñï- âßáò, ñß÷íïíôáò ôçí áíßåñç óêéÜ ôïõò êáôÜíõîç ðáñáêïëïýèçóáí ôçí Áêïëïõ- èßá ôçò ÁðïêáèÞëùóçò êáé ôçí ðåñéöïñÜ êüðé, ïé ÓÝññåò, ôï Óéäçñüêáóôñï, ôï ðÜíù óôïí õðüëïéðï ðëáíÞôç. Ðþò èá ˜ óåë. 16 Êéëêßò, êáé ç Çãïõìåíßôóá. óôáìáôÞóïõìå åìåßò ôéò öùôéÝò ôïõ ìßóïõò êáé ôçò êáôáðßåóçò; Ðþò èá óâÞóïõìå åìåßò ôéò öëüãåò ôçò áäéêßáò êáé Ï Ðñùèõðïõñãüò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò óôçí É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞ ôïõ öõëåôéóìïý; »Áí ðïôÝ õðÞñîå öùôéÜ ðïõ ìðü- ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ.—Ôçí ÉåñÜ Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞ êáé ôïí Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ñåóå íá êáôáðáëÝøåé ôç öùôéÜ, áõôÞ ÁìåñéêÞò ê. Óðõñßäùíá, åðéóêÝöèçêå ï Ðñùèõðïõñãüò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò ê. Þôáí ôï Éåñü Öùò ôçò ðáó÷áëéíÞò ìáò Êþóôáò Óçìßôçò óÞìåñá 20 Áðñéëßïõ. öëüãáò. Åêôåßíåôáé ôï ÷Ýñé ìïõ óôï ÷Ýñé ÌåôÜ ôç äïîïëïãßá óôï ðáñåêêëÞóé ôïõ Áðïóôüëïõ Ðáýëïõ êáé ôçí óáò áõôÞ ôç Íý÷ôá ãéá íá ìïéñáóôïýìå éäéáßôåñç óõíÜíôçóç ç ôùí äýï áíäñþí, ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ôçí ÁíÜóôáóç. ÊñáôÞóôå øçëÜ ôï Öùò êáé ï ê. Óçìßôçò ðáñá÷þñçóáí êïéíÞ óõíÝíôåõîç ôýðïõ. ôçò Ðßóôçò óáò. ÁöÞóôå ôï Öùò óáò íá Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò äÞëùóå ðùò ç óõíÜíôçóÞ ôïõò åðéêåíôñþèçêå óôéò ëÜìøåé ìðñïóôÜ áðü ôïí ïéêôñÜ äåéíï- ó÷Ýóåéò êáé ôç óõíåñãáóßá ôçò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò êáé ôçò ÏìïãÝíåéáò ìå ôçí ðáèïýíôá ëáü ôïõ Êïóóõöïðåäßïõ êáé ÌçôÝñá Ðáôñßäá êáé óôç êñßóç ðïõ óõãêëïíßæåé ôá ÂáëêÜíéá. ôçò õðüëïéðçò Ãéïõãêïóëáâßáò. ÁöÞóôå <ÓõæçôÞóáìå äõíáôïýò ôñüðïõò áíÜðôõîçò êáé óõíåñãáóßáò óå üóï ôï íá ëÜìøåé ìÝóá áðü ôá Ýñãá ãåííáéï- ôï äõíáôü ðåñéóóüôåñïõò ôïìåßò, óôïí ôïìÝá ôïí Åêðáéäåõôéêü, óôïí ôïìÝá äùñßáò êáé åëÝïõò. ÁöÞóôå ôï íá ëÜìøåé ôçò áíôáëëáãÞò íÝùí óôï ðëáßóéï ôùí êáôáóêçíùôéêþí áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêþí ìÝóá áðü ôéò ðñïóåõ÷Ýò êáé ôéò äåÞóåéò ðñïãñáììÜôùí óôçí ÅëëÜäá êáé óôïí ôïìÝá ôçò ðñïþèçóçò ôùí åèíéêþí óáò. ÁöÞóôå ôï íá ëÜìøåé ìÝóá áðü ôéò ìáò èåìÜôùí> åßðå ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò. äçìüóéåò åêêëÞóåéò ãéá äéêáéïóýíç êáé ÅîÜëëïõ ìéëþíôáò ãéá ôçí êñßóç ðïõ óõãêëïíßæåé ôá ÂáëêÜíéá êáé ôïõò åéñÞíç. ÁöÞóôå ôï ðáó÷áëéíü öùò ôçò âïìâáñäéóìïýò ôçò Ãéïõãêïóëáâßáò ï Óåâáóìéüôáôïò åðáíÝëáâå ôçí ðÜãéá ðßóôçò óáò óôïí ÁíáóôÜíôá Êýñéï íá èÝóç ôçò Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò üôé <ç ëýóç ãéá ôçí êñßóç óôï ÊïóóõöïðÝäéï äåí ëÜìøåé ãéá íá éäïýí ïé Üíäñåò êáé ïé åßíáé ç åðÝêôáóç êáé äéåýñõíóç ôïõ ðïëÝìïõ, áëëÜ ç Üìåóç êáôÜðáõóç ãõíáßêåò êáé ôá ðáéäéÜ ôïõ Êïóóõöï- ôùí âïìâáñäéóìþí êáé ç áóöáëÞò åðéóôñïöÞ ôùí ðñïóöýãùí>. Óôç ðåäßïõ ôá êáëÜ óáò Ýñãá êáé íá äïîÜæïõí óõíÝ÷åéá åîÝöñáóå ôçí åëðßäá êáé ôçí åìðéóôïóýíç üôé ç ÅëëçíéêÞ ôïí ÐáôÝñá óáò ôïí åí ôïéò ïõñáíïßò». êõâÝñíçóç <ìå åðéêåöáëÞò ôïí ê. Óçìßôç èá êÜíåé ü,ôé äõíáôü ãéá íá ÌÞíõìá åíüôçôáò êáé áãÜðçò Ýóôåé- áíáëçöèåß ìéá íÝá ðñùôïâïõëßá ðïõ èá áðïâëÝðåé óå åéñçíéêÞ åðßëõóç ëå óôïõò ðéóôïýò êáé ï ÄÞìáñ÷ïò ôçò ôïõ üëïõ ðñïâëÞìáôïò>. ÊáôáëÞãïíôáò ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò åõ÷áñßóôçóå ðüëçò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, Ñïýíôïëö Ôæïõ- ôïí Ðñùèõðïõñãü ãéá ôçí åðßóêåøÞ ôïõ óôçí Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞ êáé ôïí ëéÜíé, ï ïðïßïò êáé öÝôïò ôç íý÷ôá ôçò äéáâåâáßùóå üôé èá õðÜñîåé êÜèå äõíáôÞ óõíåñãáóßá áð’ áõôÞí ôçí ÁíÜóôáóçò âñÝèçêå ìáæß ìå ôïõò Åëëçíï- ðëåõñÜ ôïõ Ùêåáíïý ìå ôçí ÌçôÝñá Ðáôñßäá. áìåñéêáíïýò óõìðïëßôåò ôïõ, äå÷üìåíïò Ï Ðñùèõðïõñãüò

êáé áõôüò ôï áíáóôÜóéìï Öùò áðü ôá <Ðéóôåýïõìå üôé èá ðñÝðåé íá âïçèÞóïõìå üóï ìðïñïýìå ôïí Äçì. ÐáíÜãïò ÷Ýñéá ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò. Óåâáóìéüôáôï êáé ôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ Ïñèüäïîç Åêêëçóßá, áëëÜ âÝâáéá êáé ôçí êáé ôïõò ôñüðïõò ìå ôïõò ïðïßïõò ìðïñïýìå íá «Åõ÷áñéóôþ ôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ Êïéíüôçôá ÏìïãÝíåéá óôéò äñáóôçñéüôçôÝò ôïõò åäþ óôéò ÇÐÁ> ôüíéóå ï ê. Óçìßôçò åðéôý÷ïõìå ôçí åéñÞíç. Ãéáôß ãéá ìáò óôçí ÅëëÜäá, åßíáé ôçò Áóôüñéáò, ôïõò ¸ëëçíåò ôçò ÍÝáò óôçí áíôéöþíçóç ôïõ. Áíáöåñüìåíïò óôá åèíéêÜ èÝìáôá åßðå ìåôáîý éäéáßôåñá óçìáíôéêü íá õðÜñ÷åé åéñÞíç óôçí ðåñéï÷Þ. Õüñêçò ðïõ ìïéñÜæïíôáé ìáæß ìáò, ìå ôçí Üëëùí: <Ç Åêêëçóßá åßíáé ðÜíôá áñùãüò, åßíáé óõíåñãÜôçò, åßíáé Åßíáé ç ðñïûðüèåóç êáé ãéá ôçí áíÜðôõîÞ ìáò, áëëÜ ÍÝá Õüñêç êáé ïëüêëçñï ôïí êüóìï, ôï ðñùôáãùíéóôÞò ãéá ôçí áíôéìåôþðéóÞ ôïõò. Åßíáé ôï èÝìá ôïõ Êõðñéáêïý, êáé ç ðñïûðüèåóç íá ðïñåõôåß ï ÷þñïò áõôüò, Ýíáí ìÞíõìá ôçò åëðßäáò êáé ôçò åíüôçôáò ðïõ ôï èÝìá ôùí Åëëçíïôïõñêéêþí ó÷Ýóåùí, áëëÜ êáé ôþñá ôï èÝìá ôùí Üëëï äñüìï, ôï äñüìï ôçò áíÜðôõîçò êáé ôçò Âáëêáíßùí, ôçò ðïñåßáò ôçò ÂáëêáíéêÞò, ôïõ ñüëïõ ðïõ èá ðáßîåé ç ÅëëÜäá åõçìåñßáò. Ãé’ áõôü ôï óôü÷ï åñãáæüìáóôå>.

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˜ óåë. 15 ðñïóåõ÷çèïýí ãéá ôïõò ïñèüäïîïõò áäåëöïýò óôç Óåñâßá. «Ç æùÞ, ëïéðüí, êáôÝâçêå óôïí ÔÜöï ãéá íá ìáò äþóåé åìÜò ìéá íÝá æùÞ, ãéá íá ÷áñßóåé ìéá íÝá äéÜóôáóç óôç æùÞ ìáò. Êáé üôáí ëÝìå ìéá íÝá æùÞ, åííïïýìå ìéá æùÞ ÷ùñßò áìáñôßá, ìéá æùÞ ìå ðïëëÞ áãÜðç», åðéóÞìáíå ï Óåâáóìéüôáôïò. «Ç õðüèåóç ôïõ ÔÜöïõ ôïõ Éçóïý äåí ôåëåéþíåé åäþ. Åßíáé ìéá äéçíåêÞò õðüèåóç êáé èá åßíáé äéçíåêÞò åöüóïí óôïí êüóìï ìáò èá õðÜñ÷ïõí åõôõ÷åßò êáé äõóôõ÷åßò êáé åöüóïí èá ðÝöôïõìå óôçí ðáãßäá ôùí äéáêñßóåùí ôùí Í. Ìáããßíáò öôù÷þí êáé ôùí ðëïõóßùí. Êáé åöüóïí èá õðÜñ÷ïõí äõíÜóôåò êáé åëåýèåñïé, ï ÔÜöïò áõôüò èá åßíáé ðÜíôá åêåß, ãéá íá ìáò èõìßæåé üôé äåí áíôáðïêñéèÞêáìå óôçí ÏÉ ÌÕÑÏÖÏÑÅÓ ÃÕÍÁÉÊÅÓ ôüóç áãÜðç ôïõ Èåïý ãéá ìáò. Åêåßíïò ìáò Ýäùóå áãÜðç, åìåßò äå ìðïñÝóáìå íá ôçí êáëëéåñãÞóïõìå ïýôå óôéò Ïé ðñþôåò åõáããåëßóôñéåò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò êáñäéÝò ìáò, ïýôå óôéò óõíáíáóôñïöÝò ìáò, ïýôå óôçí êïéíùíßá ìáò, ïýôå óôéò êáèçìåñéíÝò ìáò óõíïìéëßåò». Éäéáßôåñá óõãêéíçìÝíï ôï åêêëçóßáóìá Üêïõóå ôïí å åîáßñåôç áðëüôçôá êáé ïé ôÝóóåñåéò ðáíéêïâëÞèçêáí óôçí óêÝøç ôïõ ïãêþäïõò ëßèïõ ðïõ ðíåõìáôéêü ôïõ çãÝôç íá ìéëÜ ãéá ôï äñÜìá ôùí ÅõáããåëéóôÝò ðåñéãñÜöïõí ôçí ðñÜãìáôé êÜëõðôå ôçí èýñá ôïõ ìíçìåßïõ. Êáé ï ÁíáóôÜò Êýñéïò Ïñèïäüîùí ÓÝñâùí êáé íá ôïõò æçôÜ íá óôñÝøïõí ôç Ì áëçóìüíçôç êáé óõãêéíçôéêÞ åðßóêåøç ôùí áíôÜìåéøå ðëïýóéá êáé ôçí ðßóôç ôïõò êáé ôçí óêÝøç ôïõò åêåß. Ìõñïöüñùí ãõíáéêþí óôïí ÔÜöï ôïõ Êõñßïõ Éçóïý. ðéóôüôçôÜ ôïõò, ôçí ôüëìç ôçò êáñäéÜò ôïõò, ôçí <Åêåß ï ÔÜöïò èá ðáñáìåßíåé ìå ôï Óþìá ôïõ Éçóïý, Ôá ãåãïíüôá ðïõ ðåñéÝâáëáí ôçí áîéïèáýìáóôç áõôÞ ãåííáßá êáñôåñéêüôçôá ôçò øõ÷Þò ôïõò. ¹ôáí ïé ãéá íá ìáò èõìßæåé üôé ï êüóìïò ÷ñåéÜæåôáé áêüìç ðïëëÞ åðßóêåøç Þôáí óõãêëïíéóôéêÜ. Ï <çãáðçìÝíïò ðñþôåò, ðïõ áíôßêñéóáí ôïí ×ñéóôü ÁíáóôÜíôá, ïé áãÜðç, üôé ï êüóìïò êïõñÜóôçêå êáé áðü ôïí ðüíï êáé ÄéäÜóêáëïò> óôïí ïðïßïí åß÷áí åíáðïèÝóåé ôüóåò ðñþôåò ðïõ Ýëáâáí ôçí áíåêôßìçôç åíôïëÞ íá áðü ôç èëßøç êáé áðü ôá äÜêñõá. Ãéá íá ìáò èõìßæåé üôé åëðßäåò ïé ðéóôïß èáõìáóôÝò ôïõ, åß÷å ïéêôñü èÜíáôï. áíáããåßëïõí ôï ðáíåõöñüóõíï ãåãïíüò ôçò ÁíáóôÜ- åêåß óôá ÷þìáôá ôçò Óåñâßáò õðÜñ÷ïõí Üíèñùðïé ÊáôáðñïäïìÝíïò, åãêáôáëåëåéììÝíïò, êáôáðåñéöñï- óåùò ôïõ Êõñßïõ. Ãé’ áõôü Ýíáò áðü ôïõò ðéï áîéü- Ïñèüäïîïé ôï ãÝíïò, Üíèñùðïé ðïõ Ýëáâáí ôçí Ïñèïäïîßá ëïãïõò åñìçíåõôÝò ôçò Áãßáò ÃñáöÞò, ï Åõèýìéïò áðü ôçí ÌåãÜëç Ôïõ ×ñéóôïý Åêêëçóßá óôçí Êùíóôáíôé- ôïõ êáè. Ãåùñãßïõ ÌðåìðÞ Æéãáâçíüò (12ïò áéþíáò) áðïêáëåß ôéò Ìõñïöüñåò, íïýðïëç. ¢íèñùðïé ãíÞóéá Ïñèüäïîïé, ïé ïðïßïé óÞìåñá <Áðïóôüëïõò ôùí Áðïóôüëùí> êáé óõìðëçñþíåé üôé, äåí ãéïñôÜæïõí, üðùò åìåßò, ïé ïðïßïé áýñéï äå èá üðùò ç ðñþôç ãõíáßêá, ç Åýá Ýãéíå <äéÜêïíïò ëýðçò> ìðïñÝóïõí íá öùíÜîïõí ôï ×ñéóôüò ÁíÝóôç, ãéáôß ôá íçìÝíïò åß÷å õðïóôåß ôïí ïäõíçñü èÜíáôï åðß ôïõ ìÜôéá ôïõò èá åßíáé ãåìÜôá áðü äÜêñõá êáé ç êáñäéÜ ôïõò áôéìùôéêïý îýëïõ ôïõ óôáõñïý, åí ìÝóù äýï êïéíþí óôï áíèñþðéíï ãÝíïò, ôþñá ïé Ìõñïöüñåò Ãõíáßêåò êáèßóôáíôáé <äéÜêïíïé ÷áñÜò> ãéá üëïõò ôïõò áðü ðüíï, äéüôé Ý÷ïõí ÷Üóåé ôá ðáéäéÜ ôïõò, ãéáôß ÷Üóáíå êáêïýñãùí ëçóôþí êáé ìå ôçí ÷ëåýç êáé ôïí åìðáéãìü ôá áäÝñöéá ôïõò, ãéáôß ÷Üóáíå ôïí ðáôÝñá ôïõò. ôùí óõìðáôñéùôþí ôïõ êáé ôçò ÑùìáúêÞò åîïõóßáò. áíèñþðïõò. (Åñìçíåßá åéò ôïí Ìáôèáßï). ïí êáô’ åîï÷Þí éåñïðñåðÞ ôßôëï ôçò »Ðñïò ôá åêåß íá óôñÝøåôå ôçí óêÝøç óáò êáé Ïé ìáèçôÝò ôïõ Éçóïý åß÷áí äéáóêïñðéóèåß êáé âëÝðïíôáò ôïí ÔÜöï ôïõ ×ñéóôïý íá óêÝöôåóôå üôé áí åîáöáíéóèåß êáé ï ðáãåñüò Üíåìïò ôçò áäéáöïñßáò áëëÜ <Ìõñïöüñïõ> ÷ñçóéìïðïéåß ðñþôá ï Üãéïò Ô ÁèáíÜóéïò ôïí 4ï áéþíá (Ðñïò Áíôéï÷åßò), ìðïñåßôå íá ÷áñßóåôå ôçí áãÜðç Ýóôù êáé óå Ýíáí êáé ôïõ öüâïõ åß÷áí ðëçììõñßóåé êáé ôéò ðéï ãåííáßåò Üíèñùðï, èá êÜíåôå Ýñãï ìåãÜëï. ×áñßóôå ôïõ áãÜðç, øõ÷Ýò ôùí ðéóôþí áêïëïýèùí ôïõ Éçóïý. Ôá üíåéñá Ýðåéôá ï Éåñïóïëõìßôçò ðñåóâýôåñïò Çóý÷éïò ôïí ðÝìðôï áéþíá (Åãêþìéï åéò ôïí Üãéï ÈùìÜ), ï ïðïßïò áãÜðç ãíÞóéá êáé áõèåíôéêÞ êáé èá Ý÷åôå äùñßóåé óôïí ãéá ôçí ðáñïõóßá ôïõ Ìåóóßá åß÷áí óâÞóåé. Ôï üñáìá êüóìï Ýíá áêüìç ÷áìüãåëï, áêüìç ìéá åõôõ÷ßá». ìéáò íÝáò èåüäïôçò Âáóéëåßáò åß÷å äéáëõèåß. ÅðéðëÝïí ãñÜöåé üôé ôá áãáèÜ ôá ïðïßá áðþëåóáí ìÝóù ôçò Þôáí ïëïöÜíåñç ç óêëçñÞ, êáôáðéåóôéêÞ ðáñïõóßá ôçò Åýáò ïé Üíèñùðïé ôá âñÞêáí ïé Ìõñïöüñåò Ãõíáßêåò. Ç ÌåãÜëç ÅâäïìÜäá ÁõôïêñáôïñéêÞò Ñþìçò, áëëÜ êáé ç óêëçñïêáñäßá êáé Ï Åðßóêïðïò Áíôéï÷åßáò Ãñçãüñéïò ôïí Ýêôï áéþíá Ôï âñÜäõ ôçò ÊõñéáêÞò ôùí ÂáÀùí ï ÐñïêáèÞìåíïò ôï ìßóïò ôï Üóâçóôï, ôïõ èñçóêåõôéêïý êáôáðéåóìÝíïõ áöéÝñùóå ïëüêëçñï êÞñõãìá ãéá ôéò Ìõñïöüñåò ôçò Åëëçíïñèüäïîçò Åêêëçóßáò ôçò ÁìåñéêÞò ÷ïñïóôÜ- ôçò ÉåñïõóáëÞì. ÌÝóá óôçí ôñïìáêôéêÞ áõôÞ Ãõíáßêåò êáé ôÝëïò ï Üãéïò Óùöñüíéïò ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ôçóå óôçí Áêïëïõèßá ôïõ Íõìößïõ óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôïõ áôìüóöáéñá ôïõ öüâïõ, ôçò áìöéâïëßáò êáé ôçò ãåíéêÞò Éåñïóïëýìùí ôïí Ýâäïìï áéþíá óôçí åñìçíåßá ôçò Åõáããåëéóìïý ôçò Èåïôüêïõ óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç, ôç ÌåãÜëç êáé ïëïêëçñùôéêÞò Ý÷èñáò ðáñïõóéÜæïíôáé ïé çñùéêÝò ËåéôïõñãéêÞò æùÞò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò