Tag Archives | Archbishop Demetrios

Two Boys Retrieve Crosses at Tarpon Springs Epiphany Celebration

A second cross had to be thrown into the waters of Spring Bayou today after the first one was lost during this city’s 106th annual Epiphany cross dive. Louis Mailisand, 17, a senior at Tarpon Springs High School, surfaced with the second cross moments after it was tossed. According to tradition, the boy who retrieves [...]

Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord 2011

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When we hear and contemplate the beautiful story of our Lord’s Nativity, our hearts are filled with tremendous joy. In this marvelous event of God becoming man, He revealed His great love for us and the divine plan to restore our communion with Him. Through His Incarnation, Christ offered [...]

American-Jewish Community Joins Annual Washington “Oxi” Day Celebration

Jewish community leaders, policymakers and national opinion leaders will be joining leaders of the Greek American community at the First Annual Washington Oxi Celebration, which will take place October 28th in Washington DC. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America will be presenting the Oxi Day Archbishop Damaskinos Award at a ceremony on the same day, [...]

Archbishop Demetrios Meets with Turkish PM in NY

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America had a “closed press” meeting last Friday evening with Turkish PM Recep Tagip Erdogan within the General Meeting of the UN in New York. The meeting was hosted in Peninsula Hotel and the Archbishop thanked PM Erdogan for his decision on returning confiscated properties to non-muslims. TheTurkish PM answered that he did [...]

Notre Dame announces first chair in Byzantine Studies

The University of Notre Dame has established an endowed chair in Byzantine Theology. The position, which will focus on the theology of the medieval Greek-speaking church, will be named in honor of Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. The Archbishop Demetrios Professorship in Byzantine Theology is a central component of [...]