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Orthodox Observer - October 2011
Twenty Years of an Energetic Worldwide Ministry
Editor’s note: In commemoration of
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s 20–year anniversary, the Orthodox Observer
presents the following chronology that
highlights significant activities, events
and developments occurring during his
ministry, [...], as reported in the
pages of the Observer. [...]
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1996
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July 30– His All Holiness announces the
decision by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to elect Metropolitan
Spyridon of Venice, as the new Archbishop
of the Archdiocese of America, consisting of
the United States, and the reorganization
of the remaining Western Hemisphere into
three metropolitanates: Toronto, Panama
and Buenos Aires.
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Oct. 25– 27– Welcomes Boston’s Bernard
Cardinal Law and Bishop Methodios of
Boston who led a pilgrimage of 120 Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics to the
Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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1997
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March 27– April 1– Welcomes delegation of Archdiocese officials and Presbyters
Council members led by Archbishop Spyridon to discuss the Patriarch’s upcoming
visit to the U.S.
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April 20– Meets with members of the
Archdiocesan Presbyters Council at the
Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Mid–June– Welcomes a delegation of
AHEPA leaders led by Supreme President
Spiro Macris.
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July – Receives participants of the Ionian
Village “Spiritual Odyssey” program in a
patriarchal audience.
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– Christian History magazine interviews His
All Holiness about his upcoming visit to the
United States.
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Aug. 30–Sept. 1– Archbishop Spyridon,
Holy Synod and the Archdiocesan Council
Executive Committee meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to discuss his
upcoming visit to the United States.
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October 19–November 16– Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew makes his first official visit to the United States.[...]
Oct. 19– Arrives in Washington, conducts
doxology at Sts. Constantine and Helen
Church.
Oct. 20– Doxology at Washington’s
National Cathedral. Visits U.S. Holocaust
Museum, Library of Congress. Makes unannounced stop at organization for the
homeless, “Martha’s Table.”
Oct. 21– Receives Congressional Gold
Medal in a ceremony under the dome of
the U.S. Capitol. Speaks at Georgetown
University and receives honorary Doctor
of Laws degree. Attends AHEPA tribute
bestowing him with Socratic Award.
Oct. 22– Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at St.
Sophia Cathedral. Visits White House, holds
private meeting with President Bill Clinton.
Attends State Department dinner, calls for
renewed effort to rebuild Eastern Europe
spiritually.
Oct. 23 – Concludes Washington visit
with breakfast hosted by Vice President Al
Gore at his residence. Travels to Baltimore
for Pan–Orthodox doxology at Annunciation Cathedral. Also attends a reception at
City Hall and a luncheon at Baltimore
Convention Center. Visits the Basilica of
the National Shrine of the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic
Cathedral.
– Arrives late in the day at New York’s
LaGuardia Airport in 39–degree weather.
Oct. 24– Attends breakfast with nearly 500
National Young Adult League representatives at Tavern on the Green in Central Park.
Dedicates plaque commemorating the
75th anniversary of the Archdiocese. Visits
National Council of Churches in Christ.
Attends meeting and dinner at Holy Trinity
Archdiocesan Cathedral with Orthodox hierarchs and clergy from many jurisdictions,
followed by a Pan–Orthodox doxology.
Oct. 25– Attends doxology and speaks at
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y. Travels to St. Demetrios Church
in Jamaica, Queens where he greets about
1,000 children. Attends Nana Mouskouri
Concert hosted by Archons of the Order
of St. Andrew at the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine in Manhattan.
Oct. 26– Presides at Patriarchal Divine
Liturgy at Madison Square Garden; about
20,000 attend.
– Attends luncheon in his honor at Rockefeller Center hosted by New York Gov.
George Pataki and Alexander Papamarkou.
Visits St. Michael’s Home and later attends
endowment dinner at the Palace hotel.
Oct. 27– Visits Ukrainian Orthodox
Church in America headquarters in South
Boundbrook, N.J.
