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NEW YORK - On Saturday, Oct. 17, thefirst meeting of the new Board of Trusteesof Hellenic College/Holy Cross for the 1998-2000 school year was held at the MaliotisCultural Center on the campus.

Under the chairmanship of ArchbishopSpyridon, the Board of Trustees electedGeorge Behrakis of Tewksbury, Mass., asthe vice-chairman, George Safiol of Weston,as treasurer, and the Rev. EconomosPanagiotis Giannakopoulos of the St. GeorgeChurch in Centerville, as secretary. Theseofficers, together with the Archbishop, thepresident, the deans of each School, and 10appointments by the Archbishop from thenominated members of the Board make upthe Executive Committee.

In an extraordinary show of unity andsupport, the Board of Trustees unanimouslyoffered the services of each and every mem-ber to the Archbishop. Archbishop Spyridonis expected to name these 10 appointmentsin the next few days.

In addition, the Board asked PresidentGanas to organize two committees to re-port on two specific topics. ArchbishopSpyridon himself asked the Board to look atthe recommendation that came from the34th Clergy-Laity Congress regarding theclergy/professors who were reassigned. This

New Trustees Meet at Hellenic College/Holy Cross

committee, to be comprised of five mem-bers of the Board, will study this matter. Thesecond committee, to be comprised of eightmembers of the Board, will work on theNEASC and ATS recommendation regard-ing the ecclesiastical and academic struc-ture at Hellenic College/Holy Cross.

Following the meeting, the Archbishop

cal School of Halki, a repressiveand unfair blow has been struckagainst this most venerable insti-tution of our Church. It is unac-ceptable that a governmentagency can be used to nullify therights of its citizenry to maintaina legal institution whose purposeis religious.

As the leader of the GreekOrthodox People of America, Icall upon all of the faithfulthroughout this great land to workin constructive and peacefulways, at every level of society, toinform your fellow-citizens aboutthis situation, and to encourageboth the Turkish and Americanauthorities to rectify this situationat once. I call upon the govern-ment of Turkey to respect thefreedom of expression that be-long to every member of the hu-man family. And I call upon thecivic and religious leaders ofAmerica to defend the spiritualand religious integrity of the Ecu-menical Patriarchate of Constan-tinople.�

The Halki Theological Schoolwas closed by an action of theTurkish government in 1971, andsince that time, has been subjectto actions by government agenciesthat seek to curb its activities.

The School is currently usedfor conferences, most notably,the International EnvironmentalSymposium sponsored annually

NEW YORK - The Greek OrthodoxArchdiocese of America applauds the leg-islation passed by both the House andSenate (Oct. 20th and 21 respectively)and signed into law by the President onOct. 21, recognizing the integrity andfreedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchateof Constantinople. The full text of Sec-tion 2804 of the Omnibus Bill withinwhich this �sense of Congress� is con-tained reads as follows:

�It is the sense of Congress that theUnited States should use its influencewith the government of Turkey to sug-gest that the Government of Turkey:1)recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchateand its nonpolitical, religious mission;

2)ensure the continued maintenanceof the institution�s physical securityneeds, as provided for under Turkish andinternational law, including the Treaty ofLausanne, the 1968 Protocol, the HelsinkiFinal Act (1975), and the Charter of Paris;

3)provide for the proper protectionand safety of the Ecumenical Patriarch andPatriarchate personnel; and

4)reopen the EcumenicalPatriarchate�s Halki Patriarchal School ofTheology.

When he received the news of thepassage of this legislation, ArchbishopSpyridon issued the following statement:

�On behalf of all the Greek Ortho-dox Christians of the United States, andall people who love freedom, I expressour deepest thanks to the HonorableMembers of Congress and to the Presi-dent for making this legislation possible.This sense of Congress express the hopesand dreams of countless Greek Ortho-dox Christians, clergy and laypeople alike,who have labored tirelessly for manyyears to bring into the national conscious-ness the issue of the freedoms, rights, andprivileges of our Holy Mother Church, theGreat Church of Christ our beloved Ecu-menical Patriarchate.

�The Ecumenical Patriarchate is aspiritual institution of world-wide signifi-cance, whose only mission is that of ourLord Jesus Christ. We can only hope thatthe inclusion and passage of this legisla-tion will set an example for every mem-ber of our own Greek Orthodox Familyso that they may take pride in their coun-try and follow the example of their fel-low-citizens in standing up for humanrights and religious liberty everywhere.�We are so fortunate to live in this landof the free and call it our own. But whatis even a greater honor is to stand up forthe freedoms and liberty of others.

�In calling all Orthodox Christians toexpress their thanks to the President andthe Members of Congress for this legis-lation, I would also like to acknowledgethe work of Congressman MichaelBilirakis and Congressman Ben Gilman,without whom this legislation would nothave come about. May God bless themand may He ever protect and defend ourHoly Mother Church.�

President, CongressRecognize Patriarchate�sIntegrity and Freedom

Renewed Persecution of Theological School of HalkiNEW YORK - The Archdio-

cese of America sadly learned ofthe arbitrary dismissal of theBoard of Trustees of the Patriar-chal Theological School of Halkiby an agency of the Turkish gov-ernment. This action comes onlydays after a Sense of the Con-gress resolution suggesting tothe Turkish government that itallow the reopening of theSchool.

Archbishop Spyridonstrongly protested the dismissalof the Board of Trustees of theTheological School of Halki byTurkish government authorities,that occurred Nov 2.

The dismissal by the Gen-eral Authority for Public Institu-tions for alleged �mismanage-ment� and �propaganda againstthe Turkish government,� if up-held, would have the conse-quence of barring the membersof the Board from any other ser-vice in similar institutions.

Upon learning of the situa-tion, Archbishop Spyridon senta telegram to Ecumenical Patri-arch Bartholomew expressing hisown support and that of theGreek Orthodox faithful inAmerica.

Archbishop�s OfficialStatement

Archbishop Spyridon sentthe following telegram of support

HIS EMINENCE with the Holy Cross-Hellenic College Board of Trustees. (D. Panagos photo)

to His All Holiness Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew and issued this statementfrom Texas, where he was making a pasto-ral visit.

�Less than a week after the People of

the United States, through their representa-tives in Congress and the ratification of thePresident, confirmed the basic human rightsof the Ecumenical Patriarchate to freely op-erate and re-open the Patriarchal Theologi-

by His All Holiness and various world re-nowned dignitaries. The School was foundedin the 19th century on the grounds of thePatriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity thathas occupied the site for over 1,000 years.

departed for Chicago, where he celebratedthe Consecration Vespers at the Holy CrossChurch in Justice, Ill. On Sunday, the Arch-bishop presided at Sts. Peter and Paul par-ish in Glenview, Ill., and ordained the Rev.Deacon Peter Pappas to the Holy Priesthood.After the Divine Liturgy, the Archbishop heldan open dialogue with the parishioners.

(N. Manginas photo)

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CHICAGO- The Archbishop�s Commis-sion on Greek Language and Culture issteadfastly carrying out its mission to assessand report on the current status of Greeklanguage education in the United States.

Commission on Greek Language and Culture Convenes in Chicago

By Eleni Daniels

Chaired by Professor John A. Rassias,president of the Rassias Foundation atDartmouth College in New Hampshire, thecommission successfully held its fourth in aseries of public hearings at the Annuncia-tion Cathedral in Chicago on October 8.

All members of the Greek Orthodoxcommunities in Metropolitan Chicago wererecently invited to share their views regard-ing the status of Greek studies. The three-hour long public hearing held at the Annun-ciation Cathedral was attended by more than50 parents and many teachers from variousschools, including Socrates School of HolyTrinity, Plato Academy, Koraes School andtheir principals.

Commissioners present included Pro-fessor Rassias, Professor Peter Bien andNicholas Patrikalakis.

Michael Intoccia, director of the RassiasLanguage Institute in Chicago, attended asa consultant, as did Leona Mirza, a teacherin the Chicago school system.

The problems and issues of concernwere many and reflected those of the previ-ous hearings: including lack of school fund-ing; low enrollment of students; and lack ofproper educational materials.

However, the Commission heard muchmore about centralization and coordinationamong the schools this time. The forthcom-ing public hearing will take place in Los Ange-les. The date and location is to be announced.

Professor Rassias was eager to mentionthe warm and hospitable reception the Com-mission members receive at the various hear-ings thus far and the positive comments hehears about the distinctive members on theCommission. �Everywhere we go, we arewarmly received with refreshments and peopleadmire the composition of the panel. This isnot only a Greek problem and we wantpeople�s objective point of view,� said Rassias.

Ultimately, the committee, commis-sioned by Archbishop Spyridon in March1998, will present to His Eminence recom-mendations for improvements in the studyof the Greek language and Hellenic cultureby March 1999.

These recommendations will havecome from all the public hearings, one-on-one interviews with teachers and adminis-

trators and calculated findings based onhundreds of questionnaires pertaining to thestudy of Greek language from all the GreekDay and Afternoon schools nationwide.

The response from the questionnaireshas been positive reflecting confidentialpoint of views from either parents, students,teachers and administrators with the option

NEW YORK � Archbishop Spyridonattended a reception on Oct. 20 in honorof the recently appointed Ambassador-des-ignate to the Czech Republic John Shattuck.The reception was held at the home ofRabbi and Mrs. Arthur Schneier; RabbiSchneier is president of the Appeal of Con-science Foundation.

Ambassador Shattuck at one timechaired a Special Advisory Committee onReligious Freedom Abroad while servingas Assistant Secretary of State for Democ-

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As Greek Orthodox Christian Stew-ards we are entrusted with the care andmanagement of God�s world and His af-fairs on earth. We serve God out of loveand thanksgiving, understanding that ev-erything we have comes from God. AsHis disciples, we offer ourselves to Godas He offered Himself for us.

Steward�s Relationship to God�s World

By Harold A. Peponis

God�s love gave us the incarnatedJesus Christ so that mankind could be re-stored into full communion with God. Weare called to actualize that love in our livesby a total response to the great command-ment of Christ, to love God with all ourheart and soul and mind and to love ourfellow man as ourselves.

We are called to respond to God�slove by perfecting and magnifying His lovethrough a husbanding of His world, Hiscreatures and His Holy Church.

As members of the One, Holy, Catho-lic and Apostolic Church we are commit-ted to the universality of the Church.

AT RECEPTION (from left), Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Archbishop Spyridon, John Shattuck,and the Most Rev. Theodore McCarrick (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark, N.J.)

racy, Human Rights and Labor.In November 1996, Archbishop

Spyridon was one of 20 members ap-pointed by Secretary of State Warren Chris-topher to serve on this Special AdvisoryCommittee on Religious Freedom Abroad.

Offering remarks of congratulationsand warm good wishes to AmbassadorShattuck for his new assignment wereArchbishop Spyridon, Rabbi Schneier andArchbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

NEW YORK � U.S. Ambassadorto Greece Nicholas Burns made an of-ficial visit to the Archdiocese on, Oct.27, and was warmly received by Arch-bishop Spyridon.

Many topics of interest to the GreekOrthodox Church and the Greek Ameri-can community were discussed duringthe lengthy meeting which was enthusi-astically hailed by both ArchbishopSpyridon and Ambassador Burns.

Ambassador Burns indicated hispleasure at meeting with His Eminenceonce again. �I was able,� he said, � togive the Archbishop my sense of whatthe United States is trying to do tostrengthen our relationship withGreece and I look forward to manysuch occasions in the future.�

In response, His Eminence ex-pressed his joy at receiving Ambassa-dor Burns and was most encouragedby his insight and desire to assist the GreekAmerican community in increasing its re-

Ambassador Burns Visits Archdiocese

ARCHBISHOP SPYRIDON welcomes U.S.Ambassador to Greece Nicholas Burns on Oct.27 during the envoy�s visit to the Archdiocese.

In that commitment we are obligedto the stewardship and care of our par-ishes and through our parishes to our Dio-cese, Archdiocese and Patriarchate.

The Church is the entire Body ofChrist, all of us living and dead, all of ourhierarchy and priesthood, all of ourtemples of worship, all of our ministriesof teaching, healing and outreach. Herwitness and institutions are ours to man-age, nurture and protect. To cherish andtransmit to future generations the Ortho-dox Christian heritage which has beenentrusted to us as stewards of the King-dom of God.

To fervently believe in the mission ofthe Church of Christ is to give with loveof our valued treasure, our infinite timeand our perfected talents. It is such givingto His Church that is synonymous withlove and love is the inherent element ofChristianity. Simply put then, stewardshipis the loving return to God of our first fruitsfrom the manifold blessings He has be-stowed upon us.

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Archbishop Spyridon WelcomesAmerican Sephardic Delegation

HIS EMINENCE with Jayne Rosengarden, Cliff Russo, Leon Levi and Amy Goldstein atArchdiocese headquarters. (GANP � M. Toliou photo)

Much has been written and even morehas been said concerning the legal actionIn order to gain a better understanding ofthis action and to clarify the goals of theArchdiocese, let us raise and answer thefollowing questions.

1. Has the Archdiocese indeed sued oneof its members?

2. Has it sought to injure anyone le-gally or otherwise?

3. Has it sought to silence anyone?OR . . . has it acted in the only method

possible to protect your private and privi-leged information entrusted not to GOALor anyone else, but to your Church.

The Archdiocese, through its counsel,has advised both the Court and GOAL thatit is willing to pursue a settlement whichwould restore the property of the Church.It must be emphasized, that while the Arch-diocese supports and vigorously defends therights of GOAL and any other entity or per-sons to express their opinions, views andideas, the Archdiocese affirms that such dis-course should take place within the confinesof the laws of the land. Using misappropri-ated property that belongs to the Archdio-cese, whether it be a computer disk or aprinted list, is neither the Christian nor thecivil thing to do. The Archdiocese resortedto legal action as necessary to protect itsproperty and the privacy rights of the faith-ful. The legal action against GOAL has notbeen pursued against any individual person,only the corporate entity; therefore, it ispatently false to say that the Archdiocesehas sued any of its own flock. The entiresubstance of the issue is only the return ofthe confidential mailing list and a means ofpreventing its unauthorized use in the fu-ture. The Archdiocese has called for a dis-continuance of the litigation and the resto-ration of the property of the Archdiocese.

There have been very significant devel-opments in the continuing litigation of theArchdiocese against GOAL over their use of amisappropriated copy of the mailing list of theArchdiocese. The Archdiocese continues tomaintain that the mailing list is confidentialproperty of the Archdiocese, and that GOALused a copy of the list that they neither ob-tained permission to use, nor have they ex-plained how they obtained it. At the hearingin Federal Court on November 2, 1998, GOALadmitted for the first time on the record thatit was in possession of the mailing list of theArchdiocese, and furthermore, it declined tomake an explanation of how it came to be inpossession of the Church�s property. The at-torney for GOAL pleaded ignorance of themeans by which GOAL obtained the list be-fore Judge Denny Chin.

GOAL did make a settlement proposal tothe Archdiocese that included the following:

1. that GOAL be allowed to keep themailing list to communicate with the faith-ful,

2. that GOAL would remove from thelist anyone who requested so,

3. that GOAL would not sell the mail-ing list

4. that GOAL would consider not so-liciting money with the mailing list , and

5. that the Archdiocese would dismissthe lawsuit.

The Archdiocese was obliged to refusethis offer, because it would allow GOAL, aMassachusetts corporation, an exclusion-ary right to keep the list over anyone elsewho might want it for their own purposes.Under the terms of this settlement, any otherindividual or group who would for any otherreason desire this list for business or per-sonal purposes, would have an equal rightto request the list for themselves. The Arch-diocese has always protected the rights andthe privacy of the parishioners of eachChurch mailing list, recognizing the fact thatsome of this information is unlisted and

Archdiocese Proposes Settlement with GOALtherefore privileged. Moreover, the termsof such a settlement might encourage oth-ers to attempt to illicitly obtain the list.

The Archdiocese responded with acounter-offer:

1. that GOAL return the mailing list, theproperty of the Archdiocese, to the Arch-diocese,

2. that the Archdiocese would not pur-sue any course of action as to how GOALcame to be in the unauthorized possessionof this property of the Archdiocese,

3. that GOAL make a petition to theExecutive Committee of the ArchidocesanCouncil for permission to use the list,

4. that the Archdiocese would dismissthe lawsuit.

Three facts must be kept in mind as oneconsiders the settlement offer of GOAL andthe settlement offer of the Archdiocese.

First, GOAL, while admitting that it hasthe property of the Archdiocese, did notexplain how they obtained it.

Second, GOAL argued before the courtthat it could have obtained the list had itsdirectors requested it, and even maintainedthat it had a legal right to the list. If this wereso, one can properly ask why GOAL did notdo so in the first place.

Third, GOAL has given the impressionthat the list is not confidential, arguing thatanyone could obtain it directly from the par-ishes if they so desired. In order to prove thispoint, GOAL gathered the mailing lists of 54parishes which are listed below. In no casedid they present any evidence that the Parishhad given their consent to use either a ParishDirectory or a Parish mailing list for the pur-poses of GOAL. The Parishes are as follows:

St. Luke - East Longmeadow, MA, Sts.Anargyroi - Marlboro, MA, Annunciation Ca-thedral - Boston, MA, St. Nicholas - Lexington,MA, St. Demetrios - Weston, MA, St. Demetrios- Fall River, MA, St. George - Keene, NH, HolyTrinity - Portland, ME, St. George - Hartford,CT, St. Sophia Hellenic - New London, CT,Church of Our Saviour - Rye, NY, St. Paul Ca-thedral - Hempstead, NY, St. Sophia Cathedral -Washington, DC, St. George - Bethesda, MD, Ca-thedral of the Annunciation - Baltimore, MD, An-nunciation Cathedral - Norfolk, VA, Holy Trin-ity - Raleigh, NC, Holy Trinity Cathedral - Char-lotte, NC, Holy Trinity - Charleston, SC, Cathe-dral of the Annunciation - Atlanta, GA, St.Catherine - West Palm Beach, FL, St. Mark - BocaRaton, FL, Annunciation of the Virgin Mary -Fort Myers, FL, St. Katherine - Naples, FL, HolyTrinity - Clearwater, FL, Holy Queen of the Uni-verse - Lexington, KY, Holy Trinity Cathedral -Toledo, OH, St. Demetrios - Rocky River, OH,Sts. Constantine & Helen Cathedral - ClevelandHeights, OH, St. Paul - North Royalton, OH, St.Nicholas - Troy, MI, St. George - Bloomsfield,MI, Holy Cross - Farmington Hills, MI, St.George - Des Moines IA, Sts. Constantine &Helen - Wauwatosa, WI, St. Mary�s - Minneapo-lis, MN, Sts. Peter & Paul Church - Glenview,IL, Holy Trinity - Westchester, IL, St. George -Rock Island, IL, Holy Trinity - Dallas, TX, An-nunciation Cathedral - Houston, TX, St. Catherine- Greenwood, CO, Assumption Cathedral - Den-ver, CO, Holy Trinity Cathedral Prophet Elias -Phoenix, AZ, Katherine - Chandler, AZ, St.Haralambos - Peoria, AZ, St. Katherine -Redondo Beach, CA, Holy Cross - Belmont, CA,Cathedral of the Ascension - Oakland, CA, St.Basil - San Jose, CA, Sts. Constantine & Helen -Honolulu, HA, St. Demetrios - Seattle, WA, As-sumption - Seattle, WA, St. Prophet Elias - SanBernardino, CA

The response of GOAL through theirattorneys was to decline the settlement of-fer of the Archdiocese.

It should be noted that the Archdio-cese seeks nothing more than the returnof its property. It should further be notedthat the Archdiocese has extended this of-fer for a second time, adding a further item� that GOAL, when it is making its petitionto use the mailing list, may address any andall concerns it may have directly to the Ex-ecutive Committee.

It should also be noted that the re-sponse of GOAL before the court, charac-terized by the subtitle of the GOAL PressRelease of October 21, 1998: �GOAL bringsdefense of �unclean hands� against Arch-diocese�s demand immediately to block ac-cess to membership list,� was not evenraised during the hearing. The false accusa-tions of financial mismanagement and in-nuendo concerning the business practicesof the Archdiocese were answered fully andcompletely in the Archdiocese response toGOAL. Elsewhere in this OBSERVER, theentire 1997 audited statement is reproducedfor all to see. In addition, there is a briefdescription of the management improve-ments that have been underway.

In a statement on October 23rd, HisEminence Archbishop Spyridon said:

�I am still hopeful that a Christian andChrist-like settlement is possible. I myselfhave never believed in litigation as a meansto resolving problems. I believe that we must

BROOKLINE, Mass. � The Very Rev.Archimandrite Damaskinos Ganas, presi-dent of Hellenic College-Holy Cross Schoolof Theology, received Dr. Daniel Aleshireand Dr. Charles Cook today on the campusof the institution.

Dr. Aleshire is the executive director ofthe Association of Theological Schools in theUnited States and Canada (ATS), and Dr.Cook is the director of the commission ofthe New England Association of Schools &Colleges, Inc. (NEASC).

Both ATS and NEASC are the accredit-ing agencies for the College and the Theo-logical School, and both had conducted ajoint focused site visit to the School in re-sponse to a formal complaint lodged againstthe School last year.

HC/HC President Receives Heads of Accrediting Agencies

forgive those who have wronged us andenter into dialogue with those who believethey are our adversaries. I have called for arenewed spirit of love and understandingamong all members of our Archdiocese fam-ily. Our hearts and minds are open to thosewho feel pained or hurt. I remember theClergy-Laity Congress, and I saw for myselfsuch examples of pain, and I saw how, whenpeople come together in good faith and withgood will, this pain can be successfully ad-dressed in the open process of our Archdio-cese. That�s why we have the Congress, theParish Assemblies on the local level, and allthe other forums of dialogue in our Arch-diocese. As for the members of GOAL, I donow invite them for the third time to comeand meet with me and have their concernsaddressed and their questions answered.The environment of suspicion and mistrustmust come to an end. . . . The only way forthis Church to travel is the Way of Christ,and this must be the way of sacrificial love.�

NEW YORK � Archbishop Spyridonwelcomed a delegation of the AmericanSephardic Federation, led by their president,Leon Levy, on Oct. 29. They held extensivediscussion of issues of mutual concern.

Federation members expressed a desireto meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartho-lomew during their upcoming visit to Turkey.The Archbishop gave his assurance that hewould facilitate the visit and convey the warmwishes of Mr. Levy to His All Holiness.

Following opening comments and anexchange of gifts, the meeting proceeded witha discussion of several issues. These includedthe similarities in traditions and history be-tween Sephardic Jews and the Greek Ortho-dox community; the importance of the WyeRiver Summit and the concerns for the GreekOrthodox in the Middle East. Among these

are the Islamification of Christian holy sitesby the Palestinian Authority, the status ofJerusalem, the status of minorities in Turkeyand the increasingly close ties that Israel isdeveloping with Turkey.

