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Macedonian Press Agency - March 13, 2001

The Book about Spyridon,
former Archbishop of America, Presented in Montreal

Montreal, March 13, 2001 (20:09 UTC+2)

The first US presentation of The Lonely Path of Integrity, a book written by journalist Justine Frangouli-Argyris, took place two days ago in Montreal, Canada. The new book is a biographical account of Spyridon, former Archbishop of America, with particular emphasis on his stormy three-year ministry in America (1996-1999).

The event, organized by the Cultural Department of the local Hellenic Community, was dedicated to the presentation of the new work of literature. The proceeds from book sales made during the event will go to support the Community's Greek-language day schools "Socrates".

In the Hellenic Community Center hall, packed with Greek Canadians, Greece's Consul General in Montreal, Ioannis-Gavriil Papadopoulos, spoke at length of the Archbishop's personality. Mr. Papadopoulos who knew Spyridon since the times he served as consul in Rome, stressed the fundamental role played by the Archbishop in organizing the Greek-Italian community and his tireless efforts to set up a Greek-language school in Rome. He commented that Spyridon's ousting from the archiepiscopal throne of America was clearly due to the fact that the antiquated institutions of Orthodoxy are perhaps not yet ready to bear a new generation of church leaders.

[ Translated from Greek ]

[ Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων - www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=177590 - March 13, 2001 ]