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 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:26 pm |
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GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
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HIS ALL HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW
ADDRESSES THE ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL
NEW YORK - Archbishop Demetrios of America welcomed His All Holiness to a
unique session of the Archdiocesan Council yesterday morning, attended by
more than 100 members, all the Metropolitans of the Holy Eparchial Synod,
the Auxiliary Bishops and Metropolitans Athanasios Geron of Chalchedon and
Emmanuel of France accompanying His All Holiness.
"All of you are indispensable members of this responsible body of the
Church - bishops and presbyters, clergy and laity, men and women, young and
old," said His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his paternal
and patriarchal exhortation to the members of the Archdiocesan Council of
the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America that had gathered in New York City
for their regularly scheduled Fall meeting.
The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his "special pride" and "sincere
gratitude" for the achievements of the Archdiocesan Council and the Church
in America, for the "unfailing commitment" of the members and for their
"fervent love for Christ and His teachings."
As His All Holiness spoke of the long and uninterrupted tradition of the
Holy Mother Church of Constantinople and as he offered his Patriarchal
Blessing upon the members exhorted them: ".never lose sight of two things:
First, of your sacred and historical roots, which lie in the Mother Church
of Constantinople, which has known glory and martyrdom alike over the
centuries, and to this day maintains the unity, sanctity, catholicity and
apostolicity of the Orthodox Christian Church; And second, of your spiritual
and heavenly goal, which lies in the Kingdom of God, to which all of our
actions and our ministry should aspire."
Following his exhortation to the Archdiocesan Council His All Holiness
offered a private audience to the National Philoptochos Executive Committee,
during which he expressed the gratification of the Mother Church for the
important philanthropic work of the National Ladies Philoptochos Society.
Later in the day, His All Holiness attended a Luncheon in his honor by the
Permanent representative of Turkey to the United Nations, Ambassador
Ertugrul Apakan.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:00 pm |
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He was on Charlie Rose last night on Bloomberg Radio.
His accent sounded Turkish.
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| Alexander Arnakis... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:13 pm |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:00:40 +0000 (UTC),
vjp2.at at (no spam) at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
Quote: He was on Charlie Rose last night on Bloomberg Radio.
His accent sounded Turkish.
His Greek is terrible. I get the impression he doesn't use Greek in an
everyday context. He speaks in a stilted, "ecclesiastical" style that
he seems to have learned in training for the priesthood. No doubt he
speaks Turkish for everyday use. At least he speaks English, after a
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