Oct. 28– Travels to Boston. Welcomed by
Bishop Methodios and acting Gov. Paul
Salucci. Attends luncheon at residence
of Mayor Thomas Menino. Also meets
with U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Later in
the day, meets with Armenian Catholicos
Aram at St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic
Church in Watertown, Mass., and attends
Distinguished Foreign Visitors Dinner at
the JFK Library; the first religious leader
and second non–head–of–state to receive
the honor.
Oct. 29– Breakfast with Diocese clergy
at Boston Cathedral Center. Attends convocation at Hellenic College–Holy Cross
to honor the seminary’s 60th anniversary.
Receives honorary degree. Goes to Tufts
University in Somerville to speak at the
Fletcher School of Diplomacy. Receives
honorary Doctorate in International Law.
Oct. 30– Travels to Atlanta. Attends doxology at Annunciation Cathedral. Attends
breakfast at Fulton County Commission.
Attends luncheon at Emory University,
receives the school’s President’s Medal.
Participates in ecumenical prayer service at
Centennial Olympic Park, which includes
clergy from the Roman Catholic, Episcopal
and African Methodist–Episcopal churches.
Later attends National Philoptochos banquet celebrating the 65th anniversary of
Philoptochos.
Oct. 31– Becomes first head of a major
faith to visit the Martin Luther King Center
for Social Change next to the Ebenezer
Baptist Church in downtown Atlanta where
Dr. King served as pastor. Attends banquet
hosted by Bishop Alexios of Atlanta.
Nov. 1 – Begins three–day visit to Chicago. Attends Doxology at Annunciation Cathedral.
Nov. 2 – Celebrates Ecumenical Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Navy Pier with more than 12,000 young adults in attendance. Pan–Orthodox family dinner held that evening at Sheraton hotel.
Nov. 3 – Attends Philoptochos–hosted breakfast at St. Andrew Church commemorating their 65th anniversary. Receives proclamation at City Hall from Mayor Richard Daley, then attends reception at Diocese of Chicago headquarters attended by more than 50 religious leaders. That evening, attends Vespers at Sts. Constantine and Helen Church in Palos Hills sponsored by the Archdiocesan Presbyters Council and National Sisterhood of Presvyteres.
Nov. 4 – Visits St. George Church in Des Moines, Iowa. Also attends an ecumenical doxology at Greater Des Moines Civic Center. Travels to Dallas and attends evening activities including a Great Vespers at Holy Trinity Church, a reception sponsored by Denver Diocese youth and a dinner hosted by Mayor Ron Kirk at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Nov. 5 – Takes part in ecumenical prayer service at Thanksgiving Square Foundation. Attends Diocese Grand Banquet at Fairmont Hotel.
Nov. 6 – Travels to San Francisco for a one–day visit. He meets with Bishop Anthony, Mayor Willie Brown, former Mayor Art Agnos and representatives of various Christian Churches. Holds ecumenical doxology service at Annunciation Cathedral; breaks ground at site of future cathedral. Also attends a lengthy dance program, and grand banquet at St. Francis hotel later in the day.
Nov. 7 – Attends breakfast with priests and their families at Holy Trinity Church. Travels to Los Angeles and addresses World Affairs Council gathering of nearly 1,000 religious, civic and political leaders in Beverly Hills. Receives gold medal from Mayor Richard Riordan. Visits near – West Side neighborhood known as the "Byzantine – Latino Quarter" near St. Sophia Cathedral, where he presides at an ecumenical vespers service.
Nov. 8 – Addresses environmental symposium, "Caring for God's Creation: Religion, Science and the Environment" at St. Barbara Church in Santa Barbara. Attends Grand banquet at Bonaventure hotel in Los Angeles.
Nov. 9 – Celebrates Feast of St. Nectarios at Los Angeles Convention Center, with some 3,000 persons attending. Later attends youth rally with 200 young adults. That evening, attends "Living the Liturgy" dinner sponsored by Archdiocesan Council President Alex Spanos.