ðáñïìïéÜæåé ôïí ÄåõôÝñá óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôïõ Áãßïõ Êùíóôáíôßíïõ êáé ãõíáßêåò, ðïõ áøçöþíôáò êÜèå åìðüäéï, ìç ëïãáñéÜ- Üìâùíá ôùí íáþí ìáò ìå ôïí áðïêõëéóèÝíôá ëßèï ôïõ ÅëÝíçò óôï Ìðñïýêëéí êáé ôç ÌåãÜëç Ôñßôç óôçí Áãßá æïíôáò êáìßá äõóêïëßá, áðïöáóßæïõí íá åêôåëÝóïõí ìíçìåßïõ ôïõ ÁíáóôÜíôïò ×ñéóôïý. ÔñéÜäá óôï ×ßêóâéë. ôï ýøéóôï èñçóêåõôéêü êáèÞêïí, áëëÜ êáé êáèÞêïí ¸ôóé ëïéðüí ç Åêêëçóßá ìáò ôéìÜ ôéò áðëÝò êáé Ôï âñÜäõ ôçò ÌåãÜëçò ÔåôÜñôçò ôÝëåóå ôï ¢ãéï ðéóôüôçôáò êáé áöïóßùóçò óôïí óôáõñùèÝíôá êáé çñùéêÝò ìõñïöüñåò ðïõ ðñþôåò Ýæçóáí ôçí ëáìðñï- Åõ÷Ýëáéï óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôïõ Áãßïõ Äçìçôñßïõ óôçí èáíüíôá ÄéäÜóêáëï. öüñá ÁíÜóôáóç ôïõ Êõñßïõ, êáèéåñþíïíôáò ôçí ôñßôç ÔæáìÝéêá. ÌåñéêÜ áðü ôá ïíüìáôá ôùí Ìõñïöüñùí áõôþí ÊõñéáêÞ ìåôÜ ôï ÐÜó÷á, ùò ÊõñéáêÞ ôùí Ìõñïöüñùí, Ôï ðñùß ôçò ÌåãÜëçò ÐÝìðôçò, ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò áãßùí ãõíáéêþí äéáóþæïíôáé áðü ôïõò éåñïýò ìáæß ìå ôçí áãßá ìíÞìç ôïõ áãßïõ ÍéêïäÞìïõ ôïõ ÁìåñéêÞò ôÝëåóå ôç Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá ôïõ Ìõóôéêïý ÅõáããåëéóôÝò. Ï ÅõáããåëéóôÞò Ìáôèáßïò áíáöÝñåé ôá åêëåêôïý íõêôåñéíïý ìáèçôïý ôïõ Êõñßïõ êáé ôïõ Äåßðíïõ óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôçò Êïßìçóçò ôçò Èåïôüêïõ óôï ïíüìáôá ôçò Ìáñßáò ôçò ÌáãäáëçíÞò, êáé ôçò <Üëëçò ÉùóÞö áðü ôçí Áñéìáèáßá. Ôï Üãéï ÐåíôçêïóôÜñéïí Ìðñïýêëéí êáé ôï âñÜäõ ôçí Áêïëïõèßá ôùí Ðáèþí óôïí Ìáñßáò>. Ï ÅõáããåëéóôÞò ÌÜñêïò áíáöÝñåé ôçí Ìáñßá (ôï âéâëßï ôçò Åêêëçóßáò ðïõ ðåñéÝ÷åé ôïõò ýìíïõò Êáèåäñéêü Íáü ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäáò óôï Ìáí÷Üôáí. ôçí ÌáãäáëçíÞ, ôçí Ìáñßá ôïõ Éáêþâïõ êáé ôçí ôçò ÁíáóôÜóåùò ìÝ÷ñé êáé ôçò ÐåíôçêïóôÞò) áðïêáëåß Ôï ðñùß ôïõ ÌåãÜëïõ ÓáââÜôïõ ï Óåâáóìéüôáôïò Óáëþìç. Ï ÅõáããåëéóôÞò ËïõêÜò ðñïóèÝôåé ôï üíïìá ôéò Ìõñïöüñåò ãõíáßêåò åõóåâåßò, èåïìáêÜñéóôåò, âñÝèçêå óôï ÑÜé, üðïõ êáé ôÝëåóå ôç Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá ôçò ÉùÜííáò êáé ï ÅõáããåëéóôÞò ÉùÜííçò ìíçìïíåýåé óåðôÝò, ðÜíóåìíåò, èåßåò ÌáèÞôñéåò ôïõ ×ñéóôïý, ôçò ÌéêñÞò ÁíÜóôáóçò óôïí Éåñü Íáü ôïõ ÓùôÞñïò. ìüíï ôï üíïìá ôçò Ìáñßáò ôçò ÌáãäáëçíÞò, áöÞíåé èåüöñïíåò êáé èåïðñåðåßò. Ï éåñüò õìíùäüò äå, Ôçí ÊõñéáêÞ ôïõ ÐÜó÷á ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò üìùò íá åííïçèåß üôé óõíïäåõüôáí êáé áðü Üëëåò ðñïóèÝôåé üôé ïé Ìõñïöüñåò Ãõíáßêåò åßíáé åõáããåëß- ôÝëåóå ôçí Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá ôçò ÁãÜðçò óôïí Éåñü Íáü ãõíáßêåò. Ï éåñüò ÓõíáîáñéóôÞò ïìéëåß ãéá åðôÜ óôñéåò, ðïõ åõáããåëßæïíôáé ôçí ðáíåõöñüóõíç êáé ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäáò óôï Bridgeport ôïõ ÊïííÝêôéêáô. Ìõñïöüñåò êáé ðñïóèÝôåé ôçí áñ÷áßá ðëçñïöïñßá, üôé ðáíÝíäïîç ÁíÜóôáóç ôïõ Êõñßïõ. Óôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï ç <Üëëç Ìáñßá> äåí Þôáí Üëëç ðáñÜ ç Èåïôüêïò, ç ¸êèáìâïò ï Üãéïò ÉùÜííçò ï ×ñõóüóôïìïò óôçí Ìå éåñïðñÝðåéá êáé ëáìðñüôçôá ãéïñôÜóôçêå óôï ÌçôÝñá ôïõ Êõñßïõ. 88ç ïìéëßá ôïõ óôïí ÅõáããåëéóôÞ Ìáôèáßï áíáöùíåß. óåðôü êÝíôñï ôçò Ïñèïäïîßáò, ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ- íáíôßëåêôá, ðïëëïß åñìçíåõôÝò ôùí <Åßäåò ôçí áíäñåßá ôùí ãõíáéêþí; Åßäåò ôçí áãÜðçí; ÷åßï Êùíóôáíôéíïõðüëåùò ç ëáìðñïöüñá ÁíÜóôáóç ôïõ Åõáããåëéêþí êåéìÝíùí ëÝíå üôé õðÞñîáí Åßäåò ôçí ìåãáëïöõ÷ßáí ôçí Ýìðñáêôïí, ç ïðïßá ×ñéóôïý. Óôçí ÁíáóôÜóéìç ëåéôïõñãßá ðáñáâñÝèçêáí ï Á ðïëëÝò Ìõñïöüñåò Ãõíáßêåò, ïé ïðïßåò, ßóùò öèÜíåé ìÝ÷ñé èáíÜôïõ; Áò ìéìçèïýìå ôáò ãõíáßêáò åìåßò ðñÝóâçò ôùí ÇÐÁ ÌÜñê ÐÜñéò, ï Ãåíéêüò Ðñüîåíïò ôçò åðéóêÝöôçêáí ôïí ôÜöï ôïõ Êõñßïõ êáôÜ êýìáôá. ïé Üíäñåò. 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Êþóôá ÷ñüíï ôç èçôåßá ôùí ìåëþí ôçò Åöï- ìðáäåýïíôáò ôéò ðïëéôéóìéêÝò áîßåò ôïõ ðëçñïöïñßåò ãéá ôïí áãéïãñÜöï, öùôï- Óçìßôç óôéò ÇÐÁ ðáñïõóéÜæåôáé áðü 19- ñåõôéêÞò ÅðéôñïðÞò ôïõ Åëëçíéêïý ðáíÜñ÷áéïõ åëëçíéêïý ðíåýìáôïò êáé ãñáöéêü õëéêü êáé videos áðü ôéò åñ- 23 Áðñéëßïõ, CD-ROM ðïõ äçìéïýñãçóå Ðïëéôéóôéêïý ÊÝíôñïõ ôçò Áñ÷éåðé- ôá êïóìïóùôÞñéá êáé øõ÷ïóùóôéêÜ ãáóßåò ôçò Ýñåõíáò êáé ôçò óõíôÞñçóçò ôï Ìïõóåßï ÌðåíÜêç ìå áöïñìÞ ôéò óêïðÞò, êáôÜ ôç äéÜñêåéá óõíåäñßáóÞò çèéêÜ äéäÜãìáôá ôïõ Ïñèüäïîïõ ×ñé- ìå áêôéíïãñáößåò, õðÝñõèñåò-õðåñéþ- åñãáóßåò óõíôÞñçóçò ôùí åéêüíùí ôçò ôçò ôïí ðåñáóìÝíï ìÞíá. óôéáíéóìïý. äåéò öùôïãñáößåò êáé ôïìÝò, êáèþò êáé ÓõëëïãÞò ÂåëéìÝæç. Ç æùíôÜíéá ôùí óõæçôÞóåùí, ç Ôçí ÅöïñåõôéêÞ ÅðéôñïðÞ ôïõ Áñ÷é- óõìðëçñùìáôéêÝò ðëçñïöïñßåò éóôïñé- Ïé ðáñïõóéÜóåéò, óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç, åõñçìáôéêüôçôá ôùí ðñïôÜóåùí êáé åðéóêïðéêïý Ðïëéôéóôéêïý ÊÝíôñïõ, êïý ðåñéå÷ïìÝíïõ êáé êáëëéôå÷íéêÞò óôçí ÏõÜóéãêôïí êáé óôï ÐáíåðéóôÞìéï ãåíéêÜ ç èåñìüôçôá êáé èÝëçóç ôùí åêôüò ôïõ äéåõèõíôÞ, Èåïö. Åðéóêüðïõ äéåßóäõóçò ìÝóá áðü ôéò áñìïíéêÝò ×Üñâáñíô Ýãéíáí ðáñïõóßá ôçò Õðïõñ- ìåëþí ôçò åðéôñïðÞò Þôáí ôá óôïé÷åßá Áðáìåßáò ê. ÂéêÝíôéïõ êáé ôïõ áíáðë. ÷áñÜîåéò. ãïý Ðïëéôéóìïý ê. ÅëéóÜâåô Ðáðáæþç. ðïõ óõãêßíçóáí ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ï ÄéåõèõíôÞ ðáíïóéïë. Áñ÷éìáíäñßôç ð. 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APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 19 The Voice of Philoptochos RestitutionRestitution Las Vegas Helps Children, the Aged, and Homeless LAS VEGAS – St. John’s Church Philo- FundsFunds ReceivedReceived ptochos historian Chloe Nicholson, com- At the 34th Biennial Clergy-Laity Con- menting on the significant local philanthro- gress, the Archdiocesan Council and the La- pies of Panagia chapter, writes: “As a result dies Philoptochos Society had committed of various Philoptochos fund-raisers and due much time, talent and effort to approve a reso- to various benefactors, we were truly able lution of the matters pertaining to a restitu- to make a significant impact on the lives of tion of monies which had victimized us all. those who are homeless, aged and needy.” His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon The chapter makes important contribu- proceeded in this endeavor along with the tions toward the aid of severely underprivi- National Philoptochos Executive Board with leged children, senior citizens in need, and love, care and compassion according to the the homeless. Helping severely underprivi- Orthodox tradition. We are happy to an- leged children was the benefit of a $10,000 nounce that as provided in our joint resolu- dollar purchase of Payless Shoe Vouchers tion, the Archdiocese has returned $125,000 for severely underprivileged children within as a just and equitable sharing of the court- the Las Vegas school district. ordered restitution. The Philoptochos Soci- Members donated 265 pairs of socks ety is grateful to His Eminence Archbishop at their Christmas Dinner. The socks were Spyridon for his understanding, guidance tied to each voucher, making a colorful vi- sual presentation for the children. PHILOPTOCHOS MEMBERS Helen Andrews, Roula Stronski, Anna Tatsas and Tina and support to bring about an amiable con- Zoumboulis with Fr. Elias Katre. clusion to this complicated matter. Having impact on the Howard Senior Center was a $3,000 dollar value in food The third group benefiting from this hoped for donations to purchase their bal- certificates to the Smith Food and Drug organized and well-directed fund-raising is ance of food at the Food Bank. Metropolitan Diocese Stores to aid senior citizens when their funds the new program, “Friends of the Desert”, “The director of the program at St. are depleted. based at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Timothy’s believes that this new food ac- Officers Announced Some 2,000 bus tokens were pur- Henderson, Nev. count is a miracle for the program and the chased for the senior citizens as well, to Panagia Philoptochos Chapter set up an homeless people they feed.” reports Mrs. NEW YORK — Archbishop Spyridon pre- ensure that they can make trips to their doc- account at Shetakis Foods for the purchase Nicholson. sided over the election of new officers for the tors and for other necessary travel. of provisions to the St. Timothy’s meals fa- Father Elias Katre is pastor of St. John’s New York Metropolitan Diocese Philoptochos, Both the food certificates and the bus cility. This move greatly benefits those re- and Janelle Salon is chapter president. March 29 at Archdiocese headquarters. tokens were purchased at discounts. ceiving meals. Previous to this, the needy Nominations and voting took place af- ter National Philoptochos Director Helen Successful Fund- Lavorata read the election bylaws. Benefit Planned The following were elected: Stella raising Events Held Capiris, president; Georgia Vlitas first vice Fresno’s Kids’n’Cancer Camp ST. LOUIS — Jenny Pappas, the St. president; Sophie George, second vice presi- FRESNO, Calif.—Athena Philoptochos body and spirit. dent; Marina Katsoulis, corresponding sec- Nicholas Philoptochos chapter second vice Society of St. George Church will hold its 15th Since the first year at the St. Nicholas retary; Demi Brountsas, recording secretary; president, reports that a $2,400 was raised annual fund-raiser for the Kids’n’Cancer out- Ranch and Retreat Center, Kids’n’Cancer from this year’s Vasilopita event, chaired by Helen Misthos, treasurer; and Kalli Tsitsipas, reach program on May 2. One of the most camps have been established near Portland assistant treasurer. Ann Zotos, for the benefit of St. Basil’s Acad- heartwarming direct impact on the quality of and Seattle. Wherever they may be, these emy. Another successful January fund-raiser His Eminence congratulated the officers life of children stricken with cancer. camps are called Camp Agape. Of course, and board, wishing them a successful term. for The Future of St. The Kids’n’Cancer program enables ongoing financial support is needed in or- Nicholas Church project was the fifth these children and their families to enjoy a der to continue this important philanthropic annual Apokreatiko Glendi, organized by Information Presented few carefree summer days away from the work. Philoptochos President Bess Milonas, offic- sterile, impersonal environment of the hos- The Fresno chapter of the Philoptochos ers Connie Kallaos, Jenny Pappas, Nicky pitals and doctor’s offices where they must traditionally holds its annual Kids’n’Cancer Antoniou, Barbara Corrigan, Helen Carey and at Interfaith Coffee spend so much of their lives. fundraising luncheon in the spring, imme- National Board member Chrysoula Tomaras. The Philoptochos involvement with the diately following the Divine Liturgy on a des- BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Gloria Mrs. Tomaras, past president of the St. Kids’n’Cancer program began in 1984, dur- ignated Sunday. Children with cancer and Demetry Coffin initiated and chaired an in- Nicholas chapter is currently the National ing a conversation between Fr. John S. Bakas their families are invited as honored guests. terfaith coffee recently sponsored by the St. Vasilopita chairperson. of St. George parish of Fresno (now of St. George Church Philoptochos chapter. