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Outgoing Archbishop Demetrios on His 20 Years at the Helm of Orthodoxy

The Holy Synod in Constantinople is expected to elect a new Archbishop of America following the resignation of Demetrios earlier in the week. The Holy Synod is in session from Thursday, May 9 to Saturday, May 11, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew...

Greece Denies it Seeks to Replace Archbishop Demetrios of America

Greece's Press and Information Office in New York categorically denied on Sunday a report published in The National Herald on Sunday, which claimed that the Greek government urged the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to replace Archbishop Demetrios of America, after...

Former Vice President Joe Biden Visits Archbishop Demetrios

The former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden visited His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America in his office at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. “I can’t come to New York and not stop by to see...

Kotzias Discusses Greek Education in the U.S. in Meeting with Archbishop Demetrios

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias discussed Greek education in the United States and the role and activities of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with the Archbishop Demetrios of America, during a meeting in New York on Thursday. After the meeting,...

Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Meets with Archbishop Demetrios

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Archbishop Demetrios of America on Thursday and underlined the importance of the role of the Greek Orthodox Church Archdiocese to the Greek-American community. Tsipras assured the Archbishop that the Greek government will continue...

Greek Defense Minister Meets With Archbishop Demetrios of America

“Greece could be a constant factor in the region, ensuring peace, but also the free world’s interests,” said Greek National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos after his meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America at the offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Manhattan. “I...

Meeting Between Venizelos and Archbishop Demetrios

On Monday, September 22, Archbishop Demetrios of America met with Evangelos Venizelos, Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Topics of discussion included the issue of providing protection to the Christian population in conflict zones– especially in the volatile Middle...

US Vice President to Meet Archbishop Demetrios

US Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Archbishop Demetrios, of the Greek Orthodox Church in Philadelphia, USA. The two men will meet next Wednesday, July 9, at the official dinner ceremony to mark the 42nd Clergy-Laity Congress in Philadelphia,...

Staikouras Meets Archbishop Demetrios of America

Alternate Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, had a meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America, as part of his visit to New York. During their meeting, Staikouras thanked and congratulated the Archbishop for his “great and important work for Hellenism and...

Exclusive Interview: Archbishop Demetrios of America on Faith and Politics

Archbishop Demetrios of America talks about Faith and Politics in an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter.  The head of the Greek Orthodox church in America notes that faith doesn't change in time but the way its message is conveyed...

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...

Ronald McDonald House NY’s Greek Division to Honor Archbishop Demetrios and Mrs. Niki Sideris at Annual Christmas Party

This Christmas is like no other Christmas at Ronald McDonald House® New York with the absence of Niki Sideris, who passed away in October. Niki Sideris created the Greek Division at the House in 1979 to support children and families...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets with Archbishop Demetrios

“Greece is a country of enormous potential. Despite all of its own financial problems and the ones of Europe affecting it, Greece managed not only to avoid becoming insular but to become more extrovert than before” stressed out Mr....

Hillary Clinton Offers Letter to Archbishop Demetrios Concerning Cyprus

The archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Community of America offered a letter from the American Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton. Clinton was answering a letter of Archbishop Demetrios, in which he had expressed his concern about the...

Archbishop Demetrios Resigns: End of an Era for the Greek Orthodox Church in America

The resignation on Saturday of Archbishop Demetrios brought to a close his twenty-year-long leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. He led a church of more than one and a half million Greek Orthodox Christians in the United States,...