Nov. 10 – Visits St. Anthony's Monastery in Florence, Ariz., then flies to Stockton, California, for an ecumenical doxology of thanksgiving at St. Basil's Church.
Nov. 15 – Following a rest period in California, His All Holiness travels to Pittsburgh where he attends a reception with Diocese of Pittsburgh priests and their families at St. Nicholas Cathedral. He also attends a grand banquet that evening at the David Lawrence Convention Center hosted by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge.
Nov. 16 – Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh draws more than 4,000 faithful with 75 priests and 170 choir members taking part. After attending a diocese luncheon, he travels to Johnstown, Pa., for a visit to the American Carpatho – Russian Orthodox Diocese in the USA. Dedicates the cornerstone for a new chancery building, then takes part in a doxology at Christ the Savior Cathedral. Returns to Pittsburgh after a dinner in his honor.
Nov. 17 – After a breakfast hosted by Bishop Maximos, His All Holiness departs for the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Nov. 24 – The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate announces the elevation of the synodal bishops of the Archdiocese to the ecclesiastical rank of Metropolitan. They include Bishop Iakovos of Chicago, Bishop Anthony of San Francisco, Bishop Maximos of Pittsburgh, Bishop Methodios of Boston, Bishop Isaiah of Denver, and Bishop Nicholas of Amissos.
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1998
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April 7 – Ecumenical Patriarchate accepts the Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria, N.Y., into its jurisdiction, including the founding clergy, Passios Loulourgas and Vikentios Malamatenios.
April 8 – His All Holiness meets with Archbishop Spyridon at the Phanar to discuss the progress of the institutions and ministries of the Archdiocese.
April 15–21 – Young adults of the Greek Orthodox Young Adult League celebrate Holy Week with the Ecumenical Patriarch at the Phanar.
April 29–May 4 – A large group of active and retired priests and presbyteres and widowed presbyteres led by Fr. Dimitrios Constantelos and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yeonas, make a pilgrimage to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
May 18 – Holy Synod of Ecumenical Patriarchate elects two new auxiliary bishops: Bishop George (Papaioanou) of Komanon, and Bishop Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos.
May 22–25 – His All Holiness visits New York and Connecticut for three days [...]. Celebrates Patriarchal Great Vespers at St. Irene Chrysovalantou Monastery, May 23; and a Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Church in Bridgeport, Conn., May 24, to coincide with the parish's 85th anniversary. Receives honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at Yale University on the 25th. late May [...]
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Aug. 28–Sept. 2 – Archbishop Spyridon and a delegation of Archons travel to the Ecumenical Patriarchate for extensive meetings in conjunction with the fourth Biennial Assembly of Bishops.
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Oct. 20–21 – The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate pass legislation recognizing the integrity and freedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which President Clinton signs into law.
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On November 13, 2000 Patriarch Bartholomew travels to New york for the opening of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ficulties it faces.
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1999
Jan. 12 – Archbishop Spyridon and the Eparchial Synod meet with His All Holiness and the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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March 13 – Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elects three new bishops to fill the vacant Sees of New Jersey, Atlanta and Detroit: Bishop Alexios of Troas for Atlanta; Bishop George of Komanon for New Jersey; and the Very Rev. Archimandrite Nicholas Pissare as Bishop of Detroit.
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June – Receives visit from National Philoptochos President Eve Condakes.
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July 10–12 – At the invitation of His All Holiness, Archbishop Spyridon, members of the Holy Synod and Archdiocesan Council representatives attend meetings on several issues pertaining to the Church in America.
Aug 19 – Ecumenical Patriarch accepts the resignation of Archbishop Spyridon, to take effect Aug. 30.
[ Orthodox Observer - Vol. 76 • No. 1269 • October 2011 - pp. 4,6,8-9,11-12,18,20,24,28 ]
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