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles) and Bishop About 220 people attended the Feb. 14 Anthony of San Francisco. event and were apprised of the importance Fr. Bakas, who at that time was also of Archdiocesan goals regarding the embrac- president and executive director of the Val- ing of interfaith couples into the Church. ley Children’s Hospital Foundation, told the Information on interfaith research, sta- Bishop about two programs at this Fresno tistics and the Archdiocesan interfaith hospital - Kids’n’Cancer and Candlelighters, website also was presented. a support group for parents of children with Mrs. Coffin’s dedication and commit- cancer. Bishop Anthony, deeply touched by ment to the interfaith cause is shared by her Fr. John’s eloquent descriptions, suggested children, and was inspired by her own inter- that a summer camp be established for the faith marriage. Announcing this event through children and their families at the St. Nicho- bulk mailings and Sunday bulletins, she dem- las Ranch and Retreat Center located in the onstrated her support for Archbishop hills near Dunlap, some 40 miles from Spyridon’s emphasis on embracing interfaith Fresno. Bishop Anthony immediately under- spouses and converts into the Church. stood that this vision could only become reality through the love and dedication of Paris Comes to the women of the Philoptochos. Thus it was that in June 1985, the St. Westchester County Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center hosted EFTHALIA KATOS with Bishop Philotheos of Meloa and other clergy and Metropolitan the first Kids’n’Cancer Camp sponsored by Diocese Philoptochos members. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — “Paris in the the Diocese of San Francisco Philoptochos. Spring Tea Dance” will pick up everyone’s Although the camp was recently named Honors to Diocese President spirits at this time of year. This Westchester Camp Agape, it was originally nicknamed County Philoptochos event for the benefit “The Camp of Sunshine and Dreams” by the NEW YORK – Metropolitan Diocese to the National and Diocesan Boards...It of St. Michael’s Home for the Aged, one of children themselves. The camp’s activities Philoptochos President Efthalia (Lily) Katos was an evening I will remember and hold the principal philanthropic commitments of include arts and crafts, nature exploration, recently was honored at the70th anniver- dear,” said Mrs. Katos. the Metropolitan Diocese Philoptochos, will music and skits, swimming, hiking, and tra- sary dinner-dance of St. Demetrios Cathe- She was presented with an icon and held at Holy Trinity Church, Saturday, May ditional campfire sing-alongs. At the end of dral/St. Catherine chapter in Astoria. a bouquet of red roses by Kassandra 16, 3-7 p.m. each day, the children gather to hear inspi- “Surrounded by friends and family, Romas, who represented National There will be dancing to the big band rational and uplifting messages and stories. I was reluctant but extremely proud to Philoptochos President Eve Condakes. sound of the Village Music Makers. Dona- Through the untiring efforts of the staff, be recognized for more than 20 years of Mrs. Sonia Kasapis is St. Demetrios tions are $50. For information, contact Holy these children and their families are able to service to the chapter as member, of- Cathedral/ St. Catherine Philoptochos Trinity Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. Tele- relax in a supportive friendly environment ficer and president, and for my service chapter president. phone: (914) 235-6100. which sustains and comforts them both in PAGE 20 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 Seminarian HC/HC REPORT Russian BTI Student Speaks PROFILE:PROFILE: Glowingly of Theology School NAME: BRANT PELPHREY BROOKLINE, Mass. Family: wife, Sharon, both of German- — For a number of years, American background. Holy Cross School of The- ology has participated in a Hometown and Parish: Austin, Texas; consortium known as the Transfiguration parish. by Jim Golding Age: 51 Boston Theological Insti- Graduating Class: 1999, currently work- tute, or BTI, comprised of ing on Master of Theology degree. the theology schools of several area universities. Previous education: Ph.D. in theology These include Harvard Di- vinity School, Boston Uni- Work experience: versity School of Theology, Currently teach in the Religious Studies Episcopal Divinity School, program at Hellenic College, and serve directed our lives. As a result, I still enjoy Gordon-Conwell Theo- as special assistant to HC/HC president. reading the great Orthodox ascetics most logical Seminary, Boston Orthodox Observer INNA NALETOVA studies hard in the new library. Before becoming Orthodox, for nearly 20 of all. I have appreciated all my studies at College Department of years I was a Lutheran pastor, campus Holy Cross, although most interesting for Theology, Saint John’s Seminary, Weston Je- dition within the world.” minister, and theology professor. I also me were a course in Canon Law; and the suit School of Theology, and Andover New- The Observer found Ms. Naletova taught philosophy at universities and history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. I ton Theological School. seated at one of the study tables in the new worked in hospital and inner-city minis- believe we should know more about our Students from these schools may take library typing on her laptop computer. She tries, including drug counseling. for 10 great traditions and history courses for credit at any of the member in- spends as much time as possible here nearly years we were missionaries in Hong stitutions offering subjects not available at every day. She is hopeful that more materi- Kong, where our three children grew up. • Who is your favorite saint? Why? the school where they are enrolled. als on the Russian church will be made avail- In Hong Kong, where we spoke Can- My favorite saint is Seraphim of One Boston University student com- able in the original Russian. tonese, I taught seminary students from Sarov, whose example of asceticism, hu- pleting her masters in sociology of religion The mother of a 9-year-old daughter many different denominations and coun- mility and prayer I always try to remem- and planning to continue in the Ph.D. pro- who lives with her in Brookline, Ms. tries, and Sharon taught Vietnamese refu- ber. Other special spiritual teachers are gram is Inna Naletova, a 30-year-old native Naletova does not own a car and commutes gees. Eventually we worked in mission Amma Syncletica, St. Macarios the Great, of Novosibirsk, Russia. She has been study- to the school either by bicycle or on foot to Buddhists and followers of other reli- and the Prophet Daniel, who persevered ing at BU for 3 1/2 years. from her apartment located more than a gions, including cults, and published an in serving God in a foreign country and This is her first year as a BTI student at mile away. Occasionally students she international journal on Christian apolo- under the most difficult circumstances. Holy Cross. Ms. Naletova has enrolled in knows may give her a ride. She describes getics. This work led to dialogue with well- two courses that she says have helped to her commute as “difficult physically,” but known non-Christian leaders, including • How can the Church best reach expand her knowledge of the Orthodox appreciates being in the Holy Cross envi- the Dalai Lama. We hope, by God’s grace, the youth and unchurched? faith. She has taken courses in patristics ronment. to offer such experiences in service to Today we are living in the most excit- under Fr. George Dragas, and Church his- She would like to live on campus if the Christ as Orthodox Christians. ing period of Orthodox mission since the tory with Dr. James Skedros, dean of Holy opportunity ever became available. “I want time of the Apostles. In this time of instant Cross/Hellenic College. to live here,” she said. “I would be very com- • What prompted you to become worldwide communication, Orthodoxy is Ms. Naletova speaks glowingly about fortable with other Orthodox people Orthodox? attracting attention as the “original” Chris- the courses she has been taking at Holy around.” We were first introduced to Orthodoxy tianity. This is especially important because Cross and of the school’s environment in It would also enable her to attend at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in America all nations and world religions general. chapel, something she is unable to do now more than 25 years ago. My teacher was have come together in one place. This gives “It’s really wonderful,” said Ms. and provide an enriching environment for John Zizioulas, whom everyone knows