Members of the American SephardicFederation also included Jayne Rosengarten,executive director; Amy D. Goldstein, pub-lic policy chairman and director of Israel,Zionist and International Affairs for Hadas-sah; and Cliff Russo, board member andrepresentative of the Greek Jewish Commu-nity in the United States.

Other Archdiocese participants in-cluded Protopresbyter George Passias, chan-cellor; Fr. Mark Arey, executive director ofCommunications; and Fr. Philemon Seva-stiades, director of Publications and Inter-faith Relations liaison.

Their visit today, at the invitation ofPresident Ganas, was another positive stepin the continuing mutually cooperative ef-fort between the agencies and the Institu-tion. President Ganas was able to give theman update on the process by which theSchool�s institutional documents, the by-laws, and policies and procedures manualwere being reviewed and clarified.

This process was requested by bothagencies in their rulings which supportedthe continued accreditation of the Institu-tion. Fr. Ganas was also able to inform Drs.Aleshire and Cook that the timetable of Feb.1, 1999, would be met with full complianceas to the purpose of the review. The meet-ing, which lasted about an hour, was markedby a very productive and cordial spirit.

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At July�s Clergy-Laity Congress, the Fi-nance Committee adopted a set of recom-mendations from the auditing firm of BDOSeidman LLP designed to enhance Archdio-cese financial operations. This was done aspart of the ongoing efforts of the Archdio-cese under Archbishop Spyridon to continu-ally improve the Church�s financial situationand efficient management of its revenues.

These latest recommendations aresimilar to changes and proposals alreadybeing implemented by the Finance Depart-ment with the full support of and in consul-tation with the Office of the Archbishop andthe Office of the Chancellor.

Since the Congress, the Finance Depart-ment has made tremendous strides in imple-menting these guidelines in the following areas.

Employee evaluation and educa-tional seminars: An outside personnel con-sultant has been brought in to review poli-cies and procedures. A new personnelmanual has been under development andaddresses several new issues, including ha-rassment and discrimination.

The Archdiocese also is continuing itspolicy of education reimbursement for em-ployees taking courses or seminars.

Reducing petty cash checks, revisingcheck-signing procedures: Following anextensive review of all petty cash disburse-ments for 1997-98, the Archdiocese hasimplemented new policies and proceduresthat limit the issuance of checks payable topetty cash.

Procedures have been developed forthe documentation, approval and paymentof vouches and two signatures are now re-quired on all checks.

Periodic analysis of actual results ver-sus budget: The Archdiocese has purchasedand implemented the MIP Not-for-ProfitSeries accounting program which providescurrent daily information on year-to-date ex-penditures versus the budget and monthlystatements comparing actual results versusthe budget beginning with this month.

Operation of Archdiocese to conformto standard business practices: Policesand procedures have been reviewed and de-veloped for financial reporting, disburse-ments and personnel. The Finance Depart-ment has acquired state-of-the-art account-ing and financial reporting software and de-veloped and designed a manual of account-ing policies and procedures.

Close books periodically, before theyear-end close: New computer software en-ables the Finance Department to produce

monthly reports on year-to-date actual fig-ures, versus actual budget amounts, result-ing in the production of quarterly financialstatements for Archdiocese operations.

Add professional accountants to ex-isting staff: New staffing will include twoprofessional accountants and a bookkeeperwith 19 years professional experience.

Install new computer softwareunique to not-for-profit accounting: TheMIP Not-for-Profit Series accounting pro-gram mentioned above emphasizes a�closed box� and user security, and includesan interface with custom software designand analysis for Archdiocese database andapplications. Training and staff developmentis also taking place in conjunction with theaddition of the new program.

Review terms of past donations, cus-tody funds and other cash receipts of ex-isting funds: Existing funds and files arebeing reviewed for documentation and thor-oughness and a �permanent file� for all fundswith full documentation has been estab-lished.

Clarify terms of donations, custodyfunds, and cash receipts of future funds:The Archdiocese has established proceduresto ensure that all custody funds and re-stricted donations are documented at thetime the donor makes the gift. Permanentfiles established for each fund include fulldocumentation.

Create an internal audit department:An audit committee has established for theArchdiocese, in conjunction with this com-mittee, a monthly protocol for review ofmonthly transactions (20 random transac-tions and any transaction over a specifieddollar amount is being established). Theaccounting staff performs procedures in di-rect coordination with the treasurer, inde-pendent of the Finance Department.Monthly reports will be submitted to theArchbishop, treasurer, chancellor and fi-nance director.

On-going progress: The improvementsnoted above are part of an ongoing reviewprocess that will result in tremendous cost-cutting greatly enhanced efficiency in theChurch�s financial operation.

As part of the full, open dialogue on fi-nancial matters with the faithful, the policyof the Archdiocese has been to fully reportits current financial standing, through pub-lication of its annual audit report. The re-cently completed 1997 audit appears in thisissue of the Observer. The 1996 report ap-peared in the May 5 issue.

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A R C H D I O C E S E N E W S

NEW YORK � The Archdiocese ofAmerica is pleased to announce the avail-ability of the Greek language radio program,�The Voice of the Greek Orthodox Church�via the Internet. The program is available onthe Internet Monday through Saturday, 10a.m.-10 p.m. Eastern Time at: http://www.goarch.org/webcasts/hellenic.html

The radio program is under the direc-tion of Bishop Vikendios of Apameia. It isbroadcast from the Archdiocese of America�sHellenic Cultural Center.

The daily Internet broadcasts containnews from the life of Greek Orthodox com-munities in America as well as interviews andpronouncements spanning ecclesiastical,educational, communal, and cultural topics.

This new Internet radio program of theArchdiocese also offers selections of Byz-antine music from the rich liturgical tradi-

Greek Orthodox Radio ProgramNow Available Via the Internet

tion of the Orthodox Church as chanted byaccomplished Byzantine choirs.

In addition to being broadcast via theArchdiocese�s World Wide Web site on theInternet, the radio program is also carriedby ANTENNA Satellite�s radio program ev-ery Thursday from 5-6 p.m. Eastern Timeand is also carried by community radio sta-tions in Chicago and Florida.

In Chicago, the radio program is broad-cast each Saturday on WHCI-107.5 from 1-2 p.m.

In Florida, the program is available onWXYB-1520 AM and on WPSO 1500 AMeach Saturday from 6-7p.m. and each Sun-day from 9-10 p.m.

The Archdiocese of America web siteis available at http://www.goarch.org andalso contains live, weekly Internet broad-casts of the Divine Liturgy.

NEW YORK (Athens News Agency) �A 12th century palimpsest containing sev-eral of Archimedes� theories was sold onOct. 29 to an American collector in an auc-tion for just more than $2.2 million, aspokesman of the Christie�s auction housesaid.

The battered volume, the oldest surviv-ing copy of Archimedes� important math-ematical works, owned by a French familysince the 1920s, was sold at double the ex-pected price to a London book dealer, SimonFinch, acting on behalf of the unidentifiedprivate American collector.

But the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate ofJerusalem contested the sale of the manu-script on the grounds that it was stolen fromits library collection some time after WorldWar I. The library had been transferred toIstanbul and later to Athens for safekeeping.

The Patriarchate took Christie�s tocourt, but a New York court ruled on Oct.28 that claims of ownership by the Patri-archate of Jerusalem, which requested thatthe auction be postponed, were baseless.

Earlier in the day, Culture MinisterEvangelos Venizelos announced that Greecewould take part in the auction, following the

Archimedes Palimpsest Sold at Auction,Jerusalem Patriarchate to Continue Efforts to Reclaim It

court ruling.The auction was to begin at bid price of

$800,000 to $1.2 million, while Athens aswell as its institutional sponsors vowed tosupport all efforts of the Patriarchate to re-cover the manuscript, the minister said.

Mr. Venizelos said that after the auc-tion the Patriarchate will continue its effortsto recover the document.

The court ruled that Christie�s had theright to auction the manuscript for a Frenchfamily, which claimed to own it for the last75 years since one of the family�s ancestorsbought it from Orthodox monks in Istanbul.

According to the ruling, French law ap-plied in the case, under which a person whoholds any object for more than 30 yearsbecomes its rightful owner.

Archimedes, who was slain by a Romansoldier during the sacking of Syracuse in 212B.C., is considered the greatest mathemati-cal genius of antiquity.

Modern mathematicians admire him fordevising a method that prefigured calculusfor computing relationships between geo-metrical objects and for his laws of flotationwhich dictate the design of ships and definethe concept of specific gravity.

NEW YORK � Ambassador-at-Large ofGreece Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki willbe honored by the Archdiocesan Cathedralof the Holy Trinity Philoptochos Society atthe 44th annual Chrysanthemum Ball on Fri-day evening, Nov. 20th at the Plaza Hotelbeginning at 7:30 p.m.

Cathedral Philoptochos to Honor Daskalaki

By Presbytera Nikki Stephanopoulos

The life of Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, president of the Athens 2004Olympic Bid Committee, has exemplifiedthe pursuit of excellence inherent in theHellenic Spirit.

Balanced by academic, civic and pro-fessional accomplishments true to the an-cient Hellenic ideals, she has used a mod-ern voice to focus the world�s attention onthe timeless virtues of Greece and Helle-nism. In recognition of her talents and de-sire to serve, the Republic of Greece hasnamed her Ambassador-at-Large, a positionthat reports to the Prime Minister.

Honorary chairman of the Chrysanthe-mum Ball is Mrs. Alexander Philon, wife ofthe newly appointed Ambassador of Greeceto the United States; Mrs. Markos Marinakisis the chairman and co-chairmen are Mrs.Froso Beys and Mrs. John Georgas. Mrs.

Christo Daphnides is Philoptochos president.Since its inception in 1953, the Chry-

santhemum Ball has not only inauguratedthe fall social season in Metropolitan NewYork but its success has ensured the distri-bution of thousands of dollars of aid to sev-eral local, national and international philan-thropies by the Cathedral Philoptochos.

These include: the Neighborhood Coa-lition for Shelter, Children�s Medical Fund,St. Basil Academy, St. Michael�s Home forthe Aged, Holy Cross School of Theology,Cathedral School scholarships and socialwelfare cases supported on a monthly basis.

Committee chairmen are: coordinators,Mary Christy, Penelope Dambassis and LilyFichopolos; sponsors, Mrs. Alfred Johnson;co-chairmen, Mrs. Emanuel Caravanos, Mrs.Constantine Logothetides and OuraniaSoumas; reservations, Lena Spyropoulos; co-chairmen, Mrs. Pantelis Colakis, Mrs.Theodore Giannaris and Mrs. Nicholas Lyras;raffle, Mrs. Alfred Allega; co-chairmen,Athena Bubaris and Mrs. George Yatrakis;arrangements, Mrs. Theodore Yanos andIliana Skourles; young adult reservations,Mrs. Demetrios Contos, Elizabeth Gabrieland Mrs. Dimitrios Kotsilimbas; public rela-tions, Presbytera Nikki Stephanopoulos, andco-chairman Mrs. Emanuel Demos.

ORTHODOX OBSERVER NOVEMBER 5, 1998PAGE 6

EDITORIAL

O P I N I O N S

Pastoral ReflectionsBy His Eminence, Archbishop Spyridon

Editor,I have been an Orthodox Christian all

my life. However, there is something that Iwant to know and understand. The East-ern Orthodox Church is now almost 2,000years old. Over the many years there were�changes� considered or challenged withinour Church.

The world around us has drasticallychanged over the last 50 years. There aremany pressures and questions.

Should the situation arise today wherea change is considered within our Ortho-dox Church, what is the official procedure?Who can start such a discussion� Are all ofthe Orthodox churches involved? Who orwhat body would have the final authorityto make the change OK or unacceptable?Please respond in layman�s language.

Spyros A. SipsasTucson, Ariz.

A Great Synod of all canonical Ortho-dox Churches, convened by His All Holi-ness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,would have final authority to discuss andact upon issues that affect the entireChurch, and by whose decisions each ju-risdiction would abide. � editor

How are changes decided?

Editor,Why is it that our Church structure does

not provide for a Men�s League in our par-ishes? Provision is made in the UniformParish Regulations for ladies and youth or-ganizations (Philoptochos, GOYAL, GOYA,JOY, PTO, etc.), but not for our men.

Presently, relatively few men in ourparishes are actively involved in the life oftheir Church, through service on the ParishCouncil, fund raising festivals, and/or par-ticipation in the Choir. The great majority,lacking an appropriate organizational forumfor channeling their faith, abstain from ser-vice to the Church altogether, or elect topractice their Orthodox faith solo.

Collectively, our men comprise a hugereservoir of knowledge and talent and a poolof capabilities so rich and diverse as to beable to sustain any Church-oriented activity

How about Men�s League

Several parishes do have men�s orga-nizations. For example, St. Nicholas Churchin Flushing, N.Y., has an active Men�sLeague. Such an organization requires aninitiative at the parish level. � editor

Editor,With the rise of monasticism in this

country, Orthodox Christians must under-stand the role of monasteries in the life ofthe Church.

To date, 16 monasteries have been es-tablished in this hemisphere (27 worldwide)with Patriarchal and Archdiocesan approval,by Geronta Ephraim, a pious father confes-sor from the Holy Mountain, Mt. Athos,sought by tens of thousands of pious Or-thodox Christians from around the world tobe their spiritual father.

These monastic centers have been builtnot only with mortar and brick but by theliving faith and practice of devout personswho have answered God�s call to serve asmonks and nuns and who pray unceasinglyfor our salvation. The Lord said, �...Everygood tree bears good fruit; ...by their fruitsyou will know them.� It is these fruits -themonasteries themselves- which reflect thegoodness and the piety of their founder.

Havens of Orthodox Tradition and spiri-tuality, they are beacons of light, guiding thesouls of the faithful to Christ, the Light ofthe world. they offer love, joy, comfort andhospitality to all.

In support of monasticism

Editor,It seems that the Archbishop was ad-

dressing his message to the Church Coun-cil and the Philoptochos Board(Archbishop�s address to ArchdiocesanCouncil and Philoptochos, Oct. 5 issue).While this is good and they are the mainhelpers for the priest and the church, theyare not the only ones who should help.

The church is supposed to be one fam-ily, and if we are truly a family, then eachand every member of that family must dotheir part and work to keep that family unitas one. No church can survive, if the onlyworkers are the elected officials. We mustall work together to have a successfulChurch.

If all of us as a member of the family ofGod, as well as family members of the GreekOrthodox Church could truly come togetheras one body in Christ, think of the great

All should help church

or goal. Ignoring this resource is a majorstructural oversight. There is strength innumbers!

Dennis MenosBethesda, Md.

L E T T E R SL E T T E R S

(The following address was delivered at a Philoptochos Bebefit inLong Island for the Schneider Children�s Hospital and the RonaldMcDonald House at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center)

Beloved Sisters of the Nassau-Suffolk-Queens CombinedPhiloptochos, Honored guests and friends:

The people of Sweden have a saying: �The one who holdsthe child�s hand, holds the mother�s heart.�

Tonight, each of you holds in your hand many hearts�the hearts of the mothers and fathers whose children you willbe helping in the years to come. Through the Greek Children�s

Fund, you are extending a helping hand to hundreds, if not thousands of children fromthe United States, Greece, and elsewhere. You are extending a hand of healing, a handof generosity, a hand of reassurance and comfort, to hold the small hands of childrenwho need medical attention, and who will receive it because of your love.

The mothers and fathers of these children are not here tonight. Wherever theymay be right now, they probably don�t know about this dinner, they probably don�tknow about the Greek Children�s Fund, and perhaps they don�t even know about themedical needs their children will have in the near future.

But I know that a time will come for these parents when they will wish that theycould be here this evening, and stand where I am standing, and say to you themselveswhat I am about to say. I will say it for them and on their behalf, because, as thespiritual father of these children, all of you hold my heart in your loving hands as well.

What I want to say to you�for myself, for the children, for their parents�is �Thankyou.� We thank you from the heart, for this beautiful act of kindness and love.

Tonight we celebrate the affiliation of the Greek Children�s Fund with the SchneiderChildren�s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House at the Long Island Jewish MedicalCenter.

We are celebrating more than a mere business arrangement. We are celebratingnewly-formed bonds of cooperation and mutual assistance.

I pray that our Heavenly Father would strengthen all of you in your service tohumanity. I pray that God would bless all of you who work in these hospitals�thedoctors and nurses, the staff members and the volunteers. I ask that the Lord wouldreward with heavenly treasures the patrons and benefactors whose generosity makes itpossible to provide this level of care for ailing children.

Our Savior said that the guardian angels of children always behold the face of Godin heaven (Matthew 18:10). As you touch the lives of these children for good, youshould know that you also touch the heart of their heavenly Father Himself.

May God ever bless you, guide you, and keep you by His gracious hand. Amen.

The auction in New York last week ofthe oldest manuscript of Archimedes in theworld has drawn international attention,and for many reasons. The manuscript it-self is a palimpsest (from the Greekðáëßìøçóôïò, meaning an ancient manu-script that has been erased [øçóôïò] andbeen written over again [ðáëéì]). A tenthcentury collection of the Greek writings ofArchimedes was erased and written overin the twelfth century with a liturgicalGreek text. The manuscript had been inthe possession of the Greek OrthodoxPatriarchate of Jerusalem, housed in oneof their metochia (dependent institutions)in Constantinople in the first decades ofthis century. Last week it turned up atChristie�s auction house in New York andwas purchased on October 29th for 2 mil-lion dollars (plus commissions). Not alittle controversy has been created by thesale of this document (see the article onpage 5), but our interest here is not in thelegal wrangling that continues to surroundit, or the sum of 2 million dollars for whichit sold. What is more important for theOrthodox Christian is the testimony thatthis document gives � to our faith, ourculture, our language and the extraordinaryvalues for which the Greek OrthodoxPeople of the world struggle for every day.

Sad to say, there are those who wouldliken the making of the Archimedean textinto a liturgical one an act of some igno-rant monk during the the so-called �DarkAges.� There are even those who, in or-der to keep the Church �at a distance,�would be glad to imagine some poor un-learned monk scratching off the wisdomof ancient Greece in favor of religious su-perstition. This kind of opinion can befound among the most sophistacatedthinkers, and is heightened by the fact thatthis palimpsest is the only copy of certaintexts of Archimedes in the world!

However, when we consider the con-tinuity of the Greek language and Greekculture in the Byzantine Era, we recognizethat there never were any �Dark Ages� inthe Eastern Roman Empire, the empire

Reading Between the Linescalled �Byzantium.� In fact, we can cometo an utterly different conclusion about themeaning of this marvelous, mysteriousmanuscript!

For the Church itself was the guard-ian of the ancient learning of the Hellenes.Through libraries, through the educationalsytstem in Constantinople (which pro-duced figures no less than St. Photios theGreat), through the great monastic houses(including the Studium � compare the En-glish �study�), the wisdom of ancientHellas not only survived but was devel-oped in a unique Christian atmosphere.There is a reason there never was aRenaisance in Byzantium; there never wasthe need. And it should be rememberedthat the Renaisance of Western Europewas fueled by the Greek emigres who fledthe Ottoman conquests of the 15th cen-tury.

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a meta-phor for what is best in the history of theGreek Orthodox Church and Greek Or-thodox culture. It is a testament to thelove of wisdom and the love of truth thatpervades the phronema of our Church. In-deed, one can easily imagine that whenthe precious vellum manuscript was cho-sen to become a liturgical text, there mayhave been five or six better copies left in-tact on the shelf. The Archimedes Palimp-sest should affirm to every Greek Ortho-dox Christian that their faith is one thatembraces knowledge and learning, be-cause we believe in the One Who is theTruth of all that is real. We believe in theOne Who is Himself the Wisdom andPower of God, the Way, the Truth and theLife. And even if this palimpsest be lost tothe cultural patrimony of Greece and/orthe Church that produced it because itsmodern value is most equated with its fi-nancial value, we know that what it repre-sents lives on in the Church. And theChurch possesses the most valuable pal-impsest of all: the Flesh of Him Who onthe Cross erased the condemnation of sinfor all humanity, and wrote our names inthe Book of Life.

Anyone can purchase a building and callit a monastery, but grace will only be presentif God Himself has commissioned it. �Un-less the Lord builds the house, they labor invain who build it.� It is this grace, presentthrough the Holy Spirit, which the souls ofboth clergy and laity experience at thesemonasteries. It is this same Holy Spirit whichwill always guide and nurture the Churchof Christ.

Presbytera Elaine KonstantopoulosTampa, Fla.

things we could accomplish. We would bea living example to our fellow man. Whenothers see love and compassion visible inany group, church or otherwise, they tendto want to be a part of that group or family.

We could actually bring people to Christdue to our love toward each other. If wewere truly, �One Family in Christ,� think ofthe wonderful things we could do. We wouldbe a living example to our own children aswell as our fellowman. Children learn bydoing, not just by what they are told. Theyneed to be shown what God�s love is, if weintend for them to also love God. Our chil-dren are our future.

God wants us to always do what is right,but in so doing, we must put Him first in allthings. He must be the Leader in our dailylife as well as in the church.

Fran GlarosClearwater, Fla.

NOVEMBER 5, 1998 PAGE 7ORTHODOX OBSERVER

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

�Be careful how you walk, not asunwise...but as wise people.�

Ephesians 5:15

Walking has become a popular pasttime for many individuals. In New England,countless individuals and families utilize theThanksgiving holiday as an opportunity towalk through the countryside and discussthe bounty of God amid the beauty of thechanging foliage.

Walking with the Lordis enhanced.

Walking is also used by the Holy Fa-thers to describe our theological as well asethical life style. �Beware of false prophets,�exhorts Saint Basil, �that you withdraw your-selves from every brother walking disor-derly, and not according to the traditionwhich they have received of us, we shallwalk according to the rule of the saints, �builtupon the foundation of the apostles andprophets, Jesus Christ, our Lord himselfbeing the chief corner-stone; in whom allthe building being framed together, growethup into an holy temple in the Lord.�

In the same fashion as St. Basil theGreat, St. John Chrysostom encourages usto be careful how we walk in life. �Protectour feet,� he insists, �our feet as well asour hands need armor, not these hands,nor these feet, but as before those of thesoul - the former by being employed aboutwhat is right, the latter, that they may walkwhere they ought.

Thus then let us thoroughly arm our-selves, and we shall be able to overcomeour enemies, and to wreathe ourselves withthe crown in Christ Jesus our Lord.�

St. Clement of Jerusalem stresses theneed to study and adhere to the messageof Holy Scripture. �Let us strengthen our-selves to walk obedient to His holy words,�he writes, �being humble-minded, for theHoly Writ says �On whom shall I have re-gard except on the meek and gentle andhim who trembles at My words.�

From what has been briefly discussedin this essay it is evident that the Holy Fa-ther of the Church considered spirituallywalking as vertically dynamic. While physi-cal walking starts at one point and comesfull circle, our spiritual steps should alwaystake us towards God. If we feel that ourreligious life is taking us in circles then,perhaps, we have chosen our path incor-rectly. Although our Orthodox liturgical lifemight appear to some to be cyclical in na-ture, saying and celebrating the same thingsyear after year, nothing could be fartherfrom the truth!

