VOL. 63 NO. 1142 APRIL 5, 1998 http://www.goarch.org/goa/observer E-mail:
[email protected] President Clinton Welcomes Archbishop Spyridon Archdiocesan Council WASHINGTON - President William J. Clinton welcomed Arch- Holds Spring Meeting To the Oval Office bishop Spyridon to the Oval Office on March 12 to receive the official proclamation declaring March 25th,1998: Greek Independence Day: NEW YORK At the spring meeting of A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy. the Archdiocesan Council held March 6-7, In conversation with His Eminence, the President recalled the his- Archbishop Spyridon emphasized the theme toric visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and discussed issues of unity of the Church, initiated a new schol- of mutual concern and interest to the Greek Orthodox faithful and arship fund at Holy Cross School of Theol- Greek American community. ogy and announced that he would lead the Accompanying the Archbishop was a delegation including Greek effort to raise funds for completion of the Ambassador Loucas Tsilas, Father George Kalpaxis, a priest of the first Archbishop Iakovos Library at the School. graduating class of Holy Cross School of Theology and representa- For the first time since the days of Arch- tives of Greek American organizations. bishop Athenagoras, the two-day sessions This year, stated the Proclamation, as we mark the 177th anni- of the Council took place at the Holy Trinity versary of the advent of Greeces struggle for independence, we cel- Archdiocesan Cathedral, instead of the ebrate with the Hellenic Republic and recognize the close ties that Waldorf Astoria, resulting in a savings of have long existed between Greece and the United States.