now us an opportunity which the world has Naletova. “I cannot say that I knew very her daughter. as Metropolitan John of Pergamon. never known before. I believe that our much when I came, but the courses have Ms. Naletova needs at least three more young people need to be involved in Or- been very helpful. That’s why I’m still here.” years to complete her Ph.D. As to her plans • Who influenced you the most to thodox outreach to the poor, the sick, and She continued, “I really have a very after that, she is uncertain if she will return aspire to the priesthood? When we be- the spiritually hungry people of the world. positive picture of Holy Cross. At BU, they to Russia and to her native city in Siberia, came Orthodox at Holy Transfiguration, For this to happen, Orthodox monastic are mostly Protestant and Catholic and there but expressed interest in working in our priest, Fr. Nick Triantafilou, urged me institutions will need to play an integral is no one who is Orthodox to supervise me academia, either teaching history or the so- to attend Holy Cross. part. Above all, we must focus our atten- there.” ciology of religion. tion not on ourselves, but on Christ and She especially likes the fact that she can However, in the short term, she plans • What are your favorite courses? his calling on us to live holy and peaceful study Orthodox tradition in depth and re- to continue her studies at Holy Cross Learning about the Desert Fathers re- lives, in obedience to Him. ceive a “broad intellectual picture of the tra- through BTI next year. Professor Stavridis Discusses Two Patriarchs at Annual Memorial Lecture BROOKLINE, Mass. — Professor Basil was ordained deacon (1892), back to Jerusa- Both Patriarchs belong to the 20th cen- Church history at Halki, a position he has Stavrides of the Theological School of Halki lem (1899), where he was ordained priest, tury, a period of dramatic events, two world held with great distinction to this day. delivered the 1999 Patriarch Athenagoras to Constantinople (1908), to Cyprus, where wars, historic political changes and social He also has taught at various theologi- Memorial Lecture on March 21 in the pres- he became Metropolitan of Kition (1910), upheaval. Their careers indicate both simi- cal schools as visiting professor, including ence of Archbishop Spyridon, school Presi- to Greece, where he became Metropolitan larities and differences. Patriarch Meletios Balamand (Lebanon), Thessaloniki (Greece), dent Fr. Damaskinos Ganas, and a select of Athens (1918), to the United States ascended to the ecumenical throne for a very Sydney (Australia). He represented the Ecu- audience of professors and students from (1918), back to Greece (1919), back to the brief time, whereas Patriarch Athenagoras menical Patriarchate at various ecumenical Holy Cross and other schools of the Boston U.S. (1921), to Constantinople where he served for many years, yet both of them events and has been a prolific writer in his Theological Institute. His subject was “Two became Patriarch (1921) and, finally, to Al- were responsible for decisive actions which field. Ecumenical Patriarchs from America: exandria where he became Patriarch (1926) left indelible marks in the life of the Great In 1980 he was awarded first prize from Meletios IV Metaxakis (1921-1923) and and died there (1935). As Ecumenical Patri- Church of Christ and of Orthodoxy in gen- the Academy of Athens on his two books Athenagoras Spyrou (1948-1972).” arch, he established the Greek Orthodox eral during the century which is drawing to on the Ecumenical Patriarchate, “The His- Archdiocese of America and appointed its a close. tory of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the by Fr. George Dion Dragas first Archbishop. Professor Stavridis was born in Con- Fall of Constantinople to the present,” and Patriarch Athenagoras moved from stantinople (Istanbul). He was educated in “The Synodical Institution in the Ecumeni- Epirus where he was born (1886), to Halki the Greek schools in the city and studied cal Patriarchate.” Professor Stavridis’ lecture was divided (1903) where he studied theology and was theology at Halki. Professor Stavridis’ lecture at Holy into three parts, which dealt respectively, ordained deacon (1910), to the Metropolis He pursued master of theology studies Cross was greeted as a special blessing from with the biographies of each one of the two of Pelagonia (today’s FYROM) as archdea- at Andover-Newton Theological Seminary in the Mother Church of Constantinople. It will Patriarchs and with a comparison of their con (1918), to Mount Athos and Athens Massachusetts (1948-9) and received a doc- be published in the 1999 volume of the ecclesiastical careers. Patriarch Meletios’ bi- (1919), to Corfu as metropolitan (1922), to torate from Boston University (1951), writ- Greek Orthodox Theological Review. May ography moved from Crete, where he was America as archbishop (1931), to Con- ing a thesis on the theology of the Ale- such visits from the Sacred Center of our born (1871), to Jerusalem, where he did his stantinople as ecumenical patriarch (1948), xandrian School. Church multiply for the benefit of our stu- first studies (1889), to Antioch, where he where he died (1972). In 1951 he was appointed professor of dents and the Church in America. APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 21 Interfaith Marriage travel An Orthodox Perspective MARKOS Understanding Interfaith Marriages DAILY DEPARTURES service and Their Challenges with Editor’s note: For the past year, the project report that when they first began Rev. Charles J. Joanides, Ph.D., has been ex- dating, relations between them were rea- V NON-STOP FLIGHTS ON JUMBO747 amining interfaith marriages around the sonably simple and innocent. But this V EASY CONNECTIONS from anywhere in the U.S.A. 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One Sunday morning a priest apolo- “...envy is the enemy of happiness.” - gized to his congregation for the bandage Age 71 on his face. “I was thinking about my ser- “I’ve learned that right is right even if mon while shaving and cut my face,” he nobody is doing it and wrong is wrong even explained. Afterwards, the priest found a if everybody is doing it.” - Age 74 note in the narthex: “...nothing very bad or very good lasts very long.” - Age 69 By Fr Nicholas L. Vieron “I’ve learned that as long as I have health, older is better than younger.” - Age “Next time, Father, why not think about 76. your face and cut the sermon?” “I’ve learned that people are in such a One reason most churches serve cof- hurry to get to the ‘good life’ that they often fee after the sermon is to wake people up rush right past it.” - Age 72 so they can drive home safely. “I’ve learned that the secret of growing With things like that in mind, here older gracefully is never to lose your en- is a brief and to the point thusiasm for meeting new people and “sermonnette.” After all, what seeing new places.” - Age 75 do you expect from a 73-year- “I’ve learned that it’s just old priest? as important to forget a wrong In one of the Psalms we as it is to remember a kind- read, “Afti i imera in epoisen ness.” - Age 72 o Kurios, agalliasometha kai “I’ve learned that I still eufranthomen en afti.” - “This have a lot to learn.” - Age 92. is the day which the Lord hath Of course, these words of made, let us rejoice and be glad wisdom are applicable to all age in it.” groups. The pioneer motivator, Dale Sometimes, I wish I were young Carnegie, observed “One of the most tragic again to be able to adhere to them. How- things I know about human nature is that all ever, I am more grateful for where I am now of us tend to put off living. We are all dream- because... “old age is something you do if ing of some magical rose garden over the ho- you’re lucky!” I am more than lucky...I am rizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blessed. - Age 73. blooming outside our windows today.” I think the Psalmist had a similar idea Write to Fr. Nicholas L. Vieron, RCA in mind. Epistle editor, Pastor Emeritus of Annuncia- Someone else wrote: “Today is the day tion Church, 573 N. Highland, Memphis, TN I have been looking for. All my life has been 38122 (901) 323-9530 spent in preparation for it. Yesterday and tomorrow are faraway nothings - the one a faint memory, the other a vague promise. CLERGY UPDATE But this is my day. It offers all that God has to give, and I am a laggard or a coward if I fail to make the most of it.” Ordinations We cannot afford to spend all our time To Priesthood: regretting the past or day dreaming about Deacon Demetrios E. Tonias, the future. If we do, we will miss out on the Bishop Philotheos of Meloa- Annuncia- present. Life is too brief and time too pre- tion, New York, NY - 3/25/99 cious for us to make that mistake. Assignments: Of course, I will make plans for the to- Rev. Economos Prokopios Nikas, morrows of my life. However, I will enjoy Evangelismos, Philadelphia, PA - 4/1/99 the moment of planning. It may be all I have. V. Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Therefore... today, I will smell the roses. Kotrotsos, St. Nicholas, Atlantic City, NJ Today, I will take time for others. Today, I - 4/1/99 will thank God. I will remind myself that life Rev. Economos Nicholas Pastrikos, is worth living... today! Kimisis Tis Theotokou, Poughkeepsie, I will “listen” to words given to me by NY - 3/14/99 some old timers. He is some of the things I Rev. Protopresbyter Theoharis G. have learned from what I call: “Wisdom Theoharis, Annunciation, Fort Myers, FL from the Ages.” - 3/15/99 “I’ve learned that if you stay focused V. Rev. Archimandrite Alexander on yourself, you are guaranteed to be mis- Kile, St. Demetrios, Union, NJ - 3/15/99 erable.”- From one who is 71 year old. HOLY SCRIPTURE READINGS MAY ......