Referring to the scriptural verse quotedabove, the Orthodox liturgical lifestyle wasconstructed in such a way as to help us�walk in wisdom�. The Church , as our eter-nal Coach, wants to help us maintain ahealthy spiritual condition by generating thedesire and the strength to continue ourpersonal spiritual walk. Let us then use theThanksgiving Holiday to set our feet uponthe right path! Day after day, year after yearour Orthodox steps should take us closerto our Lord and not, like its physical coun-terpart, around and around the block.

Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos is Depart-ment of Religious Education director;frfrank@omaccess.com

By Father Frank Marangos

Apart from this �liturgical� dimension,however, both young and old have takenup the activity for a variety of reasons.While many enjoy the social aspect of walk-ing with friends, most regiment their activ-ity in order to reap its physical benefits. Infact, a certain parishioner once confidedthat she had lost over twenty pounds bygetting up every morning at 6 a.m., andwalking with a group of friends.

While many people have taken up walk-ing for its physical and social benefits othersenjoy the serenity it provides from the dailygrind. Whatever the reason, walking hasemerged as a fashionable national activity.

Apart from its physical benefits, walk-ing is, likewise, an important facet of aChristian�s spiritual life.

Throughout the pages of Holy Scrip-ture, walking is described as a religious�activity. Perhaps the most famous referenceof walking concerns the spiritual relation-ship between God and the prophet of theOld Testament, �Amos,� we are told,�walked with God!� In other words, he hadachieved such a close relationship with hisCreator that the only way the writers of theOld Testament could describe the spiritualintimacy that Amos enjoyed during his life-time was to say that he �walked� with God.

How would we describe our relation-ship with God? Do we share a strong inti-macy with Him or are we merely �long dis-tance callers?� Do we walk with ourLord...share our life experiences with Him?Are we spiritually lean or spiritually fat,unable to rise early in order to take our firstmorning steps with Him? As we strive tomaintain a healthy physical state it is im-portant to, likewise, consider exercises thatwill sustain a proper spiritual condition.

Spiritual walking includes a variety ofimportant steps.

First and foremost, walking with Godpresupposes a life of love and service toothers. �If an individual asks you to walk amile with him,� insists Jesus, �walk twomiles with him!� In other words, it is im-portant for us to consider the needs of oth-ers. In so doing, we the family of Christ isstrengthened and our relationship with God

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NEW YORK � Today in the UnitedStates family violence has reached epidemiclevels with incidents in Greek-Americanhouseholds mirroring those in the commu-nity at large.

The prevailing assumption is that do-mestic violence does not exist in Greek orGreek-American homes. Or, since it wasnever publicly discussed, then it must notbe happening.

ELPIDES Leads DomesticViolence Forum

By Eleni Daniels

With those beliefs in place, domesticviolence has remained a secret in our com-munity. We fail to consider that perhaps thereason we rarely hear of incidents of abuseis simply because Greek and Greek-Ameri-can women are more hesitant to ask for help.Quite often, women are afraid to seek helpor leave an abusive situation because abus-ers threaten their safety or have threatenedto take the children.

With the presence of the non-profit or-ganization known as ELPIDES, the long es-tablished stigma of abuse is slowly fading.

Domestic Violence does happen inGreek families. This was the premise ofELPIDES� recent panel discussion and videopresentation on �Family Violence in theGreek American Community� held Oct. 16at the Hellenic Cultural Center of the GreekOrthodox Archdiocese in Astoria, N.Y.

The event was organized by ELPIDES,Inc., the voluntary referral resource organi-zation by and for Greek women, based inAstoria. Funded by the New York Founda-tion, ELPIDES has steadfastly taken on themission to educate and advocate for womenwho are isolated and are experiencing prob-lems which impact on their daily lives.

Following their groundbreaking Do-mestic Violence Symposium during the fall1996, ELPIDES has again led the way forcompassionate awareness of critical issuesaffecting the Greek American woman.

�This is long overdue,� said a womanwhose daughter is currently in an abusiverelationship. �It�s reassuring to know thatthere is help available for my daughter.�

The program opened with the presenta-tion of �LITROSI�(liberation or freedom), anaward-winning video on woman abuse inGreek with English subtitles, produced by theGreek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto.

The bilingual panel discussion followed.Moderator Yolanda Koumidou-Vlesmas,CSW and psychotherapist in private practice,segued from the video to the discussion withquestions directed to the panelists.

Questions included depicting typicalabuse situations; prevention tactics; the lawsthat apply to the different types of abuse;methods of intervention that could have pre-vented the outcome of abuse, etc.

The panelists, with extensive knowledgeand expertise on the subject of domestic vio-lence, included: Marina Angel, law professorat Temple University, Philadelphia; MariosC. Sfantos, assistant district attorney ofQueens, N.Y.; Dimitra Hrisikos, New YorkBoard of Education family and student coun-selor, as well as a domestic violence survivorwho shared her story of how she ended thecycle of violence in her own family.

Attendees were made up of women andmen who shared a mutual concern aboutthis public epidemic. Their active participa-tion in the bilingual discussion reinforcedthe importance of a public forum for con-tinuous awareness on the subject of abuse.

�The most convincing evidence of howthe event went are the numerous calls wehave received since then from people whohave come forth seeking help,� said MariaMenico, president of the organization.

PORTLAND, Oregon � �Camp Agapeis a feast for the eyes, body, heart and soul.It is contained in the treasures we will al-ways carry within us, revisit frequently andcherish forever.�

Camp Agape Marks Fourth Year

By Christine Rulli

The commitment of a community,working together to touch the lives of can-cer afflicted children and families, has beena reality in Portland for four years. Commit-tee members met in January to plan menus,decide upon theme days and activities, lo-cate artists and presenters, identify volun-teer buddies to relieve parents a few hoursa day, organize the campsite, purchase sup-plies and equipment, print posters and dis-tribute them to area hospitals, prepare reg-istration forms, update policies and as-semble medical personnel and supplies.

A community-wide Valentine�s Dayevent launched our year-long fundraising

efforts, our very own day of AGAPE.Portland�s Camp Agape is the prototype

for hands-on involvement in the DioceseKids �N� Cancer outreach. We are proud tohave our efforts emulated by the Seattle/Tacoma Philoptochos, who have now orga-nized their own successful Camp.

Theme days this year included: CircusDay, with pony rides and a marimba bandpresentation; Storybook Day with an Imagesof China presentation, Dr. Seuss hat mak-ing activity and Taiko Drummers; Earth Dayfeatured a Blue Grass Band, wood carverand a family birdhouse crafts project. Dio-cese President Loula Anaston was able toshare Greek Day with us, which of courseincluded food and Greek dancing taught byour Treasurer, Rita Demas, along with anIcarus/Daedalus kite flying contest.

Evening activities, along with the timehonored campfires were added to include aspeaker on alternative treatment, a profes-sional storyteller, and dancing music. Eachyear, a family art project is funded by theFather Elias Stephanopoulos Memorial Fund.

This year, campers and volunteerspainted a three paneled mural depictingCamp Agape as seen through the eyes ofthe children. Fathers James Retelas, DemetriTsigas and Theodore Dorrance participatedand offered services and prayers. Co-chair,Helen Antonis, Helen Lampus, Joan Liapesand Katherine Pappas coordinated commit-tees which included: activities chair andPhiloptochos President Georgia Liapes, pub-licity, Christine Rulli; registration, GeorgiaVereldzis and Elaine Lampros; medical,Yvonne Anasis and Sarah Spathas, food,Mary Maletis and Eleni Nicholson, assistedby Pearl Pavlos; Buddy Program, Sophie Sly,

ROANOKE, Va. � Holy Trinity parishcelebrated its 70th anniversary on Oct. 11,with Orthros, Divine Liturgy and Artoclasiaofficiated by two former pastors: Frs. JohnMaheras of Cohasset, Mass., and NicholasBacalis of Richmond, Va., and the currentpriest, Rev. George Chioros.

According to information from Fr.Chioros, after Divine Liturgy, a luncheonprogram took place in the fellowship hall.Nicholas Apostolou, master of ceremonies,read a congratulatory letter from ArchbishopSpyridon.

Speakers included parish council Presi-dent James Stewart and Voula Dallas,Philoptochos president.

Mayor David Bowers presented thechurch with a Proclamation marking Oct.11 as �Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchDay in the City of Roanoke.�

Parishioner Nicholas Munger traced thehistory of the parish 100 years when the firstimmigrant came to Roanoke. Robert Ziogasfollowed with his own personal experiencesof coming from Greece to Roanoke as ayoung man in 1970 and how the Churchhas affected his life.

Congratulatory letters also were readfrom two former pastors, Frs. Carl Vouros(served 1944-54) and Peter Leventis (1969-76).

Closing the program were addresses bythe Revs. Maheras (1966-69), Bacalis (1976-96), and Chioros (pastor since April 1996).

Virginia ChurchCelebrates 70th Anniversary

ASTORIA, N.Y. � The Greek Alliancefor the Mentally Ill (GAMI) held a forum onOct. 18 at the Hellenic Cultural Center. Itwas the first time that the needs of the Greekcommunity in the area of mental illness wereaddressed. Discussions revolved arounddepression, anxiety, bipolar disorders andschizophrenia along with their effects on allage groups.

Group AddressesCommunity�s Needs

By Maria Zachmanoglou

Tina Santorineou was the moderatorand Dr. Pavlos Kymissis was the keynotespeaker. He described psychiatric conditionsin Greece and Cyprus. Dr. Stephanie Spanosand Dr. Catherine cited the prevalence ofmental illness in children and adolescenceand stressed the importance of early inter-vention and treatment.

GAMI�s president explained the ser-vices of the organization which meets regu-larly in Manhattan and in Astoria. A mem-ber movingly spoke of her experiences ofliving with major depression. GlennLiebman, executive director of the New YorkState Alliance for the Mentally Ill, based inAlbany, addressed the audience on legisla-tive work done by the organization.

Bishop Vikentios represented Arch-bishop Spyridon and opened the forum. TheGreek Alliance plans to work more closelywith the Church in order to reach the manyGreek families afflicted with mental illness.At each meeting, a social worker, psychia-trist and psychologist are present and offersupport and family education. For furtherinformation, call (212) 873-0214.

Dr. Maria Zachmanoglou is presidentof the Greek Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

LANHAM, Md. � St. Theodore Churchwill celebrate its 25th anniversary on Nov. 22.

When the parish was incorporated inDecember 1973, there were only a smallnumber of families and members of thecommunity.

To help celebrate the event, ArchbishopSpyridon will officiate the Divine Liturgy.Immediately following will be a ceremonyin the church hall. Local and state officials,as well as Greek embassy representativeshave been invited.

That evening, a banquet will take placeat LaFontaine Bleu in Lanham.

Beginning this year St. Theodore par-ish will present its annual �Christian Service�award to a Greek-American of the Wash-ington Metropolitan area who has done themost for our faith. The first recipient will beStephen Yeonas of Northern Virginia.See CAMP on page 23

Maryland ChurchReaches Milestone

FEAST DAY VESPERS (Orthodox Observer photo)Several clergy from Long Island parishes take part in the procession during vespers forthe Feast Day of St. Demetrios Church in Merrick, N.Y. Presiding over the service wasthe Very Rev. George Passias, Archdiocese chancellor.

TOUR HOSPITAL - Members of the Nassau-Suffolk-Queens Combined PhiloptochosChapters and Greek Children�s Fund organization officials recently visited SchneiderChildren�s Hospital in New Hyde Park, N.Y., following a press conference to announcethe Fund�s affiliation with the hospital. Among the dignitaries were Fr. PhilemonSevastiades, who represented the Archdiocese, and Sam Matthews, GCF president.

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NOVEMBER 5, 1998 PAGE 9ORTHODOX OBSERVER

Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental MaterialYear Ended December 31, 1997

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Consolidated Entities

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To His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon andMembers of the Archdiocesan Council of theGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of Americaand Consolidated EntitiesNew York, New York

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position of theGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and consolidated entities (the “Archdiocese”)as of December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of activities and cashflows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of theArchdiocese’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these finan-cial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statements of HellenicCollege, Inc. and St. Michael’s Home for the Aged, affiliates of the Archdiocese, whichstatements reflect total assets of $24,549,570 as of December 31, 1997 and total rev-enues of $8,948,366 for the year then ended. Those statements were audited by otherauditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates tothe amounts included for Hellenic College, Inc. and St. Michael’s Home for the Aged, isbased solely on the report of the other auditors.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Thosestandards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An auditincludes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures inthe consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accountingprinciples used and significant estimates made by the Archdiocese’s management, aswell as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our auditprovides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the consolidatedfinancial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financialposition of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and consolidated entities as ofDecember 31, 1997, and changes in their net assets and their cash flows for the year thenended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Certified Public AccountantsNew York, New YorkJune 12, 1998

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December 31, 1997AssetsCash and cash equivalents (Notes 3 and 12) $10,092,183Investments, at fair value (Notes 3, 4 and 12) 67,604,025Contributions receivable (Notes 3 and 5) 6,051,623Inventory (Note 3) 914,012Miscellaneous receivables and other assets 910,296Property, buildings and equipment, net (Notes 3 and 6) 25,455,589

$111,027,728

Liabilities and Net AssetsLiabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $1,947,554Bank overdraft payable 469,998Accrued pension costs (Notes 3 and 8) 4,030,936Other retirement benefits (Note 8) 870,103Notes payable (Note 7) 5,112,673Other liabilities 72,581Custody funds held for others (Note 12) 4,507,720

Total liabilities 17,011,565Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8 and 14)Net assets (Notes 3, 9 and 11):

Unrestricted 26,811,927Temporarily restricted 14,924,485Permanently restricted 52,279,751

Total net assets 94,016,163$111,027,728

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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1. Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements includeThe Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, The Greek Orthodox Ladies PhiloptochosSociety, Inc., The Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, The Cathe-dral School, The Academy of Saint Basil, Hellenic College, Inc., St. Michael�s Home for theAged, Inc. and St. Photios Foundation, Inc.The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with AICPA�sStatement of Position 94-3 (�SOP 94-3�), �Reporting of Related Entities by Not-for-ProfitOrganizations�. According to SOP 94-3, all not-for-profit organizations with a controllingfinancial interest in another not-for-profit organization through direct or indirect ownership

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Consolidated Financial Statements9 �

Net present value was calculated using an average discount rate of 6.55% which equals theestimated earnings rate of investments held in Leadership 100 including marketable debtand equity securities.

6. Property, Buildings and Equipment, NetThe amounts reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are summa-rized below:

7. Notes Payable The notes payable consist of the following:

December 31, 1997

Debt securities $ 27,750,608 $27,303,558Equity securities 31,241,760 18,876,419Mutual funds 2,371,955 1,787,343Limited partnership interest 3,289,097 2,000,000Other 2,950,605 3,002,642

$ 67,604,025 $52,969,962

Market Cost

Unconditional promises to give $10,944,385Less:

Reserve for undocumented pledges 2,105,398Unamortized discount 2,787,364Net unconditional promises to give $6,051,623

Amounts due in:One to five years $6,549,234More than five years 4,395,151Total $10,944,385

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of majority voting interest should be presented on a consolidated basis. The consolidation ofthe Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with the affiliated entities listed above is basedon this criterion. However, certain affiliated organizations that do not fit this criterion are notincluded in consolidation.All material inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.Hellenic College, Inc. and The Cathedral School are educational institutions and their ac-counting cycles correspond with the end of the school year (June 30, 1997 and August 31,1997, respectively); therefore, it is not practicable to report on the same period as The GreekOrthodox Archdiocese of America. No material events occurred between the fiscal year-endof the above entities and December 31, 1997.2. Organizations (a) The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (the �Archdiocese�) isthe administrative body of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas. The Archdiocese hasdesignated nine diocese in the United States and maintains an office in each diocese. Theaccompanying consolidated financial statements include the administrative activities of theArchdiocese headquarters in New York and include the activities of affiliated diocese, agen-cies, institutions and organizations connected with the Archdiocese, along with certain ac-tivities of the parishes. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - The Archbishop IakovosLeadership 100 Endowment Fund (�Leadership 100�) was established in October 1984 as anendowment fund of the Archdiocese. Leadership 100 was established with the approval ofthe Archdiocesan Council to raise and receive funds to secure the future of the Archdiocese.The Archdiocesan Council has designated that the principal of the fund remain permanentlyinviolate and income from the investments only be used for the programs under the nationalministries.(b) Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, Inc. (the �Society�) is a not-for-profit or-ganization incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on March 16, 1944. It is theofficial philanthropic organization of the Archdiocese.(c) The Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (the �Cathedral�) waschartered in 1892 and is the longest continually-operating Greek Orthodox Church in Northand South America. It was designated the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Archdiocese in1962.The Cathedral provides regular divine worship, counseling, Christian education, human ser-vices and cultural programs in New York City.(d) The Cathedral School (the �School�), founded in 1949, is a private school in New YorkCity sponsored and governed by the Cathedral. The School provides a Christian educationprogram for children aged pre-school through grade eight.(e) The Academy of Saint Basil (�St. Basil�) was established in 1944, under the direction ofthe Archdiocese and the Society. St. Basil was originally established as an orphanage and hassince evolved into a residential, educational and child care center for youngsters. St. Basil�sfocus is on the academic, physical, spiritual, emotional and social development of the chil-dren. The operations and programs of St. Basil are supported by grants from the Archdiocese,the Society, general donations, legacies and bequests.(f) Hellenic College, Inc. (the �College�) is an independent coeducational institution of higherlearning affiliated with the Archdiocese. The College consists of an undergraduate liberal artscollege and a graduate school of theology. The graduate school of theology�s mission is toeducate and prepare candidates to become priests for the Archdiocese. The College is locatedon a 52-acre campus in Brookline, Massachusetts. A significant portion of the College�s sup-port comes from the Archdiocese. The remainder of the College�s support comes from tu-ition, fees and related educational services, contributions and investment income.(g) St. Michael�s Home for the Aged, Inc. (�St. Michael�s�) provides long-term residentialcare for senior citizens of Greek Orthodox origin. Revenues are generated primarily fromcontributions and social security income contributed by the residents of St. Michael�s.(h) St. Photios Foundation, Inc. (�St. Photios Shrine�) was established in 1981, to maintain,sustain, preserve and operate the St. Photios Shrine located in St. Augustine, Florida. St.Photios generates revenues primarily through the gift shop and bookstore located on thepremises.3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Basis of PresentationThe consolidated financial statements of the Archdiocese and consolidated entities have beenprepared on the accrual basis.(b) Financial Statement PresentationThe classification of an organization�s net assets and its support, revenue and expenses isbased on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. It requires that the amountsfor each of three classes of net assets, permanently restricted, temporarily restricted, andunrestricted, be displayed in a statement of financial position and that the amounts of changein each of those classes of net assets be displayed in a statement of activities.Income from investment gains and losses, including unrealized gains and losses, dividends,interest and other investments should be reported as increases (or decreases) in unrestrictednet assets unless the use of the income received is limited by donor-imposed restrictions.These classes are defined as follows:Permanently Restricted - Net assets resulting from contributions and other inflows of assetswhose use by the Archdiocese and consolidated entities is limited by donor-imposed stipula-tions that neither expire by passage of time nor can be fulfilled or otherwise removed byactions of the Archdiocese and consolidated entities.Temporarily Restricted - Net assets resulting from contributions and other inflows of assetswhose use by the Archdiocese and consolidated entities is limited by donor-imposed stipula-tions that either expire by passage of time or can be fulfilled and removed by actions of theArchdiocese and consolidated entities pursuant to those stipulations. When such stipulationsend or are fulfilled, such temporarily restricted net assets are reclassified to unrestricted netassets and reported in the consolidated statement of activities.Unrestricted - The part of net assets that is neither permanently nor temporarily restricted bydonor-imposed stipulations.(c) Cash and Cash EquivalentsThe Archdiocese and consolidated entities consider all money market accounts and all highlyliquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cashequivalents.(d) InvestmentsInvestments in equity securities with readily determinable fair values and all investments indebt securities are valued at their fair values in the consolidated statement of financial posi-tion. Unrealized gains and losses are included in the statement of activities.(e) Contributions ReceivableContributions and promises to give are recorded as revenue when pledges are made and areclassified as permanently restricted support.

(f) InventoryInventory is valued at the lower of cost or market. The cost is determined utilizing the retailmethod.(g) Property, Buildings and EquipmentProperty, buildings and equipment are recorded at cost or, if donated at fair market value, atdate of gifts. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of therespective assets, ranging from 5 to 50 years. Works of art are not depreciable.h) Income TaxesThe Archdiocese is exempt from Federal and state income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) ofthe Internal Revenue Code. The consolidated entities are all exempt by virtue of the exemp-tion granted to the Archdiocese and all related churches and institutions. Therefore, no provi-sion for income taxes has been made in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.In addition, none of the organizations being consolidated have been determined to be �pri-vate foundations� within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code andthere was no unrelated business income generated in 1997.(i) Pension CostsThe Archdiocese has a contributory defined benefit pension plan which covers substantiallyall its employees. It also covers the bishops and parish priests of the Archdiocese. Retirementbenefits are based on years of service and the employee�s compensation during those years ofservice. Certain plan assets are held by Aetna Capital Management, Inc., Morgan Stanley &Company, Inc. and Chase Bank and are invested in various marketable debt, equity and money-market interest accounts. Funding is determined through actuarial computations as providedby an independent actuary.(j) Use of EstimatesThe consolidated financial statements of the Archdiocese and the consolidated entities areprepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires the use ofestimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the dateof the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expensesduring the reporting period primarily in the areas of contributions receivable and accruedpension costs. Actual results could differ from those estimates.4. Investments The cost and respective market values of investments at December 31, 1997are as follows:

The fair market value of the investments detailed above is determined by reference tomarket quotations at December 31, 1997 except that the fair market value of the interest inthe limited partnership is determined by Professional Money Managers at December 31, 1997,which management believes approximates its fair market value. The investments are man-aged by professional investment advisors and managers.

5. Contributions Receivable Unconditional promises to give that are expected to becollected within one year are recorded at their net realizable value. Unconditional promisesto give that are expected to be collected in future years are recorded at the present value ofestimated future cash flows. The discounts on those amounts are computed using a risk-freeinterest rate applicable to the year in which the promise is received. Amortization of thediscount is included in contribution revenue. Conditional promises to give are not included assupport until such time as the conditions are substantially met.

