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The Archbishop Spyridon Foundation - January 28, 2003

Press release
For immediate release

The official inauguration of the Archbishop Spyridon Foundation for Hellenic Education and Culture will take place at Terrace On The Park in Queens, New York, on Saturday, February 1, 2003, in the presence of former Archbishop of America Spyridon, prominent American politicians and members of the Greek-American community.

The inauguration will be an open event introduced by William Tenet, distinguished cardiologist and head of the Kyrinia Center for Cardiovascular Deseases in New York. It will feature speeches by his Eminence Archbishop Spyridon; John Rassias, professor at Dartmouth College and chairman of the commission which wrote "The Future of the Greek Language and Culture in the United States: Survival in The Diaspora" ("The Rassias Report"); John Catsimatidis, president of the Foundation; Eve Condakes, vice president; Justine Frangouli-Argyris, journalist and author of Spyridon’s biography; and Georgia Kaloidis, chairman of the Organizing Committee.

There will also be a book signing of Archbishop Spyridon’s biography The Lonely Path of Integrity (Greek and English versions by Exandas Publishers).

The Foundation, which bears the name of the former Archbishop of America, aims to fulfill his vision of promoting Hellenic education and culture throughout the diaspora. It is an objective that Spyridon considered an essential priority throughout his ministry in Italy and in America. Now that massive emigration from Greece has ended and that conditions in countries that host Greek immigrants have changed dramatically, it is imperative to preserve Hellenic culture.

This will be Spyridon’s first public appearance in New York in three and half years ago, since his resignation as Archbishop of America in August 1999. It marks a new era in the pursuit of the Archbishop’s dream for Hellenic culture in the United States.

[ The Archbishop Spyridon Foundation
   www.spyridonfoundation.com/eng/press/inaug_pr-release.html
   January 28, 2003 ]