1 S ...... Acts 9:19-31; Jn 15:17-16:2 16 SUN ...... Acts 16:16-34; Jn 9:1-38 2 SUN ...... Acts 9:32-42; Jn 5:1-15 17 M ...... Acts 17:1-15; Jn 11:47-57 3 M ...... Acts 10:1-16; Jn 6:56-69 18 T ...... Acts 17:19-28; Jn 12:19-36 4 T ...... Acts 10:21-33; Jn 7:1-13 19 W ...... Acts 18:22-28; Jn 12:36-47 5 W ...... Acts 26:1, 12-20; Jn 10:1-9 20 Th ...... Acts 1:1-12; Lk. 24:36-53 6 Th ...... Acts 10:34-43; Jn 8:12-20 21 F ...... Acts 19:1-8; Jn 14:1-11 7 F ...... Acts 10:44-11:10; Jn 8:21-30 22 S ...... Acts 20:7-12; Jn 14:10-21 23 SUN ...... Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 8 S ...... Acts 12:1-11; Jn 8:31-42 24 M ...... Acts 21:8-14; Jn 14:27-15:7 9 SUN Acts 11:19-26, 29-30; Jn 4:5-42 25 T ...... Acts 21:26-32; Jn 16:2-13 10 M ...... Acts 12:12-17; Jn 8:42-51 26 W ...... Acts 23:1-11; Jn 16:15-23 11 T ...... Acts 12:25-13:12; Jn 8:51-59 27 Th ...... Acts 25:13-19; Jn 16:23-33 12 W ...... Acts 13:13-24; Jn 6:5-14 28 F ...... Acts 27-1-44; Jn 17:18-26 13 Th ...... Acts 14:20-27; Jn 9:39-10-9 29 S ...... Acts 28-1-31; Jn 21:15-25 14 F ...... Acts 15:5-34; Jn 10:17-28 30 SUN .. Acts 2:1-11; Jn 7:37-52, 8:12 15 S ...... Acts 15:35-41; Jn 10:27-38 31 M ...... Eph. 5:9-19; Mt 18:10-20 APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 23 missions SILVER ICONS by ATHOS WORKSHOP Orthodoxy In Zimbabwe VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.athosicons.com The country of Zimbabwe is situated in Because the heart of the matter is that Afri- AND VIEW A FEW S OF OUR ICONS central southern Africa. It is a landlocked cans in this country are thirsting for Ortho- country with Zambia to the north, Mo- doxy and, while we linger, other movements For brochure and Price list please call zambique in the east, South Africa in the are coming in and leading them astray. Toll free 1-800-952-8467 south and Botswana in the west. 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Christodoulos against IOCC Concerned over Growing Albanian Church Intervention, Asks Assists Refugees Numbers of Refugees in Kosovo TIRANA, Albania — With encourage- Mercy for U.S. Soldiers BALTIMORE (IOCC) — More than our assistance will grow in the days and ment of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, ATHENS (ANA) — Archbishop of Ath- 65,000 refugees in Kosovo aided by In- weeks to come,” said Triantafilou. Initial Durres and All Albania, Diaconia Agapes ens and All Greece Christodoulos sharply ternational Orthodox Christian Charities reports from staff in the region indicate (“Service of Love”), the Albanian Orthodox criticized the U.S. government April 5 as (IOCC) were cut off from vital humanitar- that the numbers of civilians who are flee- Archdiocese’s social, development and exercising an autocratic rule in terms of ian assistance due to the military strikes ing the region are increasing by the hour. emergency relief office, has successfully international relations, stressing that by NATO forces in late March. IOCC has provided essential aid to implemented a $304,344 emergency pro- Washington “thinks it has the right to in- “We are deeply concerned for the vulnerable refugees in the Federal Repub- gram to assist and support refugees arriv- tervene and create a new order of things.” people of Kosovo and the Federal Repub- lic of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo and ing from Kosovo. Speaking to an audience at Athens’ lic of Yugoslavia,” expressed a worried Montenegro since 1993. The multi-eth- Evangelismos Hospital, Christodoulos said Constantine M. Triantafilou, executive di- nic staff of IOCC operates from distribu- by Penny Panayiota Deligiannis “freedom without justice is a monstrosity rector of IOCC. “We continue to do all tion centers in Podgorica, Montenegro Supported by and working in close co- of justice, while justice without truth is that we can to address the needs of inno- and Decani, Kosovo. operation with the ACT (Action by Churches also a monstrosity of justice.” cent civilians who have been impacted by To date more than $15 million in Together) Network of the World Council of He also appealed to Yugoslav leader the conflict.” emergency aid and development assis- Churches and International Orthodox Chris- Slobodan Milosevic to be merciful to the IOCC staff completed some last- tance programs throughout the Federal tian Charities (IOCC) of North America, three U.S. soldiers captured by Belgrade. minute distributions of essential food and Republic of Yugoslavia has been adminis- Diaconia Agapes realized the implementa- In a letter sent to Milosevic on April clothing on April 5-6. The growing con- tered by IOCC in the region. tion of this challenging program. 2, the primate of the Greek Church said cern for safety has since forced IOCC to Tax-deductible contributions in sup- It established and trained a six-person the three U.S. soldiers were simply “obey- withdraw most of its staff to outlying ar- port of IOCC’s humanitarian efforts may emergency staff to operate an emergency ing the orders of their superiors” and eas surrounding the Federal Republic of be sent to: IOCC, P.O. Box 630225, Bal- program from Oct. 1 to March 31. called for mercy ahead of the Orthodox Yugoslavia. IOCC is monitoring the situa- timore, MD 21263-0225. Credit card gifts About 20,500 Kosovo refugees arrived Easter celebrations. tion very closely and will respond to hu- (Visa & MasterCard) may also be made in Albania and, as winter unfolded, Diaconia Belgrade had said it was gathering evi- manitarian needs as they unfold. by calling toll-free at 877-803-IOCC Agapes distributed new winter clothing and dence with a view to launching criminal “The numbers of people in need of (4622). boots to 6,270 Kosovo refugee children on proceedings against the three soldiers, a daily basis during the program’s first who were captured on March 31. phase. (Oct. 1 - Dec 31). Christodoulos called on Milosevic to Albania Journal This outreach assisted all Kosovo refu- “demonstrate the magnanimity of the Or- gee children, ranging between the ages of thodox” to all the “innocent victims of war, And the Rain Continues... 4-15 years old, who currently live in Alba- regardless of race or religion.” nia. Each child received a parcel consisting “Everybody hopes that peace will pre- TIRANA, Albania (April 13) — It’s pour- recently gave birth. (The hospitals now call of a warm winter jacket, a pair of winter vail and that the Serbs, ethnic Albanians, ing down rain, and has been damp and cold up Faith every time a Kosovar woman gives boots, socks, trousers, shirt and underwear. Europeans and Americans will all return the last few days. I just keep thinking about birth, and our Church provides clothing and Diaconia Agapes purchased all cloth- to their homes and families,” Christ- the refugees and how they endure such con- supplies to the babies and women. They’ve ing items and boots from six Albanian sup- odoulos said. ditions. Or a more poignant question is how now delivered 32 loving care packages.) We, pliers and one international supplier. Greece, which has traditional ties with do the children and infants survive? Obvi- together with our friends and co-missionar- Working under difficult conditions due fellow Orthodox Christian Serbia, has ously, some don’t. ies Lynette and Nathan Hoppe, have devel- to the lack of security on the roads, the called for an end to the NATO bombing oped a nice relationship with this family. Diaconia Agapes team traveled thousands campaign against Yugoslavia. by Fr. Luke Veronis Anyway, when we took them to their refugee camp, which is on the outskirts of of kilometers throughout Albania to reach Yesterday (April 12), we visited one of Tirana, we discovered that they were housed the Kosovo refugee children located in such Buildings in Egypt the main refugee camps in Tirana with Arch- in an old army barrack together with 117 places as Lezha, Shengjin, Lac, Mamurras, bishop Anastasios. The Orthodox Church other people. All in one big room. Fifty or Elbasan, Fier, Kavaja, Shkodra, Bajram Curri, Under Renovation was delivering several tons of bread and so bunk beds lined up side by side. One Durres, Kukes, Kruma, Tirana, Qerret, children’s milk to the camp. This was only hundred and seventeen people in one room Golem, Xhafzotaj, Katund Ri, Rashbull, ALEXANDRIA — After two years of re- a small part of the more than 200 metric - with many children and numerous infants. Shkallnur and Shkozet. search and hard work, the renovation of the tons which have been delivered so far by The mattresses were old Albanian army From Jan. 1 - March 31, Diaconia patriarchal buildings in Alexandria and Cairo our church to various camps and cities. mattresses. Just imagine the sanitary condi- Agapes distributed new winter clothing and has begun. Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of What a joy to see aid being delivered, tions. They even had the added concern of boots purchased from three Albanian sup- Alexandria and All Africa, spiritual leader of but I must admit that overall the visit de- finding two snakes in the barracks the first pliers to 1,305 Kosovo refugee women in All Orthodox Christians of the Dark Conti- pressed me. The camp is a city of mud. Just night. Although the Hoppes offered to keep Tirana — more than half of all refugee nent, leads and oversees all the works. to walk between the 200 tents, one risks Violtsa and her family in their home, they women in the city. The building in Alexandria, built ap- slipping upon the slick mud. And the tents preferred to keep the entire extended fam- In extreme hardship cases, Diaconia proximately in 1840, hosts the famous his- have no floors. ily together. Too many Kosovar families are Agapes provided food, beds, blankets, hy- torical Patriarchal Library and Museum, of- Imagine, sleeping in army tents with 8- separated and then have difficulty finding giene products and stoves to Kosovo refu- fices and rooms of the clergy who live within 15 people inside, and only pieces of card- one another. gee families. the Patriarchate. board boxes as a make-shift floor. As soon And the rain continues... In addition, the Diaconia Agapes team Special teams also have begun work at as one walks outside, mud covers their shoes. Tonight I visited Violtsa in the hospital packaged and distributed 7.5 metric tons of the ancient monasteries of St. Savvas in Al- In addition to such conditions, this refu- once again. She just returned last night be- second-hand clothing items provided by exandria, and St. George in Old Cairo. gee camp houses approximately 2,000 cause her 10-day-old Mihal has caught a se- Christian Aid of England. The works are proceeding very rapidly, people, and they have only four showers for rious cold from the dampness of the camp. In accordance with the Orthodox but much needs to be done. The aim is not women and four showers for men. The She told me that the roof was leaking these Church’s policy for social, development and only to maintain the buildings, but, to ex- camp administration is in the process of last days, and everything has become so emergency work, all aid was given to people tend and use contemporary equipment. building other showers, but many of these filthy inside the barracks. Imagine 117 regardless of their race or religion. Specifically, the Patriarchal Museum people have already passed two weeks with- people in one room. Penny Panayiota Deligiannis is director will expand to double the space which was out a shower. TWO WEEKS under filthy con- Aren’t children always the ones to suffer of Diaconia Agapes used to this day, so that the treasures that ditions without showers. Mud everywhere; the most in any tragedy or war. They are the have been protected for so many centuries 8 to 15 people in a tent. most helpless. And yet the most innocent. can be shown to the public. And the rain continues... And the rain continues... Patriarch Alexy Outraged The Patriarchal Library, which has existed I’m not sure if this is the worst situa- for more than 1,000 years, will cover a large tion. We’ve developed a friendship with one Fr. Veronis heads the Orthodox Chris- at British Pilots’ Mockery space of the new building. The ancient and Kosovar family. The parents are Zef and tian Mission Center’s efforts in Albania. invaluable manuscripts, codices and rare Violtsa, and their sons are Emanuel and MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Patriarch Alexy book collections will have their proper place Mihal. Mihal was two days old when they WELCOME II of Moscow and All Russia, called as an and will be available to scholars. fled Kosova. They walked four hours by foot TO OUR outrage upon the sacred feelings of Serbian At a later stage, the restoration and across the border, then caught a bus down people actions by British pilots who write maintenance of these treasures will follow, to Tirana. Violtsa didn’t eat for two days, WORLD WIDE WEB HOME PAGE inscriptions “Happy Easter” on bombs hit- in order that the Library of the Patriarchate and thus didn’t have milk to give Mihal. Greek Orthodox ting Yugoslavia. of Alexandria can be an essential source for When they finally arrived in Tirana, they Archdiocese of America: He commented as follows on reports religious and academic research. went straight to the hospital. Mihal was four http://www.goarch.org received from London on April 3. Finally, the ground floor will be recon- days old by then. Orthodox Observer: ‘The NATO countries which call them- structed to create the Patriarchal offices, such There, my wife Faith met her while de- selves Christians, are far from Christian ide- http://www.goarch. org/goa/observer as the secretariat, archives, and others. livering clothing to the Kosovar women who als. This is a sacrilege,’ said Patriarch Alexy. PAGE 26 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 CLASSIFIED ADS LEGAL SERVICES REAL ESTATE/BUS. MUSICIANS

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Albanian Orthodox Agency Head Describes Latest Relief Efforts Conflict in Balkans Not Religious War from page 1 Kosovo and the Albanian host families who Editor’s note: Fr. Harakas wrote the triarch Pavle, expressed in writing severe have taken people into their homes. We originally wrote the following as a response condemnation of the national government the refugees coming in.” Albania has a popu- have a lot of work before us, but it’s com- to an editorial in the Hernando Today news- in Belgrade. In that letter the Serbian reli- lation of about 2 million and an average per ing together.” paper in Hernando, Fla. gious leaders highlighted many human capita monthly income of nearly $200. Long-term plans include providing The Editorial on Thursday, April 1 in rights violations by the government and The organization she directs, and which monthly food parcels of 20 kilos (about 50 Hernando Today titled “We can’t allow countered with appeals for peaceful solu- is staffed by expatriate and local Albanians, pounds) to each family. genocide in the Balkans” expressed the civi- tions to resolve ethnic differences. The was selected by ACT (Action by Churches However, recent attacks along the lized world’s abhorrence for the “ethnic Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church Together, the emergency arm of the World northern border by the Yugoslav army, have cleansing” taking place in Kosovo today. condemned President Milosevic’s war poli- Council of Churches), to channel all aid and added an element of danger to relief efforts. Responsible citizens can disagree cies and human rights crimes against Serbians, Croatians and Moslems. The spearhead the food distribution program. “The security situation in the country is de- by Fr. Stanley S. Harakas Churches throughout the world have teriorating,” Ms. Deligiannis told the Ob- Bosnian war was no longer considered a responded to the WCC’s appeal, sending server on April 14. “A rocket came into Al- whether ground troops should be sent into righteous expression of legitimate national hundreds of tons of food, clothing and medi- bania from the other side today.” the Yugoslav province, but at least one thing goals but a pogrom. It called for Serbian cal supplies. Along with the ever-present danger needs correction in this editorial: the idea President Slobodan Milosevic’s resignation. Since April 2, nearly 800 Russian-built from the war, refugees also face peril from that the tragedy of Kosovo is a religious In the light of that position Patriarch Pavle Ilyushin aircraft carrying 40 tons of food and a lack of proper shelter and clean water. Ms. war. did something without precedent: On June supplies each, about a dozen Hercules trans- Deligiannis said there already have been The editorial said “Muslims justify kill- 14,1992, he led a public demonstration in port planes with 8 tons of cargo flown in by outbreaks of dysentery and cholera, and that ing in the name of Allah and call it a holy Belgrade for peace in opposition to the the Royal Danish Air Force, have delivered the situation will worsen in the summer as war or jihad. Orthodox white Christians in Milosevic government. hundreds of metric tons of prepared food, the water shortage becomes greater. Yugoslavia may not have such a doctrine In January 1994 Patriarch Pavle issued high protein biscuits, milk, woolen blankets But along with keeping everyone fed, but make no mistake about it. They believe a statement calling for the end of violence and tents. Diakonia Agape has set up small refugee they are helping God by ridding the nations in the former Yugoslavia decrying the suf- “Through the ACT network, we are re- sites staffed by Albanian and Kosovar doc- of Muslim Kosovars.” fering caused by ethnic violence, “of what- ceiving incredible support, not just from tors, opened small schools, and provides That is simply incorrect both for the ever kind and by whomever it is used, re- Orthodox who are helping, but the whole social services, water sanitation, and tech- Albanian Muslim Kosovars and for the gardless of religion or nation.” ecumenical family,” said Ms. Deligiannis. nical support. Orthodox Christians in Kosovo and more The point is this. Long before the eth- She also noted that, the day after Easter, a “We can’t help everyone, but we clearly broadly, for the Serbian Orthodox Church. nic cleansing of the Albanian population of boat arrived from Bari, Italy, bringing 12,000 can meet the needs of many people,” she The truth is that during the Bosnian Kosovo, the Orthodox Church was officially loaves of bread which Archbishop Ana- said. “We definitely feel the prayers of many, war, religious leaders of all persuasions opposed to the Milosevic government’s stasios helped deliver personally to refugees. many people. It’s clear that we have to have supported the struggles of their people to anti-democratic and increasingly extremist Relief teams transport these items to a combination of action and prayers.” gain religious and territorial integrity. Or- nationalist policies. distribution points in Tirana, Durres, Korca, She noted her particular gratification thodox clergy, Roman Catholic bishops and When Milosevic instigated the ethnic Pogradec, and Kukes in northern Albania. when many of the refugees ask where the Muslim imams were equally involved. cleansing of the Albanian population in “While we are doing this massive food assistance is coming from and learn that it But as long ago as 1992, in mid-May, Kosovo by recalling their autonomous sta- distribution,” she said., “we’re making long- is through the efforts of the Orthodox and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox tus, his extremist nationalist policies res-