Included in contributions receivable are the following unconditional promises to give:

December 31, 1997Land $3,056,076Buildings and improvements 28,955,805Construction-in-progress 1,050,843Furniture, fixtures and equipment 3,795,817Automobiles 224,917Fine arts 758,383

37,841,841Less: Accumulated depreciation (12,386,252)

$25,455,589

Note payable to a bank, due October 1998, with interest payable monthly tomaturity at 9.0% per annum; unsecured (Diocese of Atlanta) $896,000

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Ôï Áìåñéêáíéêü Êïéíïâïýëéï ìå ðñù-ôïâïõëßá ôùí âïõëåõôþí ÌÜúêë Ìðéëé-ñÜêç êáé Ìðåí Ãêßëìáí åíÝêñéíå øÞöéóìáðïõ áêïëïýèùò åíÝêñéíå ç ãåñïõóßá êáéõðÝãñáøå ï ðñüåäñïò Ìðéë Êëßíôïí óôéò

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1) íá áíáãíùñßóåé ôï ÏéêïõìåíéêüÐáôñéáñ÷åßï êáé ôç ìç ðïëéôéêÞ, èñçóêåõ-ôéêÞ ôïõ áðïóôïëÞ,

2) íá åîáóöáëßóåé ôç óõíå÷Þ äéáôÞ-ñçóç ôùí áíáãêáßùí ìÝôñùí öõóéêÞòáóöÜëåéáò ôïõ éäñýìáôïò, üðùò ðñïâëÝ-ðåôáé áðü ôçí ôïõñêéêÞ íïìïèåóßá êáé ôïäéåèíÝò äßêáéï, óõìðåñéëáìâáíïìÝíùí ôçòÓõíèÞêçò ôçò ËùæÜíçò, ôïõ Ðñùôïêüëëïõôïõ 1968, ôçò ÔåëéêÞò ÐñÜîçò ôïõ Åëóßíêé(1975) êáé ôçò ×Üñôáò ôùí Ðáñéóßùí,

3) íá ðáñÜó÷åé ôç äÝïõóá ðñïóôáóßáêáé áóöÜëåéá óôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñé-Üñ÷ç êáé ôï ðñïóùðéêü ôïõ Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõêáé

4) íá åðéôñÝøåé ôçí åðáíáëåéôïõñãßáôçò Ðáôñéáñ÷éêÞò ÈåïëïãéêÞò Ó÷ïëÞò ôçò

×Üëêçò ôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ�.ÅðéóôïëÞ óôïí Êëßíôïí

Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ðïõ ìüëéò ðñéíëßãåò ìÝñåò åîÝöñáóå ôç åõáñÝóêåéá ôïõãéá ôçí áðüöáóç áõôÞ ôçò áìåñéêáíéêÞòêõâÝñíçóçò Ýóðåõóå íá áðïóôåßëåéåðéóôïëÝò óôïí ðñüåäñï Ìðéë Êëßíôïí,ôçí õðïõñãü Åîùôåñéêþí Ìáíôëßí Ïë-ìðñÜúô, ôá ìÝëç ôïõ ÊïãêñÝóïõ, êáèþòêáé óå ðïëëïýò èñçóêåõôéêïýò çãÝôåò,åöéóôþíôáò ôçí ðñïóï÷Þ ôïõò óôçóõíïðôéêÞ äéáäéêáóßá êáèáßñåóçò ôùíìåëþí ôïõ Äéïéêçôéêïý Óõìâïõëßïõ ôçòÓ÷ïëÞò áðü õðçñåóßá ôçò ôïõñêéêÞòêõâÝñíçóçò.

Óå ôçëåöùíéêÞ åðéêïéíùíßá ìå ôïíõöõðïõñãü Åîùôåñéêþí ÌÜñê Ãêñüóìáí(ôÝùò ðñÝóâç ôùí ÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþíóôçí Ôïõñêßá), ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò õðïãñÜì-ìéóå ôç óçìáóßá ôçò ÈåïëïãéêÞò Ó÷ïëÞòôçò ×Üëêçò ãéá ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ-÷åßï êáé üëï ôïí êüóìï. Ï õöõðïõñãüòÅîùôåñéêþí äéáâåâáßùóå ôïí Óåâáóìéü-ôáôï ãéá ôçí ðñïóùðéêÞ ôïõ áíçóõ÷ßá êáéãéá ôçí ðñüèåóÞ ôïõ íá áó÷ïëçèåß ìå ôïèÝìá áõôü ÷ñçóéìïðïéþíôáò üëá ôáäéáèÝóéìá ìÝóá.

Óôçí åðéóôïëÞ ôïõ ðñïò ôïí ðñüåäñïÌðéë Êëßíôïí, ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ôüíéóå üôéç ôïõñêéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç: «...ðñïÝâç óåáõôÝò ôéò êáôáöáíåßò êáèáéñÝóåéò ëßãåòìÝñåò áö� üôïõ õðïãñÜøáôå ôç íïìï-èåóßá ðïõ øÞöéóå ôï ÊïãêñÝóï ôùíÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþí, ìå ôçí ïðïßáåðéâåâáéþíïíôáí ôá âáóéêÜ äéêáéþìáôáôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ ôçòÊùíóôáíôéíïýðïëçò, üóïí áöïñÜ ôçíåëåýèåñç ëåéôïõñãßá ôïõ êáé ôçí åðáíáëåé-ôïõñãßá ôçò áîéïóÝâáóôçò ÈåïëïãéêÞòÓ÷ïëÞò ôçò ×Üëêçò. ÅðïìÝíùò, ç áõèáß-ñåôç áõôÞ êßíçóç ôùí ôïõñêéêþí áñ÷þíáðïôåëåß ïëïöÜíåñá ðñïêëçôéêÞ åíÝñãåéáêáôÜ ôïõ áìåñéêáíéêïý ëáïý êáé ôçòêõâÝñíçóÞò ôïõ, áëëÜ êáé åíÝñãåéáêáôáðßåóçò ôùí ïñèïäüîùí ðéóôþíôïõñêéêÞò éèáãÝíåéáò».

Ôïõò ôåëåõôáßïõò äþäåêá ìÞíåò, ïÁñ÷éåðßóêïðïò Óðõñßäùí çãÞèçêå ôùí

Áðïøç ôïõ ðßóù ìÝñïõò ôïõ êåíôñéêïý êôéñßïõ ôçò ÈåïëïãéêÞò Ó÷ïëÞò ôçò ×Üëêçò.

ðáãÜíäá åíáíôßïí ôïõ ôïõñêéêïý êñÜ-ôïõò�, åÜí éó÷ýóåé èá óçìáßíåé ôïíáðïêëåéóìü ôùí ìåëþí ôçò åöïñåõôéêÞòåðéôñïðÞò áðü ïðïéáäÞðïôå Üëëç õðç-ñåóßá óå ðáñüìïéá éäñýìáôá.

¢ìåóç áíôßäñáóçôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ

Ï Óåâáóìéüôáôïò ìüëéò ðëçñïöï-ñÞèçêå ôá ãåãïíüôá, óôï ÔÝîáò üðïõðñáãìáôïðïéïýóå ðïéìáíôéêÞ åðßóêåøç,áðÝóôåéëå ôçëåãñÜöçìá ðñïò ôçí Á.È.Ð.ôïí Ïéêïõìåíéêü ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ê. Âáñèï-ëïìáßï, åêöñÜæïíôáò ôçí áìÝñéóôçóõìðáñÜóôáóç ü÷é ìüíï ôïõ éäßïõ áëëÜêáé ôïõ ðëçñþìáôïò ôçò åí ÁìåñéêÞÏñèïäüîïõ Åêêëçóßáò.

ÅîÜëëïõ óå åðßóçìç äÞëùóÞ ôïõ, ïÁñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ôüíéóå:

«Äåí Ý÷åé ðáñÝëèåé ïýôå ìéÜ åâäïìÜäááðü ôüôå ðïõ ï Áìåñéêáíéêüò ëáüò äéÜìÝóïõ ôùí áíôéðñïóþðùí ôïõ óôïêïéíïâïýëéï êáé äéÜ ôçò õðïãñáöÞò ôïõÁìåñéêáíïý ÐñïÝäñïõ åðéâåâáßùóå ôáâáóéêÜ áíèñþðéíá äéêáéþìáôá ôïõÏéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ êáé éäéáßôåñáôï äéêáßùìÜ ôïõ, ãéá ôçí åðáíáëåéôïõñãßáôçò ÈåïëïãéêÞò Ó÷ïëÞò ôçò ×Üëêçò. Êéüìùò ôï éåñüôáôï áõôü ßäñõìá ôçò Åêêëç-óßáò ìáò õðÝóôç Ýíá êáôáðéåóôéêü êáéÜäéêï ÷ôýðçìá. Åßíáé áðáñÜäåêôï íá÷ñçóéìïðïéåßôáé ìéá êõâåñíçôéêÞ õðçñå-óßá ãéá ôçí êáôáóôñáôÞãçóç ôïõ äéêáéþ-ìáôïò ôùí ðïëéôþí íá äéáôçñïýí êáé íáëåéôïõñãïýí íïìßìùò Ýíá èñçóêåõôéêüåêðáéäåõôéêü ßäñõìá.

»Ùò çãÝôçò ôùí åëëçíïñèïäüîùí ôçòÁìåñéêÞò, êáëþ üëïõò ôïõò ðéóôïýò ôçòìåãÜëçò áõôÞò ÷þñáò íá åñãáóèïýí ìååðïéêïäïìçôéêïýò êáé åéñçíéêïýò ôñüðïõò,óå üëá ôá êïéíùíéêÜ åðßðåäá, þóôå íáðëçñïöïñÞóïõí ó÷åôéêÜ ìå ôï èÝìá ôïõòóõìðïëßôåò ìáò êáé íá ðñïôñÝøïõí ôéòáìåñéêáíéêÝò áñ÷Ýò íá áóêÞóïõí üëç ôçíåðéññïÞ ôïõò óôçí ôïõñêéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç,ðñïêåéìÝíïõ íá åðáíïñèþóåé áìÝóùò ôçíêáôÜóôáóç.

»Êáëþ åðßóçò ôçí êõâÝñíçóç ôçòÔïõñêßáò íá óåâáóôåß ôçí åëåõèåñßáÝêöñáóçò üëùí ôùí ìåëþí ôçò áíèñþ-ðéíçò ïéêïãÝíåéáò. ÅðéðëÝïí êáëþ üëïõòôïõò ðïëéôéêïýò êáé èñçóêåõôéêïýòáñ÷çãïýò ôçò ÁìåñéêáíéêÞò êïéíùíßáò íáõðåñáóðéóôïýí ôçí ðíåõìáôéêÞ êáéèñçóêåõôéêÞ åëåõèåñßá êáé áêåñáéüôçôáôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ».

Ç ×ÜëêçÇ Ðáôñéáñ÷éêÞ ÈåïëïãéêÞ Ó÷ïëÞ ôçò

×Üëêçò Ýêëåéóå ìå áðüöáóç ôçò ôïõñêéêÞòêõâÝñíçóçò ôï 1971 êáé Ýêôïôå áðïôåëåßôï áíôéêåßìåíï ðåñéïñéóôéêþí ìÝôñùí êáéáðïöÜóåùí ôùí ôïõñêéêþí êõâåñíç-ôéêþí õðçñåóéþí. Ç Ó÷ïëÞ ÷ñçóéìïðïé-åßôáé ðñïò ôï ðáñüí ùò ÷þñïò äéåîáãùãÞòóõíåäñßùí, üðùò ðñüóöáôá ôï ÄéåèíÝò

ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ.� Ï Óåâ.Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê.Óðõñßäùí ìüëéò ðëçñï-öïñÞèçêå ôçí áðüöáóçôïõ ÔìÞìáôïò Åêðáß-äåõóçò ôçò ðïëéôåßáò ôçòÍÝáò Õüñêçò (New YorkState Education Depart-ment) ãéá êáôÜñãçóç ôçòåôÞóéáò ðïëéôåéáêÞò åîÝ-ôáóçò óôç ÍåïåëëçíéêÞãëþóóá (ComprehensiveExamination in ModernGreek for Regents credit),áðïöÜóéóå ôçí Ýíôïíç êáéóõíôïíéóìÝíç äéáìáñôõñßáôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò, ôùíêïéíïôéêþí ó÷ïëåßùí, ôùíêïéíïôÞôùí ìáò êáé óýóóùìçò ôçò ÏìïãÝ-íåéáò óôçí ðïëéôåßá ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò.

Åíôïíç Äéáìáñôõñßá ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞòãéá ôçí êáôÜñãçóç ôùí ÅîåôÜóåùí ÅëëçíéêÞòÃëþóóáò áðü ôçí Ðïëéôåßá ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò

Óå åãêýêëéï ôïõ ðñïòôï ðëÞñùìá ôùí åëëçíïñ-èïäüîùí óôçí ðïëéôåßáôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, ï Áñ÷é-åðßóêïðïò êáëåß üëïõò íáäéáìáñôõñçèïýí «ìå ìéÜöùíÞ», ìå ôçëåöùíÞìáôá,öÜî, åðéóôïëÝò êëð.,ðñïò ôïõò åêëåãìÝíïõòáíôéðñïóþðïõò ôïõò, ôçðïëéôåéáêÞ êõâÝñíçóç,ôïí ÊõâåñíÞôç ôçò Ðïëé-ôåßáò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê.ÐáôÜêé êáé ôï ÔìÞìá Åêðáß-äåõóçò ãéá ôçí êáôÜñãçóçôùí åîåôÜóåùí óôá Åëëç-íéêÜ óå ðïëéôåéáêü åðß-ðåäï.

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ÃáâñéÞë êáé üëåò ôéò áóþìáôåò áããåëéêÝò äõíÜìåéò,üëïõò äçëáäÞ ôïõò áããÝëïõò ðïõ äéáêïíïýí ùòëåéôïõñãéêÜ ðíåýìáôá óôïí ÐÜìöùôï Èñüíï ôïõÐáíôïäýíáìïõ Èåïý.

Áêïýãïíôáé óõ÷íÜ åñùôÞìáôá êáé áðïñßåò ãéáôçí ýðáñîç êáé ôç öýóç ôùí áããÝëùí, ôïí áñéèìüôïõò, ôçí Ýííïéá êáé ôï óêïðü ôçò äéáêïíßáò ôïõò.Áíáíôßëåêôá üìùò ðñÝðåé íá ðïýìå üôé ç Åêêëçóßáìáò äéáôçñåß ìÝóá óôç ìõóôéêÞ åìðåéñßá ôçò, ðïëëÝòäéäáóêáëßåò ðïõ äåí åîçãïýíôáé ìå áíèñþðéíáëüãéá. Ìðïñåß íá ðåß êáíåßò üôé êáé ç Äçìéïõñãßá

ÌÉ×ÁÇË & ÃÁÂÑÉÇË

êáé ç æùÞ êáé ç ëåéôïõñãéêÞ äéáêïíßá ôùí áãßùíáããÝëùí áðïôåëïýí ìéá ìõóôéêÞ êáé ðáíÜãéáðñáãìáôéêüôçôá, ôçí ïðïßá áéóèÜíïíôáé üëåò ïéÜãéåò øõ÷Ýò ðïõ êáèïäçãïýíôáé êáé ðñïóôá-ôåýïíôáé áðü ôïù Üãéï öýëáêá Üããåëï.

Ç áíèñþðéíç éóôïñßá Ý÷åé ãíùñßóåé êáé íïéþóåéìåñéêÝò öïñÝò êáé óå áíåßðùôåò óôéãìÝò ôçí ëáìðñÞêáé åêèáìâùôéêÞ ðáñïõóßá ôùí áããÝëùí, üðùòäçëáäÞ óôç ÃÝííçóç ôïõ Êõñßïõ êáé óôçí ðáíÝíäïîçÁíÜóôáóÞ Ôïõ. Ãé� áõôü ëïéðüí óôá ÄïãìáôéêÜâéâëßá ôçò Ïñèüäïîçò Åêêëçóßáò, ôï êåöÜëáéï ôïïðïßï äéáðñáãìáôåýåôáé ôï èÝìá ôùí áãßùíáããÝëùí åßíáé óýíôïìï êáé ãñáììÝíï ìå éäéáßôåñïóåâáóìü êáé èáõìáóìü. ÏðùóäÞðïôå áð� üóáãñÜöïõí ïé óõããñáöåßò ôçò ÐáëáéÜò êáé ôçò ÊáéíÞòÄéáèÞêçò êáé êáèþò áíáðôýóóïõí ïé Üãéïé ÐáôÝñåò,ïé Üãéïé ¢ããåëïé åßíáé ëåéôïõñãéêÜ ðíåýìáôá ðïõõðçñåôïýí óõíå÷þò êáé áäéáëåßðôùò ìðñïóôÜ óôïíÜññçôï êáé ðÜ÷ñõóï èñüíï ôïõ Èåïý êáé ÷ùñß-æïíôáé óå åííÝá ôÜãìáôá: óåñáöåßì, ÷åñïõâßì,èñüíïé, êõñéüôçôåò, äõíÜìåéò, åîïõóßåò, áñ÷Ýò,áñ÷Üããåëïé, Üããåëïé.

È á ðñÝðåé íá ðñïóôåèåß åðßóçò üôé ôüóï ïééåñåßò óõããñáöåßò ôçò Áãßáò ÃñáöÞò, üóïêáé ïé Üãéïé ÐáôÝñåò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò

óõìöùíïýí üôé ïé Üããåëïé åßíáé äçìéïõñãÞìáôá ôïõÈåïý, �åäçìéïõñãÞèçóáí õð� Áõôïý� óå Üãíùóôï÷ñüíï, ðÜíôùò ðñï ôïõ õëéêïý êüóìïõ. ÅßíáéðÜíáãíá êáé ðáíÜãéá ðíåýìáôá, âëÝðïõí ðñü-óùðï ìå ðñüóùðï ôç äüîá ôïõ Èåïý, äçëáäÞ ôéòèåßåò Áõôïý åíÝñãåéåò, áëëÜ ü÷é êáé ôçí Üðåéñç êáéáðñüóéôç ïõóßá ôïõ Èåïý. ÄçìéïõñãÞèçêáí ìååëåõèåñßá, äéáêïíïýí ìå åëåõèåñßá ôïí Êýñéï, åßíáéüðùò ëÝåé ï Áðüóôïëïò Ðáýëïò óôç ðñïò ÅâñáßïõòåðéóôïëÞ ôïõ <ëåéôïõñãéêÜ ðíåýìáôá åéò äéáêïíßáí

áðïóôåëëüìåíá äéÜ ôïõò ìÝëëïíôáò êëçñïíïìåßíóùôçñßáí>. (1,14)

Åßíáé ëïéðüí ïé Üããåëïé áóþìáôá êáé áèÜíáôáüíôá, æïõí óôç ìáêáñéüôçôá ôçò èåüôçôïò êáéóôÝëíïíôáé óôïí êüóìï êáé óôïõò áíèñþðïõò ãéáíá êáôáäåßîïõí ôç äüîá ôïõ Èåïý êáé ãéá íáðñïåôïéìÜóïõí ôï áíèñþðéíï ãÝíïò ãéá ôçí åí×ñéóôþ áðïëýôñùóÞ ôïõ.

Á ðü ôçí ÊáéíÞ ÄéáèÞêç åßíáé ãíùóôü üôéÜããåëïé ðáñïõóéÜæïíôáé óôïí ÉùóÞö êáéóôïõò ðïéìÝíåò, ï áñ÷Üããåëïò ÃáâñéÞë

áíáããÝëëåé ôç ãÝííçóç ôïõ Êõñßïõ óôçí ÐáñèÝíïÌáñßá, Üããåëïé ðáñïõóéÜæïíôáé êáôÜ ôçí áíÜ-óôáóç êáé áíÜëçøç ôïõ Êõñßïõ.

Ï Üãéïò ÉùÜííçò ï ×ñõóüóôïìïò èÝôåé ôïõáããÝëïõò óôç äéáêïíßá ôçò åðéöáíåßáò ôïõ Êõñßïõ,üôáí ãñÜöåé: <ÁðÝóôåéëåí áããÝëïõò, ÝóôåéëåðñïöÞôáò êáé åí óõíå÷åßá Ýóôåéëå ôï Õéüí Ôïõ ôïíìïíïãåíÞ>. (ïìéëßá óôï 41ï øáëìü-4). Ï ßäéïò áõôüòðáôÝñáò ðñïâÜëëåé ôçí ìáêÜñéá æùÞ ôùí áãßùíáããÝëùí, óáí ðáñÜäåéãìá ãéá ôçí åí ×ñéóôþ æùÞ.ÃñÜöåé ëïéðüí ôá åîÞò: <¸÷ïíôåò ïñèÞí ðíåõìá-ôéêüôçôá åéò üëá Ýôóé áò ïéêïíïìÞóùìåí ôçí æùÞíìáò. Áò äïêéìÜóùìåí áðü åäþ ôç ÷áñÜ ôùíïõñáíþí êáé ôùí ïõñáíßùí óôåöÜíùí, âáäßæïíôåòùò Üããåëïé áíÜìåóá óôïõò áíèñþðïõò. Èáðåñéöåñüìåèá óôç ãç ùò ôÜãìáôá áããåëéêÜ.ÐáñáìÝíïíôåò Ýîù áðü êÜèå åðéèõìßá êáé Ýîù áðüêÜèå ôáñá÷Þ. Ìáæß ìå áõôÜ èá áðïëáýóïõìå êáéôá áðüññçôá áãáèÜ, ôá ïðïßá ìáêÜñé íá ðåôý-÷ïõìå ìå ôç ÷Üñç ôïõ Êõñßïõ çìþí Éçóïý ×ñéóôïý...>(ïìéëßá 19ç óôïí Ìáôèáßï, 6).

Ç Åêêëçóßá ìáò ëïéðüí, èõìÜôáé êáé ôéìÜôïõò ÁããÝëïõò ùò ëåéôïõñãéêÜ ðíåýìáôáêáé ùò áîéïèáýìáóôá ðáñáäåßãìáôá ôçò

äïîïëïãéêÞò ôïõò æùÞò ìðñïóôÜ óôï èñüíï ôïõÈåïý. Ï <öýëáêáò> Üããåëïò áðïôåëåß ôïí áîéü-ðéóôï öñïõñü ôçò åí ×ñéóôþ æùÞò ìáò. ¿óôå êáéåìåßò íá ãßíïõìå <åðßãåéïé Üããåëïé> óýìöùíá ìå ôçíùñáßá Ýêöñáóç ôïõ áãßïõ ÉùÜííç ôçò Êëßìáêïò(ëüãïò 27ïò).

Áò ðáñáêáëïýìå óõíå÷þò ôïõò áãßïõò áããÝ-ëïõò êáé éäéáßôåñá ôïõò <áñ÷éóôñáôÞãïõò ôùíïõñÜíéùí óôñáôéþí>, Ìé÷áÞë êáé ÃáâñéÞë, íá ìáòðñïóôáôåýïõí êÜôù áð� ôá ðÜëëåõêá öôåñÜ ôïõò,ãéá íá æïýìå êáé íá åíôñõöïýìå ìÝóá óôç ìáêÜñéáêáé Üûëç äüîá ôïõ Êõñßïõ ìáò. ÁìÞí.