term plans to benefit the refugees from other Christians. Church, under its octogenerian leader, Pa- See NOT RELIGIOUS WAR, page 28

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The following was received from Fr. Sava accept is secession of Kosovo and Metohija of the Decani monastery in Kosovo, who has Monastery Appeals against NATO Aggression from Serbia and Yugoslavia and occupation been part of the anti-Milosevic peace mission by NATO forces. There is not a single coun- headed by Bishop Artemije that has repeatedly try in the world which would accept such gone to Washington in an effort to defuse the town in Djakovica, mostly inhabited by Al- Kosovo so far. In fact there is a danger that terms. crisis in Kosovo in a manner that protects the banians, and caused a great fire in which NATO bombing produces far greater hu- Therefore the claim by Mr. Clinton and rights of both Albanians and Serbs. several Albanian houses were destroyed and manitarian crisis than the one we already others that our country is against negotia- several civilians seriously wounded. have. tions and peace are not true. The truth is I am writing this appeal while the NATO In short, NATO attacks are nothing but These inconsiderate actions will desta- that we cannot accept disintegration of our bombers and cruise missiles are spreading barbarous aggression which affects mostly bilize the Balkans and possibly create a Eu- country, not even under the threats of NATO death and destruction all around my country. the innocent civilian population, both Serb ropean Vietnam which will obstruct the po- missiles and bombers. and Albanian. Their continuation will not litical and economical progress of Europe I am always ready to ask for my fellow by Fr. Sava only break the will of the people of Yugosla- for years. Albanian neighbors the same rights which via to live in freedom but will strengthen Unfortunately, many people in the West Serbs and all others in this country have, It is my moral obligation to say that the their determination to resist “tomahawk still live under the illusion that their super- but neither I nor anyone in our Church can statements by the NATO officials that only democracy” which is trying to bring “peace” powerful and precise air force is fighting accept that Kosovo is given into the hands military targets are attacked in Yugoslavia are by crimes against humanity. against the FRY military. of Albanian extremists who have already not true and they are intended to deceive Such actions are a shame for Western The truth is that there are more and cleansed 50 percent of Kosovo from Serbs many peace loving people in the West that democracies and the whole world. more civilian victims and damage to exclu- and other non-Albanian ethnic groups, who their air force is in a “humanitarian” action. Serbian Orthodox Church remains fully sively non-military facilities. Therefore the kill our children in cafes and our farmers From our credible sources we learned faithful to the principle that good can never Western governments bear great responsi- working in fields. that several dozens of civilian facilities (in- be achieved by evil and that the Kosovo cri- bility for these criminal acts in front of God Unfortunately, by openly supporting the frastructure, education, telecommunication, sis must be resolved by peaceful and diplo- and history. Albanian separatists, NATO is not support- environment and traffic facilities) were at- matic means so that all peoples living here The ironic statements that the goal of ing suffering civilians on all sides, as it has tacked and destroyed by NATO. will be granted full protection of their hu- this operation is to prevent suffering of ci- so proudly said, but exclusively those ele- Besides, there are more and more ci- man rights and freedom. vilians are absolutely hypocritical and tragic. ments among both Albanians and Serbs who vilians who are killed or crippled by NATO NATO’s attacks will only make things President Clinton speaks sweet words want more war and blood. bombs, including refugees from Bosnia and worse. They will definitely destroy the pros- to the Serbian people while his bombers It is true that Kosovo has many refu- Croatia. pects of peaceful coexistence and will fur- mercilessly destroy schools, kinder-gardens gees and many times we have urged respon- A refugee camp was hit near Kursumlija ther radicalize extremists on both sides. And and fill the hearts of children with hatred sible on both sides to stop their violence and 10 women and children were killed or finally, the greatest victims of this criminal against the peoples which they believed and let the people go back to their homes. wounded at the spot. Several schools have policy will be innocent civilians. were their friends and supporters of true But the West forgets that in Serbia there are been destroyed and many of them damaged We have the full moral right to protest peace and democracy. 600.000 refugees who are now directly en- so that children cannot go to schools any against these crimes because our Church It is not true that our country is against dangered by NATO bombs. more because there is a danger that they has strongly condemned acts against civil- the peaceful solution of the Kosovo conflict. In the name of God and my fellow Al- might be killed. ians committed both by Serb and Albanian The paper proposed by the Yugoslav del- banian and Serb neighbors I make a strong Areas with important cultural and reli- extremists in this conflict and has made great egation in Paris granted full autonomy to appeal to all people of good will to stop these gious monuments are also targeted. Re- efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement of Kosovo Albanians and all other national barbarous attacks immediately. Peace is not cently, the Gracanica monastery area was the crisis. As much as we have committed communities. built by deaths of innocent children and attacked.Thank God there was only a slight criminal acts against innocent civilians and Serb proposal: pride of the mighty ones. damage on the monastery roof but, on the their property in the course of the last year, The delegation also said that they were Decani Monastery other hand, several family homes were by extremists on both sides, we are equally ready to accept a certain kind of international Decani, Serbia burned to ashes. condemning these NATO attacks which do supervision. What our delegation did not tel +381 390 61543 38322 Last night a cruise missile hit the old not differ at all from what we have seen in accept and what no one in this country can fax +381 390 61567 PAGE 28 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CATHOLIC DIALOGUE from page 8 season in which we now find ourselves will from page 3 believe we shall discover more positive ex- only be experienced as a cold let-down. pressions of our love for the Lord. of spiritual decay as the “sin of habit.” Even Although the season of the Holy Triodion capacity at our dialogue meeting near Bari, here, however, Christ is Lord over death! Italy, in 1986. Subsequently at meetings in On June 7th, the members of the Inter- has concluded let us not think that the resur- national Joint Commission for Theological Even when our life has been in the process rection power of Christ can not reach us. Al- New Valamo, Finland and Freising, near of spiritual decay for a long period of time, Munich, Germany, we took part in the full Dialogue will engage one another for the though our Holy Week books have been first time in the Western Hemisphere. This even when we, like Lazarus, “stinketh,” we placed on their book shelves and the commission meetings together. can nonetheless experience resurrection. We are able to today to say that the com- is itself a major step in broadening the scope Koubouklion has been returned to its custom- of our dialogue. The United States has been Augustin warns, however, that such a ary location in our respective church sanctu- mission will, in addition to its private working sessions, participate in several public events: at the forefront of the Ecumenical movement resurrection differs slightly from the previ- aries the epitaphio itself remains on the Holy • a colorful ecumenical service at the Ba- as the world’s preeminent multicultural so- ous two incidences in that while Jesus res- Table until the Feast of the Ascension. silica of the Nation Shrine of St. Elizabeth ciety. The strides that we, as Americans, urrects Lazarus, the towns-people are ex- St. Gregory of Palamas insists that “the have made toward respect and understand- horted to “unbind” him!” In other words, in Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, on Wednesday, church is a second Tomb!” As such, Palamas June 9, at 7:30 p.m. ing between different faith groups and cul- the case of severe spiritual death that re- encourages us to “run to this Tomb with zeal tures, as well as the friction that we have sults from the sins of habit, the community • an Orthodox Doxology at the Greek and devotion.” “He who runs to this Tomb,” Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, uncovered, form the basis for a lasting dis- of the church must provide their loving insists Palamas, “he who clings to it with course within our complex and evolving hands to unbinding those whose sinfulness Baltimore, on Saturday, June 12, at 4:30 p.m. love and recollection will, like the myrrh- • a Catholic Eucharistic Celebration here at culture. It is fitting then, that we should an- has wrapped their life in the burial cloths of bearing women, come to experience the nounce the dialogue between Orthodox spiritual decay. the Basilica of the national Shrine of the As- Resurrected Lord . . . not only with the eyes sumption, on Saturday, June 12, at 5:30 p.m. Christianity and Roman Catholicism at this Triodion cycle of the mind, but with the eyes of the body!” This will be the major Roman Catholic event glorious Basilica of the Assumption. This This, then, is what the entire 70-day Unfortunately, like Corey Anderson, of the meeting, and it takes on special im- historic structure stands as a beacon of cycle of the Holy Triodion was attempting many Orthodox Christians are spiritually portance from its gathering in the most his- memory for all those who came to these to convey to us. Pre-lent, Great Lent and freezing to death in the storms of life. The toric Catholic Church in the nation, the shores in search of religious freedoms. Holy Week must be understood and expe- tragedy is compounded in that like young Mother Cathedral of our faith family. With the International Joint Commis- rienced as an opportunity for spiritual as- Cory, many children of God are freezing in • the Divine Liturgy at St. Sophia Greek sion for Theological Dialogue coming to St. sessment. the Church’s own backyard. Preoccupied Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, DC, with Mary’s College and Seminary, the dialogue This is why the Saturday of Lazarus is with rubric rather than Grace, myth rather Archbishop Spyridon leading the celebration of East and West comes for the first time, to placed in such a special liturgical location. than Gospel, custom rather than Christ, the of the Orthodox Eucharist on Sunday, June the shores of our beloved nation, whose Having determined the degree of our death contemporary Orthodox Christian runs the 13, at 10:00 a.m. In addition to his role principles are founded upon the ideals of freedom and liberty. and lostness we may then experience the risk of attending Holy Week and yet remain- with the Greek Orthodox Church, he is also In the light of our hard won individual Tomb of Pascha as passage from death to ing lost . . . remaining a victim of the cold. the chair of the Standing Committee of Or- and religious freedoms, as well as the life. The liturgical celebration of our Lord’s Let us, then, utilize this 40-day season thodox Bishops of America [sic] (SCOBA) and as an opportunity to revisit the warmth of therefore the leader in the United States of struggle for racial and ethnic equality, we Passion must be allowed to lead us in such must not forget the sad fact that religious a fashion. Christ’s Resurrection for in fact every time the churches which correspond to the Or- we enter an Orthodox Church we are en- thodox Churches in other nations, such as and ethnic conflicts continue to fuel the fires We must come in from the cold and of death and destruction in the world. We warm ourselves at the spiritual heath of the tering the life-bestowing Tomb of Christ! Russia, Romania, Greece, etc. We are much encouraged by the state- announce our dialogue in the shadow of vio- Church which is ablaze with Light, Love and lence and death in Kosovo and Yugoslavia. Life! If, like the parable of the Ten Virgins, we Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos is director of ment of Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic the Archdiocese Department of Religious Exhortation following the Synod for America: We cannot allow the images of violence both remain out of this bridal chamber of Christ now, nor those that preceded this terrible the cycle of the Pentecostarion, the liturgical Education, [email protected] “... The synod fathers wished to express their special desire ‘to cooperate in the dialogue action, to diminish the examples of faith and already under way with the Orthodox commitment that our previous dialogues ENTHRONEMENTS Church, with which e share many elements have provided and continue to provide for of faith, sacramental life and piety.’” us and for others. from page 1 and to the priesthood on July 13, 1991 at As- In addition, we note, as I said in my ad- Sadly, Kosovo is the latest example of escalating violence that the lack of a con- Pantelis and sister Niki. A graduate of Glen sumption Cathedral, Denver, at which time dress to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew structive dialogue occasions in the presence Falls High School, he attended Colgate Uni- he was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite. of Constantinople on November 30 of last of diverse cultures and complex histories. versity, where he was awarded the presti- He served as Pittsburgh Diocese chancellor year: “...Dialogue between our Churches has At the close of a complex and violent cen- gious Colgate War Memorial Scholarship from 1991-95 and Detroit Diocese chancellor found in the Joint Commission an appropri- and graduated cum laude with a BA in 1975, ate instrument to address the disagreements tury, we have much of which to be proud, from 1996-97, before being assigned to Holy but also, so very much for which we must majoring in French Literature and Classical Cross Church, Brooklyn. that still exist. However, actual relations are Studies. proving more extensive and diversified. They seek understanding and forgiveness from Bishop Nicholas also has served the one another. It is my fervent prayer that the He enrolled at Holy Cross Greek Or- provide for reciprocal participation in particu- Church in several capacities as: a member destruction in Kosovo and the region sur- thodox School of Theology, Brookline, lar events in