Ðñïò ôïõò Ðéóôïýò ôùí êïéíïôÞôùí ôçò Ðïëéôåßáòôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò:

Ðáôñéêü åí ×ñéóôþ áóðáóìü áãÜðçò,¸íá èÝìá ðïõ ðñïÝêõøå ðñüóöáôá êáé áðáéôåß ôçí

Üìåóç ðñïóï÷Þ üëùí ôùí ìåëþí ôùí åëëçíïñèïäüîùíêïéíïôÞôùí ìáò óôçí ðïëéôåßá ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò, åßíáé çáðüöáóç ôùí åêðáéäåõôéêþí áñ÷þí ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò íáêáôáñãÞóïõí ôçí åôÞóéá ÅîÝôáóç óôç ÍåïåëëçíéêÞãëþóóá.

Ç ìïíüðëåõñç áõôÞ áðüöáóç áíáêïéíþèçêå óôáó÷ïëåßá ÷ùñßò êáìéÜ ðñïåéäïðïßçóç êáé ÷ùñßò íá äïèåßåõêáéñßá ãéá êÜðïéï äéÜëïãï. ÅðïìÝíùò ìå ôçí áðüöáóçáõôÞ ðïõ êïéíïðïéÞèçêå êáé óôá ó÷ïëåßá ìáò ìå ìíçìüíéïôïõ Äñ. Gerard E. Mauro, åðéèåùñçôÞ åîåôÜóåùí, õðïôé-ìïýíôáé ïé ðñïóðÜèåéåò êáé ïé ïéêïíïìéêÝò èõóßåò, óôéòïðïßåò ãéá ðïëëÜ ÷ñüíéá ïé ïéêïãÝíåéåò ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞòÏñèüäïîçò Åêêëçóßáò Ý÷ïõí õðïâëçèåß ãéá ôï åêðáé-äåõôéêü óýóôçìá ôùí çìåñÞóéùí êáé áðïãåõìáôéíþíåëëçíéêþí ìáò ó÷ïëåßùí.

Ôï ðëÞñùìá ôùí ðéóôþí óôçí ÁìåñéêÞ Ý÷åéêáèéåñþóåé ôï åêðáéäåõôéêü ìáò óýóôçìá ìå óêïðü íáåíóôáëÜîåé óôç íÝá ãåíéÜ ôïí ðëïýôï ôçò åëëçíéêÞò ìáòêëçñïíïìéÜò. Áí êáé ïé åêðáéäåõôéêÝò áñ÷Ýò ôçò Ðïëéôåßáòôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò áöÞíïõí ïñéóìÝíá ðåñéèþñéá ãéá ôçíáîéïëüãçóç êáé áíáãíþñéóç ôùí óðïõäþí óôçí ÅëëçíéêÞãëþóóá ìÝóù Üëëùí åîåôáóôéêþí ôñüðùí, ïé ôñüðïéáõôïß ðñïò ôï ðáñüí ðáñáìÝíïõí áðñïóäéüñéóôïé,áíïìïéïãåíåßò êáé äõíáôüí íá áðïäåé÷èïýí ÷ñïíïâüñïé.

Ôá ôåëåõôáßá 25 ÷ñüíéá, ôï ÔìÞìá ÅëëçíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáòôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò Ýöåñå ôçí åõèýíç ãéá ôç äéïñãÜ-íùóç êáé äéåîáãùãÞ ôùí åôÞóéùí ðïëéôåéáêþí åîåôÜóåùíóôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ Ãëþóóá. ÄçëáäÞ, ç åëëçíéêÞ êïéíüôçôá,õðü ôçí áéãßäá ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò, åßíáé åêåßíç ðïõ÷ñçìáôïäïôåß êáé óõíôçñåß ôï üëï óýóôçìá êáé ç ÐïëéôåßááðëÜ áíáãíùñßæåé êáé åðéêõñþíåé ôá áðïôåëÝóìáôá ôùíåîåôÜóåùí.

Ç ðïëéôåßá åðïìÝíùò äåí ìðïñåß íá ðñïâÜëåéïéêïíïìéêïýò ëüãïõò ãéá ôçí áðüöáóÞ ôçò íá äéáêüøåéôï åëëçíéêü ðñüãñáììá åîåôÜóåùí. Óýìöùíá ìå ôïÔìÞìá ÅëëçíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáò ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò,õðïëïãßæåôáé üôé ôá ôåëåõôáßá 25 ÷ñüíéá ðÜíù áðü17.500 ìáèçôÝò ôùí äçìïóßùí êáé ôùí çìåñÞóéùí êáéáðïãåõìáôéíþí êïéíïôéêþí ó÷ïëåßùí Ý÷ïõí åõåñãåôçèåßáðü ôï ðñüãñáììá áõôü ôçò áíáãíþñéóçò ôùíåðéäüóåþí ôïõò óôçí åëëçíéêÞ ãëþóóá.

Êáëþ ôïõò ðéóôïýò ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçòíá äéáìáñôõñçèïýí ãéá ôï èÝìá áõôü ìå ìéÜ öùíÞ: ìåôçëåöùíÞìáôá, ðåñéóõëëïãÞ õðïãñáöþí êáé ìå Üëëïõòôñüðïõò íá åêäçëþóïõí ôç äõóáñÝóêåéÜ ôïõò ãéá ôçíáðüöáóç áõôÞ óôïõò ðïëéôåéáêïýò åêëåãìÝíïõòáíôéðñïóþðïõò ôïõò, óôï ãñáöåßï ôïõ ÊõâåñíÞôç ôçòÍÝáò Õüñêçò êáé óôï ÔìÞìá Ðáéäåßáò ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò. ÐñÝðåéíá äñÜóïõìå Üìåóá, óÞìåñá, ðñßí åßíáé ðïëý áñãÜ.

Ôï ÔìÞìá ÅëëçíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáò ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðéóêï-ðÞò æçôÜ ôçí Üäåéá ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò íáóõíå÷ßóåé íá Ý÷åé ôçí åõèýíç ãéá ôçí ïñãÜíùóç êáéäéåîáãùãÞ ôùí ÅîåôÜóåùí óôç ÍåïåëëçíéêÞ ãëþóóá, ìåôéò ïðïßåò áíáãíùñßæïíôáé óôïõò ìáèçôÝò ïé åëëçíéêÝòôïõò óðïõäÝò þóôå êáôÜ ôï ôñÝ÷ïí áêáäçìáúêü Ýôïò,ôïí Éïýíéï 1999, íá äïèåß ç áíáãíþñéóç ó� üëïõò ôïõòìáèçôÝò ìå ôïí ßäéï, ïìïéüìïñöï ôñüðï, üðùò ãéíüôáíüëá ôá ðñïçãïýìåíá ÷ñüíéá. Ôï ÔìÞìá ÅëëçíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáòðñïôßèåôáé åðßóçò íá óõæçôÞóåé ìå ôéò åêðáéäåõôéêÝòáñ÷Ýò ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò ôçí ðéèáíüôçôá íá óõíå÷ßóåé ôçäéïñãÜíùóç ôùí ÅîåôÜóåùí óôç ÍåïåëëçíéêÞ ìÝ÷ñé ôï2001, Ýôïò êáôÜ ôï ïðïßïí üëåò ïé åîåôÜóåéò óôéò îÝíåòãëþóóåò èá êáôáñãçèïýí.

Ìå Üëëá ëüãéá, ç ÅëëçíïáìåñéêáíéêÞ êïéíüôçôá äåíæçôÜ áðü ôéò åêðáéäåõôéêÝò áñ÷Ýò ôçò Ðïëéôåßáò ôçò ÍÝáòÕüñêçò ôßðïôá Üëëï ðáñÜ ìüíï ïé ìáèçôÝò ìáò, ðïõäéäÜóêïíôáé ôç ÍåïåëëçíéêÞ ãëþóóá óôá êïéíïôéêÜ ìáòó÷ïëåßá, íá Ý÷ïõí ôçí ßäéá ìåôá÷åßñéóç ìå ôïõò ìáèçôÝòÜëëùí ìïíôÝñíùí ãëùóóþí, üðùò ôçò ÉóðáíéêÞò êáé ôçòÃáëëéêÞò. Äåí æçôïýìå åéäéêÞ ìåôá÷åßñéóç. ÁðëÜ æçôïýìåáíáãíþñéóç ôùí åëëçíéêþí óðïõäþí ãéá ôçí éóôïñéêÞ,öéëïëïãéêÞ êáé ðïëéôéêÞ ôïõò óðïõäáéüôçôá, êáèþòåðßóçò êáé ãéá ôçí áöïóßùóç êáé ôéò èõóßåò, ìå ôéò ïðïßåòïéêïäïìÞèçêå ôï ó÷ïëéêü óýóôçìá ôçò ÉåñÜò Áñ÷éåðéóêï-ðÞò, ôá çìåñçóßá êáé áðïãåõìáôéíÜ ìáò ó÷ïëåßá.

Ïé âáèéÝò ñßæåò ôïõ Åëëçíéêïý ìáò ðïëéôéóìïýÝèñåøáí ôïí Åõñùðáúêü ðïëéôéóìü ãéá ÷éëéåôßåò. ÅßíáéåðéôáêôéêÞ áíÜãêç üðùò üëïé ïé ̧ ëëçíåò êáé ÖéëÝëëçíåòóôçí ÁìåñéêÞ áãùíéóèïýìå óôçí êñßóéìç áõôÞ óôéãìÞ ãéáíá äéáôçñÞóïõìå ôï èåìÝëéï ëßèï ôïõ ðáôñïãïíéêïý ìáòðïëéôéóìïý. Ùò Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò êáé ðíåõìáôéêüò óáòðáôÝñáò, êáëþ üëïõò óáò íá áãùíéóèåßôå ãéá ôçíõðåñÜóðéóç ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò ìáò êëçñïíïìéÜò.

Ìå ðáôñéêÞ áãÜðç êáé åõ÷Ýò åí ×ñéóôþ,

ÁÑ× ÉÅÐ ÉÓÊÏÐ ÉÊÇ ÅÃÊÕÊË ÉÏÓÃéá ôç äéáôÞñçóç ôùí ÅîåôÜóåùí óôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ Ãëþóóá

Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò Âáñèïëïìáßïò óôçí ÐïëùíßáÅðßóçìç åðßóêåøç óôçí Ðïëù-

íßá ðñáãìáôïðïßçóå ï Ïéêïõ-ìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèï-ëïìáßïò üðïõ Ýãéíå äåêôüò ìååíèïõóéáóìü êáé åãêáñäéüôçôá áðüôïí Ìçôñïðïëßôç Âáñóïâßáò êáéðÜóçò Ðïëùíßáò ÓÜââá, áðü ôïíðñüåäñï êáé ôïí ðñùèõðïõñãü ôçò÷þñáò, ôïõò ÉåñÜñ÷åò ôïí êëÞñï êáéáðü ÷éëéÜäåò ðéóôïýò Ïñèüäïîïõòôçò Ðïëùíßáò.

ÓõãêéíçôéêÝò Þôáí ïé óôéãìÝòêáôÜ ôçí åðßóêåøç ðïõ ðñáãìá-ôïðïßçóå ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò Âáñèï-ëïìáßïò, óôá ðñþçí ÓôñáôüðåäáÓõãêåíôñþóåùò ¢ïõóâéôò-Ìðßñêå-íáïõ üðïõ êáé ðåñéçãÞèçêå üëïõòôïõò ÷þñïõò ôïõò. Eêåß óôï «Ôåß÷ïòôïõ ÈáíÜôïõ» êáôÝèåóå óôÝöáíï,ôÝëåóå äÝçóç õðÝñ áíáðáýóåùò

ïëïêáýôùìá åéò ôïí Ìïëþ÷ ôçò áíèñùðßíçò ìáíßáò êáéåßò ïëüêëçñïò ëáüò Ýæçóå ôïí ôñáãéêüí åöéÜëôçí ìéÜòåãêëçìáôéêÞò ãåíïêôïíßáò õðü ôï õðïêñéôéêüí ÞáìÞ÷áíïí âëÝììá ïëïêëÞñïõ ôçò áíèñùðüôçôïò».

Êáé êáôÝëçîå ëÝãïíôáò ìå Ýìöáóç: «Áêëüíçôïò çõðüó÷åóéò çìþí: ÐïôÝ ðÜëéí!».

Åðßóçò óôåöÜíé êáôÝèåóå êáé óôçí åëëçíéêÞ áíáìíç-óôéêÞ ðëÜêá óôï ðñþçí Íáæéóôéêü ÓôñáôüðåäïÓõãêåíôñþóåùò ÌðßñêåíóôÜïõ.

ôçò øõ÷Þò ôùí èõìÜôùí ôïõ Íáæéóìïý êáé åêöþíçóåïìéëßá óôçí ïðïßá ìåôáîý Üëëùí ôüíéóå: «ÁéóèáíüìåèáðÜíôåò öñßêçí êáé áðïôñïðéáóìüí óýñïíôåò ôïõò ðüäáòçìþí åéò ôçí öñéêþäç ôáýôçí êÜìéíïí ôïõ ðõñüò, åéò Þíðáñåäüèçóáí ïìáäéêþò ÷éëéÜäåò áèþáé õðÜñîåéò, êáé åéòÞí óõíåôåëÝóèç ôï áðáéóéþôåñïí Ýãêëçìá êáôÜ ôïõáíèñùðßíïõ ãÝíïõò õðü ôçò áëëüöñïíïò èçñéùäßáò ôïõÍáæéóìïý. Ôï èåßïí äþñïí ôçò æùÞò äéÜ ìõñéÜäáòáäåëöþí çìþí Åâñáßùí áëëÜ êáé ×ñéóôéáíþí åãÝíåôï

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ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ.� Ìå ôç ðáñïõóßá ôïõÓåâ. Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò ê. Óðõñßäù-íá, êáé ìÝóá óå êëßìá åèíéêÞò áíÜôáóçòãéïñôÜóôçêå óôï Ðïëéôéóôéêü ÊÝíôñï ôçò É.Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò, óôçí Áóôüñéá ôçò ÍÝáòÕüñêçò, ç 58ç ÅðÝôåéïò ôïõ ̧ ðïõò ôïõ �40.

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Ôï ðëÞèïò êüóìïõ, ðïõ åß÷å äçìéïõñ-ãÞóåé áäéá÷þñçôï óôçí áßèïõóá ôåëåôþíôïõ Ðïëéôéóôéêïý ÊÝíôñïõ, îÝóðáóå óå÷åéñïêñïôÞìáôá êáé åðåõöçìßåò êáèþò ïÁñ÷éåðßóêïðïò öáíåñÜ óõãêéíçìÝíïò,åîÝöñáóå ôç ÷áñÜ êáé éêáíïðïßçóÞ ôïõãéá ôçí åêäÞëùóç ôïíßæïíôáò ôç óçìáóßá

×áñÜëáìðïò ÌÜíåóçò, áíáöÝñèçêå óôï«ðíåýìá êáé ôç øõ÷Þ ôïõ ¸èíïõò», óáíüðëá ìïíáäéêÜ ðïõ óõíÝâáëáí ôá ìÝãéóôáóôçí åðïðïéßá ôïõ �40.

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ðñïóðáèåéþí ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò ãéáôçí åíçìÝñùóç ôïõ áìåñéêáíéêïý ëáïýó÷åôéêÜ ìå ôéò áíçóõ÷ßåò êáé ôá ðñïâëÞ-ìáôá ðïõ áðáó÷ïëïýí ôï ÏéêïõìåíéêüÐáôñéáñ÷åßï ôçò Êùíóôáíôéíïýðïëçò.ÌåôÜ ôç âïìâéóôéêÞ åðßèåóç óôïõò÷þñïõò ôïõ Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ ôïí ÄåêÝìâñéïôïõ 1997, ôç äïëïöïíßá åëëçíïñèïäüîïõ÷ñéóôéáíïý óå åêêëçóßá ôçò Êùíóôáíôé-íïýðïëçò, ôïõò âáíäáëéóìïýò óå åêêëç-óßåò ôçò Êùíóôáíôéíïýðïëçò êáé óôï íçóßôçò ºìâñïõ, êáé ôç âåâÞëùóç ôïõ êïéìç-ôçñßïõ ôïõ Êïõñôïõëïýò, ç Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞÝ÷åé êáëÝóåé êáô� åðáíÜëçøç ôïõò ðïëéôé-êïýò êáé èñçóêåõôéêïýò çãÝôåò íá ðñïó-öÝñïõí ôç âïÞèåéÜ ôïõò êáé íá õðåñá-óðéóôïýí ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï.

Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê.Óðõñßäùí ïëïêëÞñùóå ôçí åðéóôïëÞ ôïõ

ðñïò ôïí ðñüåäñï Êëßíôïí õðåíèõìß-æïíôÜò ôïõ ôçí åðßóêåøç ôïõ Ðáíáãéü-ôáôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç ìüëéòðÝñóé:

«¼ôáí ï Ðáíáãéüôáôïò ÏéêïõìåíéêüòÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïò åðéóêÝö-èçêå ôéò ÇíùìÝíåò Ðïëéôåßåò ðÝñóé, êüìéóåÝíá ìÞíõìá åéñÞíçò,áãÜðçò êáé óõìöé-ëßùóçò. Ç ðñüóöáôç åíÝñãåéá ôçò ôïõñêé-êÞò êõâÝñíçóçò áðïôåëåß ìéá áêüìçðñïóðÜèåéá óßãçóçò ôïõ ïéêïõìåíéêïýìçíýìáôïò ôïõ Ïñèüäïîïõ ×ñéóôéá-íéóìïý».

ÅîÜëëïõ, ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò áíáêïß-íùóå üôé ðñïôßèåôáé íá ìåôáâåß ìÝóá óôéòåðüìåíåò ìÝñåò óôç ÏõÜóéãêôïí ãéá íáóõæçôÞóåé ðñüóùðï ìå ðñüóùðï, ìåôïõò êõâåñíçôéêïýò áîéùìáôïý÷ïõò ôçíêñßóéìç êáôÜóôáóç.

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Ç åêäÞëùóç ðïõ ïñãáíþèçêå áðü ôïÐïëéôéóôéêü ÊÝíôñï, õðü ôç äéåýèõíóç ôïõÈåïö. Åðéóêüðïõ Áðáìåßáò ê. Âéêåíôßïõ,Üöçóå êáôåíèïõóéáóìÝíïõò üëïõò.

ÌåôÜ ôçí áíÜêñïõóç ôùí åèíéêþíýìíùí ôçò ÅëëÜäáò êáé ôùí ÇíùìÝíùíÐïëéôåéþí, ï áñ÷éì. ð. Ðáýëïò Ðáðá-ëåîßïõ, éåñáôéêþò ðñïúóôÜìåíïò ôïõ Áã.Äçìçôñßïõ óôçí Áóôüñéá, êáëùóüñéóåôïõò ðáñåõñéóêüìåíïõò êáé ðáñïõóßáóåôï ðñüãñáììá ðïõ Üíïéîå ìå ôçí éóôïñéêÞáöÞãçóç ôïõ ¸ðïõò ôïõ �40, áðü ìáèç-ôÝò ôçò 8çò ôÜîçò ôïõ ó÷ïëåßïõ ôïõÊáèåäñéêïý íáïý ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäïò ðïõåíôõðùóßáóáí ìå ôçí Üøïãç ðáñïõóßáôïõò. Ç ìáèçôéêÞ ÷ïñùäßá ôïõ ó÷ïëåßïõðáñïõóßáóå ôñáãïýäéá ôçò åðï÷Þò,ôìÞìáôá ôïõ «¢îéïí Åóôß» ôïõ ÏäõóóÝáÅëýôç, ìåëïðïéçìÝíá áðü ôï Ìßêç Èåïäù-ñÜêç óå óõíäõáóìü ìå áðáããåëßåò áðüôï ßäéï ðïßçìá.

Óôïí Ðáíçãõñéêü ôïõ ëüãï, ï ÃåíéêüòÐñüîåíïò ôçò ÅëëÜäáò óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç ê.

ãñáößá ôçò ê. ÅëÝíçò ÓêÜñëá, ðïõ ç ßäéááöéÝñùóå åê ìÝñïõò ôçò ó÷ïëÞò ôçò êáéôùí ìáèçôþí ôçò óôïí Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïÁìåñéêÞò ê. Óðõñßäùíá.

Óôçí åêäÞëùóç ðáñåõñÝèçêáí åêôüòáðü ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï, ï Èåïö. Åðßóêï-ðïò Ìåëüçò ê. Öéëüèåïò, ï ãåíéêüòðñüîåíïò ôçò ÅëëÜäáò óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç ê.×áñÜëáìðïò ÌÜíåóçò, ï ãåíéêüò ðñüîå-íïò ôçò Êýðñïõ óôç ÍÝá Õüñêç ê. Ðáíôå-ëÞò ÇëéÜäçò, ï ðñïîåíéêüò ëéìåíÜñ÷çò ôçòÅëëÜäáò ê. Ðåëïðßäáò Áããåëüðïõëïò , ïðñüîåíïò ôçò Êýðñïõ ãéá ìïñöùôéêÜèÝìáôá ê. ×ñÞóôïò Ðáõëßäçò, ï äéåõèõíôÞòôïõ Ãñáöåßïõ Ôýðïõ êáé Ðëçñïöïñéþíôçò ÅëëÜäáò ê. ÄçìÞôñçò ÃÝìåëïò, ï ê. êáéç êá Äçìçôñßïõ ÊáëïúäÞ, ï ðñüåäñïò ôïõÄ.Ó. ôïõ Ðïëéôéóôéêïý êÝíôñïõ ê. ÊõñéÜêïòÌáñáãêïõäÜêçò ìå óýóóùìï ôï Äéïéêç-ôéêü Óõìâïýëéï, ï ðñüåäñïò ôçò êïéíü-ôçôáò ôïõ Áã. Äçìçôñßïõ ê. ÁñéóôåßäçòÊÜëëáò, ï äéåõèõíôÞò ôïõ ãñáöåßïõÐáéäåßáò ôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò äñ. Íéêü-ëáïò Êëáäüðïõëïò, êëçñéêïß, áêáäçìáúêïß,ãïíåßò êáé ðïëëïß Üëëïé ïìïãåíåßò.

Óôï êëåßóéìï ôçò åêäÞëùóçò, ï äéåõèõ-íôÞò ôïõ Ðïëéôéóôéêïý ÊÝíôñïõ ôçò É.Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò Èåïö. Åðßóêïðïò Áðá-ìåßáò ê. ÂéêÝíôéïò, áöïý åõ÷áñßóôçóåüóïõò óõíÝâáëëáí óôçí åðéôõ÷ßá ôçòãéïñôÞò, áëëÜ êé üëïõò üóïõò ðáñåõñÝ-èçóáí, åõ÷áñßóôçóå éäéáßôåñá ôïí Óåâ.Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ÁìåñéêÞò ê. Óðõñßäùíá,«ôïí ðíåõìáôéêü ðáôÝñá êáé áñ÷çãü ôçòÏìïãÝíåéáò», üðùò ÷áñáêôçñéóôéêÜ åßðå.