the life of our Churches, such as of the Archdiocesan Council; the Board of rounding it will end. I hope that peaceful Mass., and graduated as class valedictorian certain celebrations, liturgies, ecclesial assem- St. Michael’s Home for the Aged; the Arch- discourse and understanding may lead to in 1978. diocese Stewardship Commission; spiritual blies and discussions. Nor are they limited to official relations alone. Real, ongoing con- respect and open dialogue. He then pursued post graduate studies advisor to the Metropolitan Philoptochos The history of Constantinople and at the University of Athens. Upon his return, and the Archdiocesan Spiritual Court. tact has been established between the cul- tural institutions of our Churches. Historical Rome is filled with examples of what not to he worked in public health for 10 years in Den- During his ministry at Holy Cross do between two great traditions in conflict. ver, and was active in the life of Assumption Church he initiated several programs includ- and theological research, academic meetings, common pastoral concerns... put the profes- In the contemporary era, we seek to move Cathedral before becoming assistant to the late ing the Fair Share Stewardship, inquiry class beyond these bitter memories toward a new Bishop Philip of Daphnousia in 1983 who was for parishioners and engaged couples and a sors and pastors of our Churches into ever more frequent contact.” understanding and respect. We have serving as locum tenens of the Diocese. children’s Liturgical Choir of the Dimitrios achieved very much in this regard. I am con- In 1990 he was named as administrative and Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School. I invite all of our people and our friends of other Christian Churches and faith fami- fident that we shall achieve very much more. assistant to Bishop Maximos of Pittsburgh. He The Diocese of Detroit includes 47 par- His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch was ordained to the diaconate on July 6,1991 ishes in Michigan, Arkansas, Indiana, Ken- lies to pray that in our meeting we find ways to demonstrate growing mutual understand- Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope John at Annunciation Church, in McKeesport, Pa., tucky, New York, Ohio and Tennessee. ing and ways to witness in common to our Paul II have committed themselves to a dia- faith in Jesus Christ and to work in common logue of openness and honesty. They have NOT RELIGIOUS WAR to combat the forces of evil in our world, acknowledged the disagreements we still face as well as the deep font of our com- from page 27 reported that Patriarch Pavle “said the po- that truth and justice and peace, God’s gifts lice not only ‘broke the rules [regulating all, might prevail. mon heritage of faith and doctrine. Come peaceful protest] but besmirched the honor June, let us continue in what His All Holi- urrected the until then negligible extremist His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon: ness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has of the country where we live.’ He called Albanian nationalist sentiments. The influ- I am very pleased to be here today with called the “communion of love.” for an Albanian-Serbian dialogue and for ence of the Kosovo Liberation Army was my good friend William Cardinal Keeler who I want to thank my brother Hierarch fueled by Milosevic’s policies and the sud- compromise. Pavle said the Albanians, for has been at the forefront of Roman Catholic William Cardinal Keeler for his witness of den availability of large amounts of weap- their part, should recognize that Serbia is efforts to intensify the dialogue between Christ in love that he has shown through his ons following the looting of military sup- their country and not equate Serbia with Rome and Constantinople. His hospitality hospitality today, as he has so many times plies in Albania. Armed insurrection fol- the current regime.” is always gracious, reflecting the call of the before. And I too join in his invitation to our lowed and the worst of nationalist extrem- These are only illustrations of the Gospel to show brotherly love to those who faithful as well to other Christian Churches ism appeared on the scene. Church’s anti-government and pro-democ- profess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He to pray for us and for our common witness Where was the Orthodox Church in racy stance against the extremist Milosevic heeds a difficult call in this difficult time, to a unity of faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus this? With only 10 percent of the Kosovo policies. These are the sources of the which the Apostle Paul makes for us to “rea- Christ. Let us allow ourselves to glimpse the population Orthodox, the monasteries in Kosovo tragedy. Neither have the Muslim son together.” My brother in the Lord ex- possibility in the fullness of time and when Kosovo were and continue to be islands of leaders proclaimed the Albanian insurgency ceeds mere human reason in prayer and the Lord deigns to reveal to us the moment, good sense for both Orthodox Serb and a jihad, nor has the Orthodox Church backed praise of our common points of understand- when we might be graced again, East and Muslims in Kosovo. (Full information is Milosevic. The war in Kosovo is not a reli- ing and agreement. West, in sharing the common cup of His pre- available on the Decani Monastery site: gious war. It is the fruit of extreme national- The Cardinal and I have shared the com- cious Body and Blood. Until that day, we seek http://www.decani.yunet.com; http:// ism on both sides, largely provoked by plex process of dialogue and discussion in Truth by God revealed, justice by the Lord www.egroups.com/list/decani/). Milosevic’s communist/socialist anti-demo- numerous times and places. He and I have, ordained, and the love of God enfleshed in In January 1998 Pavle protested a gov- cratic extreme nationalist policies. I believe, gained an understanding of the Jesus Christ. May the glory of the Holy Spirit ernment crackdown on Albanian students Rev. Dr. Harakas is emeritus professor of Ortho- process through our personal exchange. It in which all creation shares guide us in the in Kosovo, One independent news agency dox Christian ethics at Holy Cross School of Theology. is an exchange that I cherish and in which I deliberations to come. APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 29 Youth Ministry challenge Email: [email protected] For College Students 1999 Summer Camps Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) SAINTS AND FEASTS Throughout the Archdiocese OCF is the Orthodox Church commu- St. George — April 23 nity on college and university campuses. The organization provides a caring environment for St. George was a Christian warrior The emperor had St. George arrested ARCHDIOCESE the life and growth of Orthodox Christians stu- from Syria who captured the imagination and sent to prison where he was beaten and IONIAN VILLAGE -Bartholomio, Greece July dents and also maintains an effective witness of many. Many myths and folklore sur- tortured. In the face of these tortures, St. 11-26 June 28-July 17 July 25- August 12 (July to Christ and the Church on campus. round the life of St. George. Legend upon George remained steadfast in his faith and 20) Optional trip to Constantinople 19+12 - OCF is not a substitute for Church, but legend grossly exaggerate the stories of prayed to God unceasingly who healed him 15 16 -18 Ionian Village at (212) 570-3534 a place to go between times of Church at- his life and it is sometimes difficult to and protected. Because he appeared to have ARCHDIOCESAN DISTRICT tendance. It is also a group to help make distinguish between what is fact or fic- been kept safe from such terrible torture, CAMP GOOD SHEPHERD at St. Basil Acad- Church more meaningful. tion. he attracted many people to faith in Christ. emy-Garrison, NY July 25 - August 18 -16 OCF is simply a manifestation of the St. George lived during the reign of Even the Empress Alexandra came to George Hazlaris at (212) 774-0296 Church on campus. To learn more about the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the late believe and confessed her faith in Christ in DIOCESE OF ATLANTA OCF, contact your local priest, your Dio- third and earth fourth centuries. He was front of her husband, Diocletian. Finally, ST. STEPHEN SUMMER CAMP - Henderso- cese Youth Director, or call the National a soldier in the imperial army, making a in 303 AD, the emperor commanded that nville, NC July 18 - 24 July 25-31 10-18 Fr. Youth Office at 212-570-3560. reputation for himself as a fearless of- St. George be beheaded. 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They questioned Jesus’ take up your bed and walk” 11. “But the Orthodox Observer a service of [email protected] healing of the blind man 12. Blind, lame water that I shall give him will become in the Department of Youth & Young Adult ˜ In the BODY of the e-mail, type in: and people waited by the pool for the him a of water spring up into everlast- Ministries. subscribe youth healing powers of the stirring waters. ing life.” 12. & 13. Declaration of St. Tho- Articles reflect the opinion of the writers. 13.“While I was with them in the world, I mas -“My and my .” Write to: Youth & Young Adult Ministries, kept them in Your name. Those whom you Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; 8 “Liturgical Hymns of Praise” gave me I have kept; and none of them is Answers were taken from the Orthodox Study Bible, East 79th Street,New York, N.Y. 10021 New King James Version. Answers can be found in Contributors for this issue by Orthodox Youth lost except the son of , that the scrip- the Gospel readings from the six Sundays after Easter ture might be fulfilled.” 14. Cloth that Fr. Anastasios Bourantas, which are as follows: John 20:19-31 Mark 15:43-16:8 Natalie Kulukundis Now Available ! Jesus’ body was wrapped in. John 5:1-15 John 4:5-42 John 9:1-38 John 17:1-13 PAGE 30 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 DIOCESEnews Florida Parish Cappella Romana Breaks Ground Explores Church for New Church Music Traditions NAPLES, Fla. —Seven years since re- SEATTLE — Cappella Romana, directed ceiving its charter, St. Katherine parish broke by Greek-American Dr. Alexander Lingas, is ground for a new church on March 20. part of the music ministry of the Diocese of Bishop Alexios of Atlanta officiated at San Francisco. the ground breaking ceremony. Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana is a The new building is designed in a 6th vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to com- century-inspired Byzantine tradition. bining passion with scholarship in its con- Fr. William Keyes, pastor and veteran tinuing exploration of the musical traditions church builder (Bridgeport and Orange, of the Christian West and East, with empha- Conn.) noted: “we have been blessed with sis on early and contemporary music. a wonderful parish and individuals of vision, Its name is derived from the medieval led by Parish Council president and fund- concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhab- raising chairman Harry Demas and Build- ited world), which included not only “Old” ing Committee Chairman Andy Eliopoulos. ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS and Fr. Gavrilos proceed from the Divine Liturgy to the bell tower Rome and Western Europe but also “New Together with our architects, Christ J. dedication service. Rome” (Constantinople) and its common- Kamages, AIA and Dean Dovolis, AIA of wealth of Slavic and Syriac countries. EKONA •DJR Architecture + Planning of San ‘Tower of Faith’ Dedicated at St. Mark Church Flexible in size according to the de- Francisco and Minneapolis, we have accom- mands of the repertory, Cappella Romana BOCA RATON, Fla.—St. Mark Church tion to the Greek Orthodox Church in North plished remarkable results in record time.” consists of some of the finest professional welcomed Archbishop Iakovos on March 14 and South America. Mr. Demas reflects, “we have a dedicated, singers in the Pacific Northwest. for the dedication of the “Tower of Faith” The foundation and base of the Bell experienced priest who has set the pace, The ensemble has a special commit- bell tower in his honor, after years of plan- Tower were built as part of the initial phase combined with parishioners who have pro- ment to mastering the difficult Slavic and ning and months of construction. of the sanctuary building project at St. Mark vided leadership through their wisdom, gen- Byzantine repertories in their original lan- The Sunday morning event began with in 1995. Construction began on the exten- erosity and actions: Ted Demetrio provid- guages, thereby making accessible to the the Divine Liturgy. The dedication service sion of the Bell Tower in October 1998. ing invaluable guidance in fundraising; Andy general public two great musical traditions followed a procession to the base of the Fr. James Gavrilos, pastor of St. Mark, Eliopoulos, a professional engineer and a that are little-known in the West. newly constructed tower. An agiasmo ser- commented on what the Tower of Faith seasoned building committee chairman on Leading scholars have supplied the vice was conducted by Archbishop Iakovos, means to the community: “The dedication our current and previous projects and a group with their latest discoveries, while its assisted by Frs. James Gavrilos, Gregory of the Tower of Faith brings the exterior great, giving Parish Council and Building music director has prepared a number of Champion, George Mamangakis, Dean phase of construction to a magnificent con- Committee, working with our talented Ar- the ensemble’s performing editions from Timothy Andrews (founding priest of St. clusion. The bells add a distinctive element chitectural and Building Team to provide an original sources. In the field of contempo- Mark) and Constantine Theodore, accom- to our worship just as the Tower of Faith extraordinary Orthodox Landmark.” rary music, Cappella Romana has taken a panied by the St. Mark Choir. adds a distinctive touch to the skyline of The design received approval and praise leading role in presenting West Coast audi- As the dedication concluded, the first Boca Raton. This wonderful community of from Archbishop Spyridon last August. ences with the works of such European com- ringing of the carillon filled the air. A com- 650 families plays a unique role in the reli- posers as Ivan Moody, Michael Adamis, memorative Lenten luncheon followed the gious life of South Palm Beach County, and Arvo Port, and John Tavener, as well as pro- Students, Host ceremony, with proceeds to benefit the Or- its presence is now felt architecturally as well moting the works of North Americans. thodox Christian Mission Center for the as spiritually and culturally. It is entirely ap- The ensemble has also been honored benefit of Mission seminarian scholarships propriate that this Bell Tower is named af- Families Sought by a 90-minute broadcast distributed nation- at Holy Cross Seminary. ter His Eminence, Archbishop Iakovos. The wide by Public Radio International. The 94-foot Tower of Faith is the final Tower will dominate the St. Mark campus, Dr. Lingas is presently British Academy for Program element of the original plans for the St. Mark just as Archbishop Iakovos towered over the Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Oxford sanctuary, created and approved in 1990 un- Christian world during his 37-year tenure TIBURON, Calif. – The American Inter- University’s St. Peter’s College and a Visit- der the guidance of then pastor Fr. Frank as leader of America’s 1.5 million Greek national Youth Exchange Program seeks ing Fellow at its European Humanities Re- Marangos. Orthodox Christians.” American host families for 25 students from search Centre. In 1990, Mr. and Mrs. Louis and Helen Fr. Gavrilos and the parish council or- high schools in from France, Germany, Bel- He has spoken on BBC Radio 3 and lec- Nicozisis offered to donate the Tower of ganized the dedication weekend. For more gium, Spain, Denmark and other foreign tured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Faith in recognition of Archbishop Iakovos information, please call St. Mark Greek Or- countries for the coming school year. New York, while scholarly articles by him for his many decades of service and dedica- thodox Church at (561) 994-4822. Students will arrive in the United States have been published in London, Rome, and in late August, attend the local school and th St. Petersburg, Russia. return home in late June next year. The stu- Illinois Church to Celebrate 90 His upcoming academic projects in- dents, all fluent in English, have been clude books on Sunday Matins in the Rite of screened by their school counselors in their PALOS HILLS, Ill.—Sts. Constantine the right to practice their religion openly Hagia Sophia and Byzantine experiments in home country and will receive medical in- and Helen Church, second oldest Greek and whose first Ecumenical Council drew polyphony for Harwood Academic Publish- surance and spending money. Orthodox parish in the Chicago area and up the Nicene Creed that is still the basic ers, as well as further study with Lycourgos The AIYSEP is a non-profit high school one of the largest in the country, celebrates doctrine of most Christian churches, and th Angelopoulos during the summer of 1999 foreign exchange program in the United its 90 anniversary May 20-23. to St. Helen, Constantine’s mother, who is on a grant from the Onassis Foundation. States, Europe, and other parts of the world. The occasion will be marked by a se- honored for finding relics of the true Cross For further information, call (206) 523- AIYSEP believes a greater international un- ries of religious and social events planned of the Crucifixion in Jerusalem. 