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ÍÅÁ ÕÏÑÊÇ �Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêï-ðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê.Óðõñßäùí, õðïäÝ-÷èçêå óôçí É. Áñ÷é-åðéóêïðÞ áíôéðñï-óùðåßá ôçò Áìåñé-êáíéêÞò Ïìïóðïí-äßáò Óåöáñäéôþí,êáé ôïí ðñüåäñüôçò ê. Ëßïí ËÝâé, ìåôïõò ïðïßïõò óõæÞ-ôçóå åêôåíþò èÝ-ìáôá êïéíïý åíäéá-öÝñïíôïò üðùò ïéïìïéüôçôåò ôùí ðá-ñáäüóåùí êáé ôçòéóôïñßáò ôùí Óå-öáñäéôþí Åâñáßùíêáé ôçò Åë-ëçíéêÞòÏñèüäïîçò êïéíü-ôçôáò, ïé áíçóõ÷ßåòôçò É. Áñ÷éåðéóêïðÞò ãéá ôïõò ¸ëëçíåò Ïñèïäüîïõò óôç ÌÝóç ÁíáôïëÞ, ôï èÝìá ôùíìåéïíïôÞôùí óôçí Ôïõñêßá áëëÜ êáé ôùí ïëïÝíá óôåíüôåñùí äåóìþí ðïõ áíáðôýóóåéôï ÉóñáÞë ìå ôçí Ôïõñêßá.

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Ç ÌåéêôÞ ÅðéôñïðÞ ôïõ Äéáëüãïõìåôáîý ôçò Ïñèïäüîïõ Åêêëçóßáò êáé ôïõÐáãêïóìßïõ ÓõíäÝóìïõ Ìåôáññõèìéó-ìÝíùí Åêêëçóéþí ðñáãìáôïðïßçóå ôçí 6çóõíÜíôçóÞ ôçò óôçí ÆÜêõíèï ôçò ÅëëÜäáòáðü 16 ìÝ÷ñé 21 Éïõíßïõ 1998. Ôç óõíÜí-ôçóç áõôÞ öéëïîÝíçóå ï ÓåâáóìéüôáôïòÌçôñïðïëßôçò Æáêýíèïõ ê. ×ñõóü-

óôïìïò, åíþ ïé óõìðñïåäñåýóáíôåò Þóáíï Óåâáóìéüôáôïò Ìçôñïðïëßôçò Ôõñï-ëüçò êáé Óåñåíôßïõ ê. ÐáíôåëåÞìùí(Ñïäüðïõëïò), áíôéðñüóùðïò ôïõ Ïéêïõ-ìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ, êáé ï Áéä. Äñ. ÊÜñåëÌðëÜú ôïõ Ðáãêïóìßïõ ÓõíäÝóìïõ ôùíÁíáìïñöùìÝíùí Åêêëçóéþí.

Ôï êýñéï èÝìá ôçò óõíÜíôçóçò Þôáí,<Ç Åêêëçóßá ùò óþìá ×ñéóôïý> óôïðëáßóéï ôïõ ðåñß Åêêëçóßáò Üñèñïõ ôïõéåñïý Óõìâüëïõ Íßêáéáò-Êùíóôáíôéíïõ-ðüëåùò õðü ôï öùò ôçò ðáôåñéêÞòðáñáäüóåùò ôçò áñ÷áßáò Åêêëçóßáò. Ïéåðß ìÝñïõò óõíåñãáóßåò äéáðñáãìá-ôåýèçêáí êáé áðü ïñèïäüîïõ êáé áðüðñïôåóôáíôéêÞò ðëåõñÜò ôá åîÞò èÝìáôá:1á) Ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý, 1â) Ç åíóù-ìÜôùóç ìåëþí óôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý, 2á)Ëüãïò, ÊáôÞ÷çóç êáé Ðéóôåýù, 2â)ÌõóôÞñéá Ìýçóçò, 3á) Ôï Óþìá ôïõ×ñéóôïý êáé ç Åêêëçóßá, 3â) Ç Åêêëçóßáêáé ïé Åêêëçóßåò.

¾óôåñá áðü Ýíôïíåò óõæçôÞóåéò ïéáíôéðñüóùðïé ôùí äýï ðëåõñþí óõíÝ-ôáîáí Ýíá óõìöùíçèÝí êåßìåíï åñãáóßáòðïõ ðåñéëáìâÜíåé ôá êýñéá óçìåßá ôùíóõíïìéëéþí ôïõò. Åðßóçò óõíåöþíçóáí íáóõíå÷ßóïõí ôçò óõæÞôçóç åðÜíù óôïèÝìá ôçò Åêêëçóéïëïãßáò ìå åéäéêÞ áíáöï-ñÜ óôï éåñü âÜðôéóìá êáé óôçí áðïóôï-ëéêüôçôá ôçò Åêêëçóßáò. Ôï ÓõìöùíçèÝíÊåßìåíï Ý÷åé ùò åîÞò:

Ç ÅÊÊËÇÓÉÁ ÙÓ ÓÙÌÁ ×ÑÉÓÔÏÕÇ Åêêëçóßá èåìåëéþíåôáé óôï ìõóôÞ-

ñéï ôïõ Åíüò Èåïý, ôçí Áãßá ÔñéÜäá. Óôçíðñùôáñ÷éêÞ êáé åõñýôåñç ÝííïéÜ ôçò çÅêêëçóßá öáíåñþíåé ôçí êïéíùíßá êáéåíüôçôá ôïõ Üêôéóôïõ Èåïý ìå ôïí êôéóôüêüóìï.

Óôç ÂéâëéêÞ êáé ÐáôåñéêÞ ðáñÜäïóçç Åêêëçóßá, ðïõ Ý÷åé ôç ñßæá ôçò óôçíáéþíéá âïõëÞ ôïõ Èåïý, áñ÷éêÜ öáíåñþ-èçêå óôçí êïéíùíßá ìåôáîý ôïõ Èåïý êáéôïõ áüñáôïõ êüóìïõ ôùí áãßùí áããÝëùíðïõ äçìéïõñãÞèçêå ðñþôïò. Ç ðôþóçôïõ ÓáôáíÜ êáé ôùí áããÝëùí ôïõ äåíêáôßó÷õóå áõôÞò ôçò ðñþôçò Åêêëçóßáò.

Ç ðñþôç öáíÝñùóç ôçò ÅêêëçóßáòåðåêôÜèçêå, þóôå íá óõìðåñéëÜâåé ôüíïñáôü êüóìï ìÝóù ôïõ áíèñþðéíïõãÝíïõò. Ç öáíÝñùóç ôçò Åêêëçóßáò óôçíïñáôÞ äçìéïõñãßá óõíäÝèçêå áñ÷éêÜ ìåôïí êÞðï ôçò ÅäÝì, üðïõ ôïðïèåôÞèçêáíåî áñ÷Þò ï ÁäÜì êáé ç Åýá, ïé ðñïðÜôïñåòïëüêëçñïõ ôïõ áíèñþðéíïõ ãÝíïõò.

Ç ïñáôÞ áõôÞ öáíÝñùóç ôïõ ìõóôç-ñßïõ ôçò Åêêëçóßáò äéáóáëåýôçêå áðü ôçíðôþóç ôùí ðñïðáôüñùí ôïõ áíèñþ-ðéíïõ ãÝíïõò, ðïõ ïäÞãçóå ôçí áíèñùðü-ôçôá óôçí õðïôáãÞ óôïí ÓáôáíÜ êáé óôçíáìáñôßá ìÝóù ôçò öèïñÜò êáé ôïõèáíÜôïõ. Ìéá ôÝôïéá äéáóÜëåõóç äåíðñïêÜëåóå ìßá ïëïêëçñùôéêÞ áðþëåéáôçò ïñáôÞò öáíÝñùóçò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò.Ðñüêåéôáé ãéá ôçí Åêêëçóßá ôçò ÐáëáéÜòÄéáèÞêçò ðïõ áðïêáëýöèçêå óôçíéóôïñßá ôïõ ëáïý ôïõ Èåïý, ôïõ ÉóñáÞë,êáé ðïõ ôåëéêÜ åêðëçñþèçêå êáé äüèçêåó� üëï ôï áíèñþðéíï ãÝíïò äéÜ Éçóïý×ñéóôïý ôïõ åíóáñêùèÝíôïò Õéïý êáéËüãïõ ôïõ Èåïý.

Ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïýÔï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý åßíáé ç ôÝëåéá

áíèñþðéíç öýóç ðïý ï Õéüò êáé Ëüãïò ôïõÈåïý áíÝëáâå áðü ôçí ÐáñèÝíï Ìáñßá,þóôå íá ðëçñþóåé ôçí ÐáëáéÜ ÄéáèÞêçêáé íá áðïêáôáóôÞóåé ôçí ïñèÞ ó÷Ýóç ôçòáíèñùðüôçôáò ìå ôïí Äçìéïõñãü Èåü.Óôï ðñüóùðï ôïõ ×ñéóôïý êáôïßêçóåóùìáôéêÜ ôï ðëÞñùìá ôçò èåüôçôáò. ÙòôÝôïéï ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý åßíáé ç ðéüáéóèçôÞ, ç ðéï ïñáôÞ êáé ç ðéï óõãêåêñé-ìÝíç öáíÝñùóç ôçò Åêêëçóßáò.

Êáô� áñ÷Þí ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý åßíáéç áðëÞ Þ áôïìéêÞ áíèñþðéíç öýóç, ôçíïðïßá Ýëáâå ï Õéüò êáé Ëüãïò ôïõ Èåïýáðü ôçí ÐáñèÝíï Ìáñßá, êáé åíþèçêå ó�áõôüí ðñïóùðéêÜ Þ õðïóôáôéêÜ. Çáíèñùðüôçôá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý åßíáé ç áðáñ÷Þôçò áðïêáôÜóôáóçò êáé áíáêáßíéóçò ôçòåéêüíáò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò óôçí ïñáôÞ äç-ìéïõñãßá êáé ó� ïëüêëçñï ôïí êüóìï.

Åðßóçò, ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý åìðåñé-Ý÷åé ôçí üëç áíèñþðéíç öýóç, êáè� üóïíï ×ñéóôüò åßíáé ï äåýôåñïò êáé Ýó÷áôïòÁäÜì, ï ïðïßïò áíáêåöáëáéþíåé óôïðñüóùðü ôïõ ôïí ðñþôï ÁäÜì êáé ìáæßì� áõôüí ïëüêëçñç ôçí áíèñùðüôçôá. ÏÕéüò ôïõ Èåïý, ðñïóÝëáâå ôçí ðëçñüôçôáôçò áíèñþðéíçò öýóçò, üôáí ÝãéíåÜíèñùðïò, Ýæçóå, áðÝèáíå, áíÝóôç,áíåëÞöèç åí äüîç êáé êÜèåôáé óôá äåîéÜôïõ Ðáôñüò ãéá ôç óùôçñßá ïëüêëçñïõôïõ áíèñþðéíïõ ãÝíïõò.

Ï ×ñéóôüò áãÜðçóå ôçí Åêêëçóßá êáéðñïóÝöåñå ôïí åáõôüí ôïõ ãé� áõôÞí,áëëÜ ðáñáìÝíåé ï Êýñéïò ôçò Åêêëçóßáò.Ç èÝóç ôïõ ×ñéóôïý ùò ÊåöáëÞò ôçòÅêêëçóßáò äçëþíåé üôé ïýôå ç Åêêëçóßáìðïñåß íá åßíáé Óþìá ÷ùñßò ôï ×ñéóôü ùòÊåöáëÞ ôçò, ïýôå ï ×ñéóôüò åßíáé ÊåöáëÞ÷ùñßò ôçí Åêêëçóßá, áöïý óáñêþèçêå êáéôçí Ýíùóå áìåôÜêëçôá óôçí áíèñþðéíçöýóç ôïõ. Ç Åêêëçóßá åãêåíôñéóìÝíç óôçíáíèñþðéíç öýóç ôïõ óáñêùèÝíôïò Õéïý,ðñáãìáôïðïéåß ôçí êïéíùíßá ìåôáîý ôïõÔñéáäéêïý Èåïý êáé ôçò áíèñùðüôçôáò ç

ïðïßá óõíôåëÝóôçêå ìå ôçí åíáíèñþðéóç,êáé ùò êïéíùíßá áãÜðçò ðáñáìÝíåéåíåñãüò, þóôå íá öáíåñþíåé ôçí áãÜðçôïõ Èåïý óôïí êüóìï, íá ìåñéìíÜ ãéá ôïíðôù÷ü êáé ôïí êáôáðéåóìÝíï, ôïí áóèåíÞêáé ôïí êáôáôñåãìÝíï. Ç Åêêëçóßá ìåñéìíÜãéá ôçí üëç äçìéïõñãßá, ç ïðïßá Ýôóéáíáêáéíßæåôáé ìå ôçí ÝíùóÞ ôçò ó� áõôÞí.Ç Åêêëçóßá åßíáé ç íÝá äçìéïõñãßá ôïõÈåïý, ãéáôß ó� áõôÞí ôá ðÜíôá áíáêåöá-ëáéþíïíôáé åí ×ñéóôþ (Åö. 1:10).

Ôï Óþìá ôïõ ×ñéóôïý óôçí áôïìéêü-ôçôÜ ôïõ öáíåñþèçêå ùò ïñáôü óôçíéóôïñßá êáé óõíäÝèçêå ìå óõãêåêñéìÝíåòáíèñþðéíåò õðÜñîåéò, ôçí áãßá ÌçôÝñáôïõ ×ñéóôïý, ôç Èåïôüêï, ôïõò áãßïõòÁðïóôüëïõò, êáé ôçí áðïóôïëéêÞ êïéíü-ôçôá, ðïõ óõíÜ÷èçêå ãýñù áð� áõôïýò.Áõôü óçìáßíåé üôé ç Åêêëçóßá, èåìåëéùìÝíçóôïí ×ñéóôü, Ý÷åé Ýíá óõãêåêñéìÝíï, ïñáôüêáé éóôïñéêü ó÷Þìá, ôçí áðïóôïëéêÞêïéíüôçôá. Ç êïéíüôçôá áõôÞ áíáð-ôý÷èçêå êáôÜ ôçí ÐåíôçêïóôÞ êáé äéáäü-èçêå áðü ôá Éåñïóüëõìá óå Üëëïõòôüðïõò. Ùò ìßá éóôïñéêÞ êïéíüôçôá áíÝ-ëáâå ìéÜ éóôïñéêÞ áðïóôïëÞ, íá êçñýîåéôï ÅõáããÝëéï êáé íá óõìðåñéëÜâåé óôáìÝëç ôïõ Åíüò Óþìáôïò ôïõ ×ñéóôïý, ôçíÅêêëçóßá, üëïõò åêåßíïõò ïé ïðïßïéäÝ÷èçêáí ôï ÅõáããÝëéï.

Ôï ðéü ÷áñáêôçñéóôéêü ãíþñéóìá ôçòêïéíüôçôáò áõôÞò Þôáí üôé ï ×ñéóôüòáðïôåëïýóå ãé áõôïýò ôï èåìÝëéï, ôç æùÞêáé ôçí ÊåöáëÞ. ¹óáí åíùìÝíïé ìå áõôüí,åôñÝöïíôï êáé óõíôçñïýíôáí áð� áõôüí.Ç åíüôçôá êáé ç êïéíùíßá ôïõò ìå ôïí×ñéóôüí åß÷å ùò êÝíôñï ôçí ôÝëåóç êáé ôçíóõììåôï÷Þ óôï ìõóôÞñéï ôçò ÈåßáòÅõ÷áñéóôßáò. Áõôü óÞìáéíå üôé ùò ìÝëç ôçòÅêêëçóßáò Þóáí óõã÷ñüíùò êáé ìÝëç ôïõÓþìáôïò ôïõ ×ñéóôïý.

ÌÝëç ôïõ Óþìáôïò ôïõ ×ñéóôïý¼óïé áðïäÝ÷ïíôáé ôï ÅõáããÝëéï êáé

åëåýèåñá ðéóôåýïõí ó� áõôü, óõóóùìá-ôþíïíôáé ìå ôï ÂÜðôéóìá óôçí Åêêëçóßá,<Þôéò åóôß Óþìá ×ñéóôïý>. Åãêåíôñßæïíôáéóôïí ×ñéóôü, åíäýïíôáé ôïí ×ñéóôü,áíáãåííþíôáé åí ×ñéóôþ, þóôå ìÝóá áð�áõôüí íá áðïêáôáóôáèïýí óôçí áëçèéíÞöýóç ôïõò êáé íá ôçí ôåëåéïðïéÞóïõíóôçí Åêêëçóßá. Áõôü ðïõ ï ×ñéóôüò ÝêáíåáíôéêåéìåíéêÜ ãéá üëïõò ìÝóá áðü ôçí äéêÞôïõ áíèñùðüôçôá, ôï ïéêåéïðïéïýíôáéôþñá åêåßíïé ðïõ ðéóôåýïõí êáé õðïôÜó-óïíôáé åëåýèåñá ó� åêåßíïí ùò ôïí Êýñéïêáé ÓùôÞñá ôïõò. Ôï ÂÜðôéóìá åßíáé ôïìÝãá ìõóôÞñéï ôçò åéóüäïõ óôï Óþìá ôïõ×ñéóôïý. Åßíáé ôï äþñï ôçò ÷Üñéôïò ôïõ×ñéóôïý óå üëïõò ôïõò áíèñþðïõò. Åßíáéôï äþñï ðïõ ðñÝðåé íá ãßíåé åëåýèåñááðïäåêôü êáé íá ôï ïéêåéïðïéçèåß êÜèåÜíèñùðïò.

NOVEMBER 5, 1998 PAGE 15ORTHODOX OBSERVER

Consolidated Financial Statements

An analysis of the status of the pension plan is as follows:

December 31, 1997Plan assets at fair market value $38,559,357Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:

Vested benefits $41,315,056Nonvested benefits 900,003Present value of projected benefit obligationrelated to assumed future compensation increases 4,554,088

Total projected benefit obligation $46,769,147Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets $8,209,790Unrecognized net loss (1,060,223)Implementation obligation not yet recognized in pension cost (786,372)Unrecognized prior service cost (2,332,259)

Total unfunded accrued pension costat December 31, 1997 $4,030,936

Retirement and group insurance expense $1,641,659Payroll and certain operating costs of and grants to the Diocese 190,603Grants and reimbursements of operating expenses to The Orthodox Observer and Greek Orthodox Telecommunications 57,250Educational and community services - youth program, summer camps, laity work, register and public affairs 87,146Operating costs of the National Ministries 138,523

$2,115,181

Also, at December 31, 1997, a supplemental retirement account for the Bishops amounts to$870,103. This account was funded by the Archdiocese and the distribution terms of theretirement plan are determined by the Archdiocesan Council. 16 �

56,822

207,285

66,664

97,321

35,113

25,127

150,514

412,386

1,544,600

1,600,000

19,0011,840

$5,112,673

Note payable to a bank, due December 1999, payable in monthly installmentsof $547, including interest at 8.99% per annum; secured by real estate inColorado (Diocese of Denver)

Note payable to a bank, due March 1999, payable in monthly installments of$3,010, including interest at 9.0% per annum; secured by real estate inPennsylvania (Diocese of Pittsburgh)

Note payable to a bank, due December 1998, payable in monthly installmentsof $874, including interest at 8.75% per annum; secured by real estate inPennsylvania (Diocese of Pittsburgh)

Note payable to a bank, due December 1998, with interest paid monthly at8.75% per annum; unsecured (Diocese of Pittsburgh)

Note payable to a bank, due March 2002, payable in monthly installments of$840, including interest payable at 9.25% per annum; unsecured (Dioceseof Pittsburgh)

Note payable to a bank, due February 1998, with interest paid monthly tomaturity at 10.50%; unsecured (Diocese of San Francisco)

Note payable to an affiliated entity due April 2003, with interest payable monthlyto maturity at 9.0% per annum; unsecured (Diocese of San Francisco)

Note payable to a bank, due August 1998, with interest paid monthly to matu-rity at 8.50%; unsecured (St. Michael�s)

Note payable to a bank, due January 2000, with annual payments of $180,000,including interest at 9.25% per annum, with a final balloon payment due atmaturity; secured by real estate in Massachusetts (Hellenic College)

Notes payable to a bank, due January 2000, with annual principal payments of$100,000, plus interest at 9.25% per annum, with a final balloon paymentdue at maturity; secured by real estate in Massachusetts (Hellenic College)

Note payable to a bank, due September 2002, payable in monthly installmentsof $333, plus interest at 9.25% per annum; secured by a CD (Dept. ofReligious Education)

Various other notes payableTotal notes payable

Notes payable mature as follows:

1998 $1,686,9221999 417,2602000 2,911,3662001 37,3942002 29,215Thereafter 30,516

Total $5,112,673

8. Employee Benefit PlansPension Plan Net pension cost for 1997 was $1,368,695 consisting of the following:

Service cost - benefits earned during the year $ 720,783Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 3,065,020Return on plan assets (3,581,706)Net amortization and deferral 1,164,5981996 net pension cost $ 1,368,695

The 1997 actuarial determinations are based on various assumptions, including a dis-count rate on benefit obligations of 7.0% and annual average compensation increases of5.0%. The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is 8.5%.

Retirement and Group Insurance PlanThe total retirement and group insurance expense of $2,115,181 for the year ended De-

cember 31, 1997 was charged to several operating expense line items as follows:

9. Temporarily Restricted Net AssetsTemporarily restricted net assets represent contributions received and certain incomerelated to the following:

Archdiocese:Taylor Scholarship $4,258,187Educational scholarships 201,691William Hionas Trust Fund 156,972John P. Zannaras Trust Fund 116,447Xanthippi Stavros Fund 100,000Halki Theological School Fund 100,000St. John Chrysostom Fund 70,828Various Archdiocese funds 495,501

Consolidated entities:St. Basil Academy funds 1,237,436Greek Orthodox Diocese funds 1,251,649Hellenic College funds 5,321,390Cathedral School funds 1,614,384

$14,924,485

10. Net Assets Released from RestrictionsTemporarily restricted net assets were releasedfrom donor restrictions by incurring expenses satisfying the restricted purpose as follows:

Released by Archdiocese:Various relief funds $371,894Taylor and other scholarship grants 152,536

Released by consolidated entities:Greek Orthodox Diocese 54,297Hellenic College 1,092,506Cathedral School 28,432St. Basil Academy 71,197

Total $1,770,862

11. Permanently Restricted Net AssetsAt December 31, 1997, donor restricted contribu-tions held in perpetuity, the income from which is expendable, are as follows:

Archdiocese:Archbishop Iakavos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund $39,635,318Taylor Scholarship Fund 1,000,000Gioles Scholarship fund 227,003Miscellaneous Archdiocese Fund 100,000

Consolidated entities:Hellenic College funds 9,512,823Cathedral School funds 98,195Cathedral of Holy Trinity funds 108,500St. Basil Academy funds 1,572,912Ladies Philoptochos Society funds 25,000

Total $52,279,751

Leadership 100 was established to raise and receive funds in order to secure the future of theArchdiocese. Leadership 100 has its own board, appointed by his Eminence the Archbishop,which reports to the Archdiocesan Council. Pursuant to donor stipulations, the principal ofthe fund and ten percent of net income, as defined in the pledge agreement with the donor,must be invested in perpetuity and the remaining net income is to be used as determined bythe executive committee and approved by the Archbishop.The Taylor Scholarship Fund was established by a gift from S. Gregory Taylor. Investmentincome earned annually is restricted by the donor for use by students following theologicalstudies at accredited colleges throughout the world.

12. Custody Funds Held for Others At December 31, 1997, cash and investments totalling$4,507,720 represent assets held in trust for others which are administered by the Archdio-cese. The assets, liabilities and net assets of the custody accounts are included in the accom-panying consolidated statement of financial position. Revenues and expenses of such ac-counts, which are excluded from the consolidated statement of activities, are set out below:

December 31, 1997

Anthony J. Miller $203,880 $ - $ - $10,175 $ - $ 214,055 Educational FundHellenic College 4,166,848 - 323,340 308,870 (2,152,240) 2,646,818 Library FundSt. Basil Spyropoulous - 1,228,919 - 291,265 (43,337) 1,476,847 FundEcumenical Patriarchate - - 170,000 - - 170,000 Custody Fund

Totals $4,370,728 $1,228,919 $493,340 $610,310 $ (2,195,577) $ 4,507,720

Balance at,Jan. 1, 1997

Adjustmentdue to

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receivedInvestment

income

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Balance at,December 31, 1997

13. Rental Income In 1985, the Archdiocese entered into a ninety-nine year ground leasewith a developer relating to land held on behalf of the Cathedral. The lease commenced inMarch 1987 and expires March 2086. Annual rental income ranging from $300,000 to$2,384,000 is due from the developer, and is recognized by the Cathedral. Rental incometotalled $300,000 in 1997. Total rental income for the five-year period through 2001 totalsapproximately $2,000,000. Aggregate rental payments due thereafter through March 2086total approximately $97,000,000.

14. Contingencies and Other Matters The Archdiocese is involved in various lawsuitswhich it is prepared to defend vigorously. The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot bedetermined at this time. Accordingly, no provision for any liability that may result from thesematters has been made in these financial statements. Management feels that liability, if any,from these matters would not have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Consolidated Financial Statements

Our audit of the basic financial statements included in the preceding section of this report wasmade for the purpose of forming an opinion on those statements taken as a whole. The supple-mental material in the following section of this report is presented for purposes of additionalanalysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. Such information hasbeen subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statementsand, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financialstatements taken as a whole.

Certified Public AccountantsNew York, New YorkJune 12, 1998

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15. Subsequent Events On February 6, 1998, the Executive Committee of the ArchdiocesanCouncil authorized the transfer of Leadership 100 assets to a separate not-for-profit corpora-tion entitled �The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Incorporated�. On Feb-ruary 9, 1998, His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon gave canonical and archiepiscopal ap-proval. However, before such a transfer of assets can occur, the Archdiocese must first re-ceive written confirmation from its attorneys of the successful completion of an InternalRevenue tax determination application and necessary legal approvals. The Archdiocese mustalso report the transfer to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Clergy Laity Congress, and theArchdiocesan Council.In February and April 1998, the Archdiocese secured two lines of credit with financial insti-tutions in the amount of $200,000 and $500,000, respectively. Accordingly, interest on anyborrowing will be charged at the bank�s bench mark or floating rate, which approximates theprime rate.16. Concentration of Credit Risk The financial instruments that potentially subject theArchdiocese and consolidated entities to concentration of credit risk, consist primarily ofcash and cash equivalent accounts in financial institutions, which from time to time exceedthe Federal Depository Insurance Coverage (�FDIC�) limit.17. Reconciliation of Beginning Net Assets Due to the consolidation of the Archdiocese affili-ates, the net assets of the Archdiocese as of December 31, 1996 were adjusted to present thefinancial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as follows:

(1) These adjustments are made to include the departments of Religious Education, InternetMinistry, St. Gregory Monastery and St. Photios Shrine in the consolidated financial statementsfor 1997. These entities were not included in the 1996 consolidated financial statements.

(2) These adjustments are related to relinquishing the custody of some cash accounts and inclu-sion of fixed assets that have not been included in 1996 consolidated financial statements.

(a) Adjustment is necessary due to inconsistent accounting treatment of intercompany receivable and payable by Cathedral School and Cathedral of Holy Trinity.

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THESSALONIKI - Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew, Archbishop Christodoulos ofAthens and All Greece, and President KostisStephanopoulos of Greece, attended festivi-ties Oct. 24-25 for the Monastery ofXenophontos� 1,000th anniversary.

The monastic community of Mt. Athosis under the jurisdiction of the EcumenicalPatriarchate.

The celebrations were also attended byvarious other Greek political leaders.

Archbishop Christodoulos commentedthat the time has arrived for Orthodoxy toserve as the compass for the world�s returnto a Christian life.

Referring to Mt. Athos, the Archbishopstated that this is the land where the Greek-Orthodox culture and tradition live and reign.

Moreover, he added that �we are hereto accomplish great achievements instrength and support in order to press onwith an effort, a struggle which we haveundertaken and this struggle is to embedthese ideals into the souls of the Greeks.�

Mt. Athos MonasteryCelebrates Anniversary NEW YORK (NCC) � A Romanian

Orthodox bishop described the fragilestate but necessary role of ecumenism inEastern Europe and internationally duringa visit here sponsored by the NationalCouncil of Churches (NCC).

Bishop Nifon of Slobozia and Calarasi,president and Mr. Christian Teodorescu,executive director of the Ecumenical Asso-ciation of Churches in Romania (AIDRom)met with members of the NCC�s EuropeCommittee and other NCC staff on Oct. 8.

They described the church in Romaniaas strong and vibrant but also spoke openlyabout the anti-ecumenical movement intheir region, which has led to tensions onboth the local and international levels.

�Anti-ecumenical feelings havestarted to manifest in a dangerous way (inour region as they have in Russia,� BishopNifon reported. He said there are manyreasons for this growing sentiment. �Thesituation gets more and more complicatedfor Orthodox churches in various parts ofthe world,� he explained, citing the fall ofcommunism and the increase inparachurches and other sects in Romaniaand Eastern Europe. �It is bad to have free-dom if it is expressed without responsi-bility. Some Orthodox have fallen into fun-damentalism and extremism that is notpositive and creative.�

On the other hand, Bishop Nifon ex-plained the �serious critical notes� Ortho-dox churches have against the ecumeni-cal movement and the World Council ofChurches, including a sense that the WCCdoes not weigh the Orthodox voice equallywith other member churches and that itconcentrates more on the �horizontal pre-occupations of human existence� than onthe �vertical,� faith and order issues whichconcern the Orthodox.

�Ethically, the Orthodox are also notready to give up so easily certain principlesthat come out of faith, for instance, if wetake questions of the ordination of womenand sexual minorities,� Bishop Nifon con-tinued.

�Mistakes belong to both sides,�Bishop Nifon stressed. He called for hu-mility and clear expression on both sidesso that there can be a �new, mature theo-logical understanding and vision in theecumenical movement.�

�Both sides need to make themselves

Delicate State of Ecumenism in Eastern Europeheard and to give substantive, theologi-cal arguments so we can have efficientdialogue,� he said. �It will be a questionof concessions in the best, most creativesense, not in the sense of giving up strongpositions.�

�This is a very delicate time, whenboth sides need to be careful not to pushtoo hard,� Bishop Nifon said. �This nextyear is an important one for the future ofthe ecumenical movement.�

Bishop Nifon encouraged �ecumeni-cal resource sharing, both material andspiritual,� to help balance out the prin-ciple too often applied in ecumenical or-ganizations that �who pays, commands.�

Of the WCC Assembly in Harare inDecember, Bishop Nifon lamented that�instead of celebrating 50 years of whatwe believed to be the most important ideaof our century, the pursuit of Christianunity, we meet this event with reticenceand dogmatic criticism.� He made refer-ence to the Russian Orthodox delegation,which has been reduced from about 45of the top leaders to a handful oflaypeople.

When asked how large the RomanianOrthodox delegation would be to Harare,Bishop Nifon was cautious, saying that hewould indeed be leading the delegationbut joking, �I can tell you that it will belarger than the reported Russian one!�

Mr. Teodorescu, a Romanian Luthe-ran layperson, described the work ofAIDRom, established in 1991 as a coop-eration between the Orthodox, the Re-formed and Lutheran churches of Roma-nia to distribute humanitarian relief aidand to be an ecumenical platform.AIDRom�s work has developed to includethree main programs:

� Education for Spiritual Renewal,which concentrates on ecumenical issuesand ethnic reconciliation. �Training forTransformation� dialogue workshops areheld, as are inter-theological conferences.

� Social Diaconia, which has in-cluded a shelter for street children as wellas addressing needs of women, the handi-capped, the elderly and refugees.

� Ecology, which raises public aware-ness on environmental problems withinthe churches and society and encouragescooperation between theologians andecologists.

GENEVA � Three persons represent-ing Orthodox member-churches of theWorld Council of Churches (WCC) areamong a total of five staff appointments re-cently made by the WCC Executive Com-mittee.

Two of the five are women. Three ofthe five come from the Southern Hemi-sphere and one is from the Middle East.

This profile helps to rectify the balance ofWCC staff on which Orthodox, women andpeople from the South are underrepresented,Council officials said on Oct. 23.

Titles reflect the new WCC staffingstructure which will come into effect in Janu-ary. The five are:

Dr. Manoj Kurian, executive secretaryfor Health and Healing in the Team on Mis-sion and Evangelism within the Cluster onIssues and Themes.

Mr. Manoj Kurian is from Malaysia andis a member of the Malankara OrthodoxSyrian Church (Oriental). He is currentlyconsultant to the Community Health Depart-ment of the Christian Medical Associationof India where, among other responsibili-ties, he is involved in developing, imple-menting, monitoring, evaluating and sup-porting community health and developmentprojects.

Father Kwame Labi, is executive secre-tary for Community and Justice in Mission,in the Team on Mission and Evangelismwithin the Cluster on Issues and Themes.

Fr. Kwame Labi is from Ghana and apriest of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchateof Alexandria and All Africa). He is currentlythe secretary general of the Archdiocese forthe Orthodox Church in Ghana. He has aspecial interest in Orthodox liturgical theol-ogy and practice, and its inculturation inAfrica. He participated in the WCC FifthWorld Conference on Faith and Order in1993, and the Conference on World Mis-sion and Evangelism in 1996.

Dr. Marina Rizk, Executive Secretary,Team on Regional Relations within the Clus-ter on Relations and Constituencies.

Dr. Rizk is from Syria and a member ofthe Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antiochand all the East. She is a medical doctor andcurrently works for the Syrian Ministry ofHealth as head of the Data Section of theSyrian Poison Information Center which shehelped establish.

Three OrthodoxNamed to WCC Staff

Churches from the region where Chris-tianity began have provided the theme forthe Week of Prayer for Christian Unity inthe year 2000.

In 2000 the world will look back to thepast millennium and forward to the next.Therefore it is especially appropriate that theWeek of Prayer text for that year is basedon a draft prepared by a local ecumenicalcommittee with members from four fami-lies of churches of the Middle East Councilof Churches: Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox,Catholic and Reformed.

The theme for 2000 - �Blessed beGod...who has blessed us in Christ� �comes from a part of St. Paul�s letter to theEphesians which gives thanks for all that Godhas given in the past.

Christian Unity PrayerWeek Theme for Year 2000

KODIAK, Alaska - St. Herman�s Semi-nary will remain open and offer a limitedprogram during the 1998-1999 academicyear.

That is the official word from Metro-politan Theodosius of New York, the Ortho-dox Church in America Board of Trusteesand Bishop Innocent of Anchorage. Church

Officials Say St. Herman�s Seminary Still Open

By Sue JeffreyKodiak Daily Mirror

leaders met via teleconference and rejected�any notion of closing the school,� said apress release from the Metropolitan.

The seminary, currently celebrating its25th anniversary, originally offered a nar-rowly focused four-year program providingtraining in specific skills seminarians needas priests serving parishioners. Over theyears, the academic program broadened intoa Bachelor�s of Sacred Theology degree andincluded science and art courses.

The seminary lost authorization fromthe Alaska Commission on Post-secondaryEducation to offer the Bachelor�s degree

program in June. As a result, seminarianscannot pay for school costs with State ofAlaska student loans. But the board will con-tinue to pursue an ACPE exemption, whichallows the seminary to offer a program forchurch members studying for the priesthood.

Despite the recent setback, the semi-nary has strengthened the Orthodox Churchby ordaining many young men in the priest-hood, Bishop Innocent said.

�When the seminary first opened 25years ago, there were 10 priests in Alaskaserving 90 parishes. Now we have 33 priestsserving 90 parishes and most are young, 23-35 years old, not ready to retire as was re-cently reported.�

He estimates 25,000 people belong tothe Orthodox Church in Alaska, adding thatthe Church is thriving in the villages.

Bishop Innocent, who has visited all butthree of the Alaska parishes, said, �As I travelthroughout the diocese, I continually meetindividuals interested in studying at theseminary. What seems to prevent themfrom enrolling is uncertainty as to theschool�s certification.�

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PEOPLE P A R I S H p r o f i l eSenator honored

AHEPA Supreme President Lee G. Rallisrecently approved a resolution observingU.S. Sen. John Glenn�s historic shuttle flighton Oct. 29. Sen. Glenn is a member of Chap-ter 92 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was a re-cipient of AHEPA�s Pericles Award in 1994.

To host banquetEvangeline Gouletas of Chicago spon-

sored a UNICEF/Chicago benefit dinner onNov. 5 which featured a performance bysinger Judy Collins, a UNICEF Special Rep-resentative for the Performing Arts. Ms.Gouletas also will host a luncheon for ex-ecutive and professional women in businesson Nov. 19.

Honoring physicianHellenic American Medical and Dental

Society of Southern California will fete Dr.Vasilios S. Lambros of San Marino, Calif., ata dinner dance and musical tribute Nov. 22at St. Sophia Cathedral Center. Proceeds willgo to the HAMDS Scholarship Fund. Dr.Lambros, a Archon of the Ecumenical Patri-archate and member of Leadership 100, re-tired from active practice as a neurosurgeionin 1997 after a 61-year career. In additionto his private practice in California, he alsodid significant research that contributed tothe use of metal plates to cover cranial de-fects. In addition to his medical degree fromGeorgetown University and post-graduatework at the University of Chicago Clinic, healso holds law degrees from Georgetown.

Parish honors Ladies� leaderAnnunciation Church in Milwaukee re-

cently honored Philoptochos President SofiaShane on her recent re-appointment to theNational Philoptochos Board.

Scholarship winnerThe directors and officers of the Mike

& Stella B. Spanakos Scholarship fund re-cently announced that the 1998 recipient oftheir $5,000 scholarship is George Plitas ofLittle Neck, N.Y.. He is currently in his sec-ond year of medical school at New YorkUniversity School of Medicine. Mr. Plitas,the son of Stavros and Lambrini Plitas, is a1988 graduate of St. Nicholas parochialschool in Flushing, N.Y. His hero and neigh-bor who inspired him to pursue medicine isthe renowned New York cardiologist, Dr.William Tenet.

Celebrities help kidsBilly Zane and Debbie Matenopoulos

were among the celebrity judges kicking offthe first Video Outreach for Teen Educationawards designed to help at-risk children tofind their voice through film. The Oct. 24event, taking place at the �Taste of Greece�festival at St. Paul�s Church in Irvine, Calif.,benefited Guadalupe Homes for Children.

School president honoredIllinois Gov. Jim Edgar recently spon-

sored a reception honoring Vicky Geanno-poulos, president of Pythagoras Greek Schoolof St. Demetrios parish in Elmhurst, and rep-resentatives of other ethnic language schools.

Byzantine art exhibitMaster craftsman Konstantinos Py-

larinos of Astoria will demonstrate the tech-nique of Byzantine wood carving and explainthe Christian symbols and icons of the GreekOrthodox faith on Nov. 15 at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History in Manhattan.His presentation is part of a Sacred Arts andRituals program offered by the Museum�sDepartment of Education.

NAME:St. SpyridonGreek Orthodox CathedralLocation:Worcester, Mass.Size: more than 1,000 familiesDiocese: BostonClergy:Rev. Dean (Constantine) Paleologos,dean (Holy Cross �74)Founded: 1914Noteworthy:Birthplace of the Orthodox/RomanCatholic Dialogue in the United States.

See PARISH PROFILE on page 23

ST. SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL

A bout this time of year, the hills ofNew England reverberate with thevibrant colors of autumn.

The Bay State�s second largest cityof some 200,000 mostly Roman Catho-lic residents, nestled among some ofthese hills in the center of the region,also reverberates with the vibrant pres-ence of the Orthodox faith, representedby some 15,000 faithful among nine ju-risdictions.

Foremost among these is the par-ish of St. Spyridon Cathedral, the largestOrthodox church in the area.

Over the years, this mega-parish hasplayed a key role in fostering Orthodoxunity, and has contributed greatly to thenurturing of the Archdiocese.

The community is diverse, with acombination of immigrants, first, secondand third generation American-born, andconverts.

Most immigrants came from Epirusand Kerkyra. The most famous, and ac-tive, members is former New York Timescorrespondent and author NicholasGage, of nearby North Grafton, whowrote Eleni and A Place for Us. His sis-ters, central figures in his story, also livein the area and are parishioners.

Factory workersThe first Greek Orthodox men who

arrived in the 1890s and early 1900scame to work in the area�s hundreds oftextile mills and other manufacturingplants.

At the time, there were nearly 4,000Greeks in Worcester, but only 25 fami-lies, according to a parish history. Be-fore 1914, they worshipped at St. GeorgeSyrian Orthodox Church.

In the parish�s first year, priests fromother churches visited Worcester to holdservices. The church board asked theHoly Synod of Greece to send a perma-nent priest and Fr. Vasilios Papanikasarrived in early 1915.

The parish received its charter fromMassachusetts in 1916 as St. SpyridonChurch, taking its name from the saintwhose body is still preserved on Kerkyra.

Politics in Greece in this era, i.e. theRoyalist-Venizelist conflict, and businesscompetition among members quicklyshattered church unity.

Several members left and estab-lished Sts. Taxiarchae in March 1917.

The split continued for two years,until the arrival of Archbishop MeletiosMetaxakis of Athens to America to studythe entire diaspora Church situation.

Archbishop Metaxakis also sent hisassistant to Worcester to help reunite thetwo churches, which was accomplishedin 1918.

Parish finances at the time were very

primitive. There were no dues, but for ev-ery loaf of bread eaten, households wouldpay one cent to the church.

Bakers were required to note the quantityof bread used and a �church collector� wouldmake monthly visits to each house. Amountscollected ran as high as $250 to $300.

An attempt to buy land on which tobuild a new church was made in 1918. Acommittee visited every factory owner whoemployed Greeks and asked them to con-tribute toward a church because the work-ers wanted to bring their families fromGreece. Two $5,000 donations resulted, butthe idea failed.

The community finally reunited andmembers again looked to buy a new churchsite. A new sanctuary was completed in 1924at a cost of $65,000 financed through bondsand a $15,000 loan.

Continuing political conflicts in Greecesoon caused another schism. This time, dis-sidents established Assumption of the Vir-gin Mary Church. But efforts to reunite againsucceeded in 1928 and the break-awaychurch was closed.

In the 1930s, the community receivedmany visits from a prominent fellow-Epirot,Archbishop Athenagoras, who greatly en-couraged their faith.

During the late �30s, and throughoutthe World War II years, St. Spyridon parishcontributed greatly to the sustenance of HolyCross Seminary, then located in Pomfret,Conn. Fr. Dean�s father, the late Rev. Nicho-las Paleologos, was a student there at thetime. Fr. Dean is the first son of a Pomfretgraduate to become a priest.

Two St. Spyridon members in particu-lar, Theodore Tonna and Angelus Cotsidas,founders of the highly successful Table TalkPie Co., provided not only continuing finan-cial support to the school but also sent piesby the carload to the seminarians.

�That was their treat,� said Fr. Dean,recalling his father�s memories of that era.

Messrs. Tonna and Cotsidas also wereinstrumental in finding the present site ofHoly Cross-Hellenic College in Brookline,and later financed the library that had beenused for decades until its incorporationwithin the new Archbishop Iakovos Librarybuilding this year.

After the war, many parish organizationswere established, including GOYA, a GirlScout troop and a basketball team and plansto construct another church were completed.

Since 1940, the parish had been out-growing its existing facilities. They wereenlarged, somewhat, but a new, larger struc-ture was need.

A building fund committee, headed byConstantine Moschos, father of Arch-diocesan Council past president and currentmember Dimitri Moschos, raised the funds,with Messrs. Tonna and Cotsidas matching

the amount pledged dollar for dollar.The new, present church opened in

1952. Bishop Ezekiel of Nazianzos per-formed the agiasmos, assisted by thepastor, Fr. Athanasios Rizos.

In the early 1960s, the local RomanCatholic prelate, Bishop Flannigan, andArchbishop Iakovos developed a closefriendship. They eventually establishedthe Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue,which held its first meetings at St.Spyridon�s Church.

The Worcester parish helped orga-nize the Council of Eastern OrthodoxChurches of Central Massachusettswhich, over the years has achieved sev-eral important accomplishments. Amongthese the Holy Trinity Nursing Home andRehabilitation Program, a first for theOrthodox in this country, and the opera-tion of an Orthodox food center, whichdistributes food to the needy on Satur-days at the Cathedral.

Area Orthodox Christians worship to-gether on many occasions, most notablyon the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the faithfulfrom all the churches gather at one site forservices.

Modern-day financesParish finances have become con-

siderably more sophisticated than in thedays when each loaf of bread was taxeda penny.

Stewardship brings in a large percent-age of revenue, but additional income is de-rived from the church festival that takes placeevery two years. It founded by Fr. Dean�spredecessor, Fr. George Stephanides.

Yet another major income source isthe rental of St. Spyridon�s educationalcenter classrooms to the local publicschool system on weekdays, due to over-crowded conditions in Worcesterschools. Greek school and Sunday schooluse the facility at other times.

Fr. Dean is in his 18th year at St.Spyridon�s, which was designated a ca-thedral in 1985 by Archbishop Iakovos.