6100 in Seattle; (503) 236-8202 in Portland. derstanding is accomplished among people around the feast day of the church’s pa- Fr. Byron Stylianos Papanikolaou, Email: [email protected]; and countries through cultural and home stay tron saints. Protopresbyter, has served the community [email protected] Internet: www.scn.org/ programs. It offers qualified students a chance From its humble beginnings in a rented for the past 39 years. He is assisted by Fr. ~mpowell/cr to spend a summer, semester or school year hall, through four church buildings in three Nicholas Jonas. th Cappella Romana’s next concerts cel- with a host family in America or abroad. locations, the faith and unity of this vibrant To commemorate the 90 Anniversary, ebrate the feast of Pascha with joyous mu- American families with small children community have been strengthened by the three special religious services are planned. sic from Baroque Russia and Ukraine. are welcome to participate in the program. hurdles it rallied to overcome. Destruction On Thursday, May 20, a Vespers service The Cappella’s new recording of mu- All families hosting a student for the year can of the first church by fire, bankruptcy of for the Feast Day of Sts. Constantine and sic by Greek-American liturgical composer deduct $50 a month for income tax purposes. the second church, relocation, rebuilding, Helen will be celebrated, followed by a re- Dr Tikey Zes, professor emeritus of San Jose AIYSEP is also seeking American high fundraising, and years of borrowed church ception for approximately 1,000 people State University in composition, will be re- school students, ages 15-19, who would and school facilities have influenced the including priests from Chicago area Ortho- leased at this series of concerts as well. like to spend a high school semester or year church’s evolution into a community hub dox churches. with a European family or to participate in with religious, educational, cultural, ath- A Divine Liturgy for the feast day will a four- or six-week family stay abroad in letic, social and service programs that bring be held on Friday morning, May 21, fol- the summer. together parishioners of all ages. lowed by a luncheon. Write to Us... Interested students and families are Originally a branch of Holy Trinity Highlighting the social festivities will asked to contact the AIYSEP International Church, which lacked the capacity to serve be the gala dinner celebration on May 22 ORTHODOX OBSERVER Headquarters: Office of the Director, 200 the volume of the South Side’s very rap- at the Odyssey Country Club in Tinley Park. 8 East 79th Street Round Hill Road, Tiburon, CA 94920; 1- idly growing Greek Community in the early Tickets are $90 each. Advance prepaid res- New York, NY 10021 800-347-7575. 1900s, the makeshift-church members es- ervations are required by April 30. Call International Headquarters: Office of tablished an independent parish in 1909. (708) 974-3400 for information. ! Fax:(212) 774-0239 the Director, 200 Round Hill Road, Tiburon, Members dedicated it to St. Constantine, Sunday Divine Liturgy will culminate e-mail: [email protected] CA 94920; 1-800-347-7575. the Roman emperor who gave Christians the anniversary activities. Include your address and daytime number APRIL 20, 1999 ORTHODOX OBSERVER PAGE 31 SPECIAL events

Greek Landing Scenes from Pascha New Jersey Clergy Day Anniversary Deplore Violence Observance Planned and Bombing ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—The odyssean BETHESDA, Md. — New Jersey Dio- cese clergy, meeting recently with newly journey across the Atlantic came to an end elected Bishop George, adopted the follow- on June 26, 1768, when Scottish doctor ing resolution, relative to the tragic happen- Andrew Turnbull’s eight ships carrying 300 ings in Kosovo and Serbia. Greeks, 900 Minorcans and a few dozen “We the Clergy of the Diocese of New Corsicans and Italians, landed in St. Augus- Jersey deplored the bombing and the vio- tine for food supplies and other provisions lence against innocent civilians in Kosovo for the ill-fated New Smyrna Colony in and Serbia. We urge the United States Gov- Florida. ernment to voice its opposition to NATO to The Greeks were from Smyrna (Asia the bombing and killing of innocent people Minor), Mani (Peloponessos), and the is- and to return to the negotiating table so that lands of Santorini and Crete. an amicable and just solution can be found The 231st anniversary of this historic which would satisfy the legitimate aspira- landing will be commemorated June 26-27 tions of Serbians throughout the world for weekend at the St. Photios Greek Orthodox their sacred places in Kosovo Province of National Shrine, located on the nation’s old- Serbia, as well as for the protection of the est street, 41 St. George St., and oldest city. rights of people of Albanian background. We The Archdiocese purchased the St. urge the President of the United States to Photios National Shrine (originally the Avero take immediate action on this matter.” House built in 1749) in 1966. Upon being ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON tosses handfuls of bay leaves among the congregation at the fully restored, the Shrine was dedicated Feb. first Anastasis service on Holy Saturday morning. (below) Hundreds of candle-holding Choir Federation Conference 27, 1982. worshippers rejoice at the midnight Resurrection service - a scene repeated thousands of times around the world. (D. Panagos photos) With the demise of the New Smyrna Colony in fall 1777, the remaining 300 Held in Connecticut Minorcans and 95 Greeks received their BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Holy Trinity freedom from the British governor, Patrick Church’s choir recently hosted the Arch- Tonyn, who gave the surviving colonists the diocesan District Choir Federation annual Avero House at 41 St. George St. for fellow- conference was hosted at the parish. ship and worship. The Federation is comprised of choirs The Greek Landing Day anniversary will within the Archdiocese District that includes begin with the official opening ceremony at New York City, Long Island,Upstate, West- noon in the Shrine’s Constantine Sisters ern Connecticut and Washington, D.C. Courtyard. George Manos, Federation president A memorial service will be conducted who directs the host church choir, directed and Mayor Len Weeks of St. Augustine will the liturgy. offer greetings and read a Proclamation. Leah Pappas-Caviris of New York di- Following the service, various Greek rected Heretismi Services. folk dance groups wearing authentic cos- According to information from Fr. tumes will perform. Greek food and past- Demetrios Recachinas, pastor, activities in- ries will be available at the Shrine Court- cluded rehearsals with the combined Choir, yard on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Federation meeting, election of officers and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Greek folk danc- a banquet. ers will also be featured on Sunday after- Rose Gaches, a life-long member of noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Holy Trinity Choir, was voted as the choir Mike Gaetanos, president of St. member of the year. She was presented Augustine’s Holy Trinity Church parish medal. council, serves as Greek Landing Day Festi- Fr. Recachinas read the following mes- val general chairman. Vasso Poulos, Holy sage from Archbishop Spyridon to all choir Trinity Church Philoptochos president, is members at the liturgy. Greek food and pastries chairwoman, and “As I have said many times before, in James Stremanos, Shrine and National the Orthodox Tradition, worship is the core Shrine church supplies manager is coordi- of our Christian life. This is why, as Arch- nator. Bishop John of Amorion, out-going bishop, of primary concern to me is the li- St. Photios Shrine president, will oversee the turgical life of our parish communities. Since Greek Landing Day commemorative album. every aspect of our Church life should re- volve around the Eucharist, the goal of mak- Vespers will be conducted at the St. ing the liturgical experience as beautiful as Photios Shrine Chapel at 5 p.m. ., June 26. possible is worth every effort. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the St. “I am deeply grateful for the tireless Photios Shrine Chapel on June 27, 10:30 commitment of each and every choir mem- a.m. Contact the Shrine Office (904) 829- ber across this great nation. Your dedica- 8205 or Fax (904) 829-8707, for more in- tion is without boundaries and your love for formation. the church is evident to those who hear you. I am thankful to the Almighty that I have such faithful servants of the Lord in this Arch- PAOI Women Raise diocese.” Funds for Library WELCOME TO THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE SAN MARINO, Calif. – Women of the OF AMERICA Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute WORLD WIDE WEB HOME PAGE of Berkeley organized a fund-raiser that generated $10,000 for the institute library. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: The event, “Come to the Cabaret,” was D. Panagos http://www.goarch.org ORTHODOX POLICE FETE hosted by Dr. Jan and Stephanie Duncan Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: His Eminence and other dignitaries recently attended the annual St. Paul’s Society http://www. patriarchate.org of San Marino and chaired by Helen Communion Breakfast held at the Crystal Palace in Astoria, NY. Members of the Orthodox Ministry ACCESS: Stathatos. organization are New York City police officers of Orthodox Christian background. With http://www.goarch.org/access PAOI President Paul Manolis and more the Archbishop are Detective John Grizopoulos, president; John Catsimatidis, who was Orthodox Observer: than 120 guests attended the March 31 named the Society’s “Man of the Year;” the Very Rev. Evangelos Kourounis, spiritual http://www.goarch. org/goa/observer activity. advisor; and local television meteorologist Nick Gregory. PAGE 32 ORTHODOX OBSERVER APRIL 20, 1999 Orthodox Celebrate Holy Week, Pascha Amid Thoughts of War

NEW YORK –Millions of Orthodox Main opposition New Democracy party Christians in this country and around the leader Costas Karamanlis visited Leonidion, world celebrated the Church’s greatest and Arcadia to celebrate Easter. On Sunday, He joyous feast - Pascha - while thoughts of their visited the two military camps in Tripolis brethren under attack in Yugoslavia during saying the “paranoia of war and bombings all of Holy Week were not far from their must stop.” minds. Albanian Orthodox aid Refugees This year, Archbishop Spyridon visited 14 churches in three states as part of his The Orthodox Autocephalous Church Holy Week visitation program. Many thou- of Albania celebrated its Holy Week and sands of faithful turned out for the services Easter services in a unique way this year. As and to greet and hear His Eminence, who the Church liturgically participated in the reminded them of the plight of their fellow suffering passion and radiant joy of our Orthodox during this most holy period. Lord’s final days, she also witnessed Christ’s On April 3, the Saturday of Lazarus, the suffering and resurrection in the faces of a Archbishop presided at the Divine Liturgy hurting humanity all around her. at Holy Cross Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. On April 10, Archbishop Anastasios Palm Sunday, he traveled to Annuncia- missed the traditional Holy Saturday morn- tion Church in Woburn, Mass., for Liturgy, ing Service for the first time in his life as he then returned to New York for that evening’s traveled by helicopter to the northern town first Bridegroom service of the week at An- of Kukes to assess the desperate refugee nunciation Church in Manhattan. situation. Earlier in the week the Orthodox Church had delivered emergency food aid On Holy Monday, His Eminence pre- D. Panagos sided at the Service of the Bridegroom at Sts. ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON offers the traditional Easter red egg to this hopeful youngster. to this region, as well as sent shipments to Constantine and Helen Church in Brooklyn. litical leaders. other countries. various other cities overwhelmed by refu- Archbishop Spyridon went to Holy Trin- Prime Minister Costas Simitis visited a The president also distributed Easter gees. ity Church in Hicksville on Long Island April village on the Greek-Albanian border on eggs and gifts. By mid-day, the Archbishop visited a 6 for the Holy Tuesday Service of the Bride- Easter Sunday, while main opposition New Prime Minister Simitis visited the vil- possible sight for a refugee camp near groom. Democracy party leader Costas Karamanlis lage of Molyvdoskepasto, Ioannina on the Durres which the Church is establishing. On Holy Wednesday, His Eminence spent the day in the Peloponnese. Greek-Albanian border, stressing the need And at midnight, Archbishop Anastasios was presided at Holy Unction service at St. President Stephanopoulos said it was for a peaceful political solution to be found in Tirana once again sharing his Easter mes- Demetrios, Jamaica, N.Y. inadmissible for bombings to occur in Eu- to the crisis in Yugoslavia. sage of hope to the thousands of believers He celebrated Divine Liturgy on Holy rope. The village’s president gave Mr. Simitis gathered around the Church. Thursday morning at Kimisis Tis Theotokou, “I wish the best for the country and for a white dove and an olive tree branch as Offering hope in the midst of despair is in Brooklyn. In the evening, he presided at peace in the region. Because it is inadmis- peace tokens. the main message the Orthodox Church has the service of the Holy Passion at Holy Trin- sible for bombings to occur in Europe,” Mr. During his visit to a border outpost on tried to extend during these difficult days ity Cathedral in Manhattan. Stephanopoulos said. the borders with Albania, the local com- surrounding Easter. On Holy Friday, Archbishop Spyridon He was replying to reporters’ questions mander briefed Mr. Simitis on the repercus- In addition to the emergency relief attended the Royal Hours at Sts. Anargyroi during a tour of the children’s wing of a hos- sions of war on the influx of illegal immi- work, the Church also continued her nor- in Manhattan, the Apokathelosis at Holy pital in the western town of Rio, where many grants into the country, which he estimated mal philanthropic ministries. The women’s Trinity Church , New Rochelle, and the of the young patients are from Albania and as having been considerably reduced. group of Tirana prepared and delivered more Epitaphios Thrinos at St. Nicholas in Flush- than 565 Easter food packages for poor fami- ing. lies throughout the capital city. They also Vespers-Divine Liturgy on Holy Satur- delivered packages for 230 families of or- day morning took place at Church of Our phans in Tirana and Elbasan, as well as took Savior in Rye, with His Eminence presiding. special medicines to 36 burn victims in the The Archbishop celebrated the Resur- hospitals. rection service and Divine Liturgy at St. Various Church groups continued their Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria. weekly visits to homebound sick people, Archbishop Spyridon traveled to Bridge- hospitals, a school for the blind, as well as port, Conn., on Holy Easter Sunday Agape the central men’s and women’s prison in Vespers at Holy Trinity Church. Tirana. The week after Easter they delivered 150 food parcels to all the prisoners. Greece’s leaders wish for peace In Korça, Metropolitan John organized As is customary every year, Greece’s a special Easter lamb dinner for 100 of the political and military leadership celebrated poorest people of the city. This meal was in Easter Day with the nation’s enlisted young addition to the normal Church Soup Kitchen people and exchanged best wishes. which feeds between 50-60 people four The events centered at Dekelia Air Base, times a week. the Tank Training Center at Avlona and the Easter activities also included the tradi- Salamina Naval Base. They were visited by tional Sunday reception at the Tirana President of the Republic Kostis Stepha- Archdiocesan House, where Archbishop nopoulos, National Defense Minister Akis Anastasios received visits from President of Tsohatzopoulos, Parliament President the Republic Rexhep Meidani, Prime Minis- Apostolos Kaklamanis and many other po- HIS EMINENCE carries the crucifixion icon at the Service of the Holy Passion. D. Panagos ter Pandeli Majko, and other officials. (photos by Ayuri Sakamoto, IMC) Ayuri (photos by A BOY at another Serbian Orthodox church holds this sign during the Anastasis service YOUNG GIRL lights a candle in a Belgrade church prior to the Resurrection Service on Holy Saturday night to protest an earlier attack on a nearby bridge. Holy Saturday night. Elsewhere, NATO jets light up the night sky with bombs.