Previously, he served as assistantpriest at Sts. Constantine and HelenChurch in Palos Hills, Ill., under Fr. ByronPapanikolaou.

Fr. Dean has no �assistant� priestto help with such a large community, buthis classmate and �co-worker,� Fr.Nicholas Krommydas, the Boston Dio-cese chancellor, helps on Sundays.

In case anyone familiar with Byzan-tine history is wondering if Fr. Dean (con-sidering his name) is in any way relatedto the last emperor and royal family, thepriest answered, �I think we are,� notingthat his father, a native of Samos, hadsaid there is a direct link to their famousancestors.

A Bastion of Orthodoxy in Central Mass.A Bastion of Orthodoxy in Central Mass.

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R E L A T I N G T O T H E F A I T H

During my five years as a missionary inAlbania, one of the highlights of my experi-ence has been meeting the living �saints� ofthe land. I�ve met a priest who spent 27years in prison, suffering under the mostinhumane conditions.

Through Prayer, Miracles Still Happen

By Fr. Luke Veronis

Despite such affliction, he shows nobitterness, but always radiates a deep, in-ner peace, joy and love. His afflictions didn�tharden him in a resentful way, as has hap-pened to others, but drew him always closerto God. One comment he made to me re-mains in my mind. He simply understated,�Sometimes I look back at those days andrealize how simple things were. Each day,all I had to do was suffer for Christ. Everyday I would simply tell Jesus, �I�m doing thisall for you.��

Another inspiration for me was a simplevillager who quietly hid icons and priest vest-

ments in his house in 1967 when the Statedeclared all religious expression forbiddenand all churches closed. This man piouslythought that he would keep these religiousartifacts safe for one day in the future whenthe Church would reopen. Unfortunately,some neighbor reported him to the authori-ties and he was sent to prison for nine years.Nine years of suffering, but he also showedlittle anger. He did it for the sake of his Lord.

But always my greatest inspirationshave come from the three holy women ofKorca � Demetra, Marika and Berta. Theseare the women who practiced and lived theirfaith throughout the years of communism.They secretly invited Fr. Kosma to come totheir home occasionally and hold Divine Lit-urgies at 2 a.m.; they covertly baptized chil-dren; they carefully taught people about thefaith; they quietly showed people how topray; and they even left little Bible versesand short prayers in hidden places aroundthe city for some unsuspecting person pass-

ing by. But their greatest witness was theintensity of their prayers.

Once they heard a priest tell them aboutthe importance of �unceasing prayer.� Sothey decided, with several other devoutwomen, to pray without stopping during a40-day Lenten period before Easter. Pray-ing for 40 days in a row, 24 hours a day,without stopping.

They organized themselves to alternatein continuous two-hour shifts, so that some-one would be praying at every moment dur-ing the 40 days. Their prayers were focusedon the reopening of the Church in their life-time, as well as for specific needs of indi-viduals who suffered at that time. And theyfound such comfort and strength in thisprayer rule, that they repeated this duringmany other Lenten periods.

Surely, through the prayers of suchfaithful, saintly women, as well as throughthe blood of countless martyrs, God broughtabout the fall of communism and the re-es-

tablishment of the Church. As the Bible says,�The prayer of the righteous is powerful andeffective.� (James 5:16)

Today, I believe we witnessed anothermiracle through the power of prayer. Let mevery briefly give the background situation.The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Al-bania, under the direction of ArchbishopAnastasios, has been struggling to establishits Holy Synod of Bishops since its resur-rection in 1992.

A deadlock existed between the Alba-nian government, which insisted that anynew bishops must be ethnic Albanians, andthe Ecumenical Patriarchate, who electedthree Greek archimandrites to become bish-ops in 1992. For six years, periodic dialogue,visits and discussion brought few results.Archbishop Anastasios understood that thisunresolved issue created dangerous prob-lems for the development of the Church,and even risked the Church�s future unity.So he made his main goal for 1998 the es-tablishment of the Holy Synod. And for sucha solution to occur, much prayer would beneeded.

Of course, Archbishop Anastasios is avery prayerful man, who has been constantlyinterceding for such a resolution. But oth-ers around the country also began prayingmore fervently. One Saturday in June, whenI happened to visit the holy sisters of Korca,they announced to me, �Do you know whattoday is? Today, our women�s group justfinished 40 days of �unceasing prayer� (ev-ery moment of each 24-hour day), askingGod to bring a resolution to our problem ofthe Holy Synod. And now we told all thewomen in our group to personally pray forthe next 40 days the Paraclesis (Supplica-tion Service) to the Virgin Mary every day intheir homes, asking our Holy Mother to in-tercede on behalf of this problem.

Once again I stood in awe at the fer-vency and faith of these holy women. Whatan inspiration, and a lesson, to so many ofus who constantly complain or become anx-ious over our problems, instead of follow-ing the advice of St. Paul when he wrote,�Do not worry about anything, but in ev-erything by prayer and supplication, withthanksgiving, let your requests be madeknown to God.� (Phil 4:6)

At the end of July, after ArchbishopAnastasios met with both government offi-cials as well as the Ecumenical Patriarch, asolution was reached. Six years of anxiouswaiting ended. Three new bishops were or-dained and enthroned � MetropolitanIgnatios of Berat, Metropolitan John of Korca,and Bishop Kosma of Apollonia (the priestwho use to celebrate the Divine Liturgy inthe middle of the night in Korca). The HolySynod was finally formed.

�The prayer of the righteous is power-ful and effective!� God continues to hear theprayers of his saints even today. Let us allthank the Lord for the prayers of such holypeople, and may we all strive to imitate theirexample in our own lives!

The story in the Oct. 20 issue onthe upcoming St. Michael�s Home40th anniversary celebration errone-ously reported on page 5 that a post-humous citation will be given to DemiJ. Vagelos. Mrs. Vagelos is not de-ceased.

ÄÄÄThe Philoptochos story on page

24 of the Oct. 5 issue listed past presi-dents as ex officio members. They areexecutive board members.

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By Maria Karalekas

Thanksgiving is a holiday in which weoffer thanks to God for all the blessingswhich He most mercifully bestows upon us.It�s also a day in which we gather togetherwith family and friends to feast and share infellowship. Aside from a few stomach aches,the day usually ends with fond memories ofprecious time spent with loved ones. Onealmost wishes that this holiday was cel-ebrated more frequently throughoutthe year. But, isn�t it?

The Greek word for�Thanksgiving� is the �Eucha-rist� (Eucharistia) or Holy Com-munion and it means �to givethanks.� The Holy Eucharist iscelebrated during every Di-vine Liturgy and was insti-tuted by Jesus during the LastSupper. It was at this timethat, �Jesus took bread,blessed and broke it, and gaveit to the disciples and said,�Take, eat; this is My body. ThenHe took the cup, and gave thanks,and gave it to them, saying, �Drinkfrom it, all of you. For this is My bloodof the new covenant, which is shed formany for the remission of sins.� (Matt.26:26-27).

During every Divine Liturgy, we relivethe Last Supper and 2,000 years later,Christ�s words continue to speak to us, in-viting us to partake of his life-saving gifts.When the priest steps out of the sanctuaryholding the Chalice, he calls out to all say-ing, �with the fear of God, with faith andlove draw near.� How many of us, though,ignore this invitation and deny ourselves ofthese precious and life-saving gifts? By notmaking every attempt to prepare ourselvesto receive Holy Communion during everyDivine Liturgy, we are turning our backs toChrist and saying, �No, not today God,maybe next time; maybe Christmas or Eas-

ter.� Receiving Holy Communion should notbe a once or twice a year affair. A devoutChristian, having missed receiving HolyCommunion one Sunday thought to him-self: �There was a cup set for me at theLord�s Table today, just like the place setfor me at the family table at home. The cupwas there for me even when I didn�t come.

When I don�t come, my place at theLord�s Table, reserved es-

pecially for me, remainsempty. And the Lord

Jesus, the Host, Whoprepares the tablefor me, must betruly disap-pointed that oneof His invitedguests did notshow up.�Jesussaid, �He whoeats My fleshand drinks Myblood abides in

Me, and I inhim.� (John 6:56)

The early Chris-tians, knowing this,

received Holy Com-munion daily.Yes, every day! They

were not any different from ustoday except that, based on Jesus� words,they believed that Holy Communion was anindispensable part of their spiritual lives. Sostrongly did they feel about this that theystated in the ninth Apostolic Canon that �Allthe faithful who enter and listen to the scrip-tures, but do not stay for prayer and HolyCommunion must be excommunicated, onthe grounds that they are causing the Churcha breach of order.� Very powerful wordsindeed that serve to convey to us the im-portance of the Eucharist and our participa-tion in it.

Are we worthy to receive Holy Com-munion every Sunday? Absolutely not, but

for this reason we approach. No one cansay that he is without sin at any time in theirlives. �If we say we have no sin, we deceiveourselves, and the truth is not in us.� (1 John1:8) If we wait until we feel worthy enoughto receive, though, then we will never beable to approach the Chalice. We receiveHoly Communion precisely because we aresinners and we need Christ in our lives tosanctify our souls and bodies, to illumineour minds and hearts, and to lead us towardsall that is good and profitable for our souls.

St. Peter warns Christians, �Be sober, bevigilant; because your adversary the devilwalks about like a roaring lion, seeking whomhe may devour.� (1 Peter 5:6) The devil andhis demons are relentless in their pursuit toprevent us from achieving theosis and one-ness with God. We cannot resist their temp-tations single handedly and it�s not enoughfor us to simply say we believe in Jesus Christ;�the demons also believe.� (James 2:19) Inour struggle to do what is right in the eyes ofGod, we must turn to Him for strength andthe power to resist temptation. By receivingthe Eucharist, we receive Christ into our bod-ies. Thus, having taken care to approach theEucharist in the proper fashion, let us �withthe fear of God, with faith and with love drawnear� to Him who said �unless you eat theflesh of the Son of man and drink His blood,you have no life in you.

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PROFILE: 15 years old; sopho-more at Manheim Township HighSchool in Lancaster; plays Basketballand Track and Field; favorite subjectis English and is on the honor roll;aspires to go to college and becomea teacher; her role models are hermom and dad and older brother;they�ve always been there for her andhave always provided her with loveand guidance.

SERVICE: Attends Sunday School;GOYA member; her GOYA attendsvarious retreats and basketball tour-naments together and are also in-

grounds. Don�t be pressured into doingsomething that you don�t want to do andthat you know is wrong. Surround yourselfwith positive people who will serve as goodrole models and help you to keep away fromnegative influences.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Treat otherslike you want to be treated. Don�t gossip orspread rumors because it hurts others andwill eventually come back to you.

volved in many service projects including:�Crispus Attickus� where Goyans servemeals at homeless shelters once a month;�Crop Walk,� a walk-a-thon sponsored byher church to raise money to benefit poorcountries; Goyans help serve food at achurch bazaar; also attends a �Dinner Dia-logue� meeting once or twice a monthwhere Goyans get together at a restaurantto discuss the program for that month.

ADVICE TO PEERS: Drinking and pre-marital sex are among the many pressuresfacing young people today. Stand your

What DoYou Think?D to the Vegas Commission for

letting Mike Tyson back intothe ring. Forgiveness is not the

issue here but rather a serious mental diag-nosis �marked by significant psychologicaland physical trauma.� Among other medi-cal findings, the Nevada State Athletic Com-mission stated that Tyson suffers fromchronic low-level depression, he�s moody,impulsive and becomes angry when he feelsvictimized. The time between the suspen-sion of Tyson�s boxing license and its rein-statement did not provide adequate time forrehabilitation, therefore, the likelihood of areoccurrence of a violent episode in the ringis more likely.

C to the New York Yankees, 1998World Series Champions, fornot allowing their success to fan

the flames of egotism. �If we look back, that�sthe one thing I would love to have people thinkabout this team,� Yankees manager Joe Torresaid, �that there is no one-name that comesto mind, but the team itself.� Said Yankeeslegend Reggie Jackson, �...they proved that niceguys can finish first.� �What strikes me,� Yan-kee third baseman Scott Brosius said, �is thatthere is nobody on this team who thinks he�sthe man.�

C to the San Diego Padres them-selves, who although swept infour games, concealed their

frustration and lost with grace and greatsportsmanship. They proved that even indefeat, they are still winners. Said one SanDiego Padre, in a quote that encapsulatesthe good sportsmanship of the entire team,�There�s no reason for us not to feel proud.We can hold our heads high. They�re a spe-cial team. They pretty much took us apart.And we�re a pretty good team ourselves. Butthey were the better team. There really isn�tmuch question about that now, is there? Forfour games, they were relentless. Every timewe did something, they answered. What wehave to remember is that we were the rightteam to be here. We earned our way in.They were the better team. And we werethe team they should have played.�

C to the San Diego Padre fansfor their good sportsmanship.Less than a minute after the fi-

nal out was made, they began cheering thePadres, realizing it was no shame to losewhen their team had worked so hard for solong. There was a long and deafening post-game show of support from the crowd forSan Diego pitcher Kevin Brown, who wasmoved to say, �It makes you proud to be anathlete and a member of this team.�

St. Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pen-tapolis, the Wonderworker Anastasios, ashe was very often called was born inSelybria, Thrace, now a part of Turkey, inOctober of 1846. When Nektarios was 29years of age, he became a deacon and anassistant to the Patriarch of Alexandria inEgypt. He was sent by the Patriarch tostudy theology in Athens and was then or-dained priest Nektarios and later thebishop of Pentapolis.

The life of this saint is told beautifullyin an English translation of the book �SaintNektarios, A Saint For Our Times� by SotosChondropoulos. One who reads this bookwill discover an example of faith and ex-treme humility. While St. Nektarios wasa great preacher and theologian, he wasnot concerned with wealth and honors butrather focused all his energies on helpingthose who were poor and needy.

Although he was often a victim of nu-merous injustices and accused of allegedimproprieties, St. Nektarios always en-dured with patience and long-suffering,never judging his accusers and alwayspraying for their repentance.

St. Nektarios died on Nov. 9, 1920,and is considered the patron saint of thosewith cancer, heart trouble, arthritis, andepilepsy. His feast day is also celebratedon Nov. 9. It is a day to remember a saintof God whose life was lived in true ser-vice of our Lord Jesus Christ.

St. Nektarios once said, �Our Churchhonors saints not as gods, but as faithfulservants, as holy men and friends of God.�Let us take these words and consider howin today�s society of selfish pursuit, wemay strive to emulate the example of thismodern saint by becoming �faithful ser-vants� and living according to the com-mandments of God.

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Returning families find security in thefamiliarity and sense of community they feel.�The moment we enter your gates at thetop of the hill, we are surrounded by suchwarmth and nurturing, the children are be-side themselves in anticipation to see theirfriends, and parents can�t wait for your fa-mous hugs and wonderful greetings... Forparents of a child with cancer that is such arelief, you spend so much time protectingyour child, the opportunity to let them go,share your sorrows with others and relax insuch a peaceful setting is travel down thepath to paradise.�

We, the volunteers of Camp Agape, aremerely a stop along a very long journey forthese families, and our purpose is to makethat stopover as carefree and full of fun andlaughter as we can. One day during camp, wehad a visit from the Monti family. It was lessthan 72 hours after their 9 year old daughterNatalie�s funeral. The family had a six-yearstruggle with cancer and three summers atCamp Agape. Their son Nick wanted to cel-ebrate his birthday, as he had done so manytimes, with his Camp Agape family. Themother�s comment, �If my kids didn�t love it,I wouldn�t have bothered, it was important tohonor everyone here by making a showing.�We are truly honored and blessed by the ex-ample of agape these families have personi-fied. With God�s blessing, we will continuethis valuable outreach for many years to come.

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But for Fr. Dean, �dynasty� takes on adifferent connotation, a priestly one, by follow-ing in his father�s footsteps, and with his son,Nicholas, a Hellenic College graduate, continu-ing his studies as a seminarian at Holy Cross.

�That�s the one thing I�m proud of,� saidFr. Dean, who for years has been a strongsupporter of HC/HC and currently serveson its board of trustees. His mother,Presbytera Theodora, also is active in sup-porting the school and is ever-present at itsmany special services and functions.

Fr. Dean�s involvement with collegestudents extends to the many Orthodox stu-dents from around the country who attendWorcester�s 11 colleges and universities,including Holy Cross College, the oldestRoman Catholic school in New England.

A few of his parishioners also serve onthe faculties of these institutions.

For his work with local students, Fr.Dean received an honorary doctorate in1992 from Worcester State College.

Throughout the year, St. Spyridon par-ish also sponsors lunches, brunch and otherfellowship activities for these students, sev-eral of whom serve as GOYA advisors andSunday school teachers.

The priest also ministers to a large se-nior citizens group, and to many converts.He has performed several adult baptisms,including that of a recent immigrant fromAlbania, a never before baptized adult male.

�I�ve been very honored by the Church,�Fr. Dean said in describing his ministry. �Whatwe have to try to do is make our faith makesense to people in their everyday lives. TheChurch has to meet the needs of all the peopleand to bring the message of the gospel andChrist�s love and help the poor. It is a veryimportant part of the Church. We have toextend ourselves to the entire community andshow them we�re a loving Church.�

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Ecumenical Patriarch Completes Successful Visit to Polande c u m e n i c a l p a t r i a r c h a t e

WARSAW � Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew expressed his satisfaction forthe improvement in the relations betweenCatholics and Orthodox during his visit tothe Polish Orthodox Church, Oct. 10-16.

Story and photosby Nicholas Manginas

During his stay in the hospitable coun-try, Patriarch Bartholomew was enthusias-tically and cordially welcomed by Metropoli-tan Savva of Warsaw and All Poland, the hi-erarchs, clergy and thousands of faithfulOrthodox Poles.

President of the Republic of PolandAleksander Kwasniewski, Prime MinisterJersy Buzek, the vice president, presidentof the Parliament, other government offi-cials, prefects and mayors welcomed thePrimate of Orthodoxy with warm and hon-orary manifestations.

PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW receives a welcome in Greek, Slavonic and Polish.

Of particular significance was the firstpilgrimage of an Ecumenical Patriarch to themiracle-bearing icon of Panayia in Cze-stochowa (also know as Black Madonna),at the church of Jasna Gora. PatriarchBartholomew was led to the church by aholy procession of Catholics and prayed infront of the icon of Panayia. After a warmwelcoming introduction by the Catholicbishop and an offering to His All Holiness acopy of the icon, Patriarch Bartholomewaddressed the Catholics saying:

�We think that we would exaggerate ifwe claimed that this holy icon constitutes aspiritual connection between the East andthe West. This is true because an icon ofthe Most Holy Theotokos, of Eastern style,origin and tradition is at the center of ven-eration of the western Christian world.�

An event of utmost significance was theopening of the new church of St. Sophia inByalistok. The church was inaugurated byPatriarch Bartholomew. Hierarchs of bothChurches participated in the inauguration. Inhis address at the end of the Divine LiturgyMetropolitan Savva of Warsaw stressed:

�We know how stormy the history ofour faith in Byzantium has been and howmany tribulations you are going through. Yet,with bravery you confront all hardships, thusgiving us the strength to overcome our lo-cal difficulties and problems. Your wisdom,intrepidity and devotion to the good of theChurch encourage us. We look to the fu-ture, the next millennium with hope. Dur-ing the first millennium, the light of Ortho-dox faith was brought to Kiev by St. Andrew.As a result, St. Sophia of Kiev was built. Inthe brink of the third millennium Your AllHoliness came from St. Sophia of Con-stantinople to the land of the Poles to inau-

gurate St. Sophia of Byalistok and preachthe truth and eternity of our faith, the faithof the holy fathers, the apostolic faith, thetrue faith. And this day is for us �the daywhich the Lord created. Let us be glad andrejoice� thanking Him for this preciouspresent.�

It should be noted that the frescoes ofthe dome are a donation of PatriarchBartholomew. The apse of the altar depict-ing the Platytera (Most Wide) was donatedand painted by the icon painter K. Xeno-poulos and his colleague, C. Tzitizilis. Fur-thermore, icons of the templon are dona-tions of the Metropolis of Demetrias, whichwas at the time pastored by Christodoulos,now Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

The visit of Patriarch Bartholomew tothe sites of the former Nazi camps ofAuschwitz and Birkenau were deeply emo-tional. There, at the �Wall of Death� he laida wreath, prayed for the rest of the souls ofthe victims of Nazism. In his address, Patri-arch Bartholomew said:

�We all feel horror and revulsion walk-ing in this hideous oven of fire, into whichthousands of innocent lives were aban-doned, and in which the most horrible of allcrimes against humankind was committedby the paranoid atrocities of Nazism. Thedivine gist of life, through the lives of mil-lions of our Jewish brothers and Christians,became a holocaust to the Moloch of hu-man insanity. A whole people lived the tragicnightmare of a criminal genocide under thehypocritical or embarrassed eyes of the en-tire humankind.�

Patriarch Bartholomew ended by stat-ing: �Our promise is firm: Never again!�.Patriarch Bartholomew later laid a wreathat the Greek memorial plaque of Birkenau.

In his meetings and talks with the po-litical leaders of Poland, Patriarch Bar-tholomew asked for protection and supportto the Orthodox Church, which constitutesa minority, amidst the dominant presenceof the Catholic Church in Poland.

The President of the Republic offeredPatriarch Bartholomew a set of silver glassesembossed with carved Polish eagles, and apainting of the Orthodox Church of Warsaw.

During their meeting, Patriarch Bar-tholomew honored the President with thehighest decoration, the order of St. MariaMagdalena, for his �contribution to the equalrights of Churches in Poland.�

Patriarch Bartholomew visited Ortho-dox churches and monasteries in many cit-ies, laid the foundations for new churchesand opened the church of St. Sophia atByalistok. The foundations of this church hadbeen laid by the Ecumenical PatriarchDimitrios in November 1987.

The visit of Patriarch Bartholomew toPoland is the third of an Ecumenical Patriarchto this country. The first was that of PatriarchJeremias II in the 16th century. The second wasthat of Patriarch Dimitrios in 1987.

His All Holiness also met with His Emi-nence Jozef Cardinal Glemp, the RomanCatholic Archbishop of Warsaw and Primateof Poland. The two held interesting and use-ful discussions.

The ambassador of Greece to Poland,Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos hosted a dinnerin honor of Patriarch Bartholomew withmany dignitaries in attendance.

Another dinner was hosted by the Turk-ish ambassador to Poland.

The Christian Theological Academy ofWarsaw honored the Patriarch with the titleof Doctor of Honorus Causa at a specialevent. His All Holiness spoke of obedienceand freedom in the Orthodox Church andalso met with students of the academy.

GREETING PRESIDENT of the Republic ofPoland Aleksander Kwasniewski.

THOUSANDS GATHER for the consecration of the St. Sophia Cathedral, in Byalistok.

A somber tone marked the Patriarch�s visit to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, where His All Holiness conducted a memorial prayer service for the millions who diedthere. He also placed flowers and recited a prayer inside one of the crematoria.