Missouri Legislature Calls for Religious Freedom

Missouri State Capital

The Missouri State Legislature has taken a strong stand for religious freedom by calling on the government of Turkey to guarantee full religious and human rights for the Ecumenical Patriarch and all religious minorities.

With the adoption of House Resolution 1365, sponsored by Rep. Kurt Bahr, and Senate Resolution 1762, sponsored by Sen. Eric Schmitt, Missouri joins 40 other states in which the Legislatures have expressed support for the Patriarch’s rights. 

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2012 Clergy Syndesmos Retreat

First row, L to R: His Grace Bishop Demetrios, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos, Fr. Maximos Simonopetrites, together with the clergy from throughout the Metropolis.

From May 7 - May  10 the Metropolis of Clergy Syndesmos held its annual retreat in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos, His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos and 58 clergy from the throughout the Metropolis.

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Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople

Χριστός Ἀνέστη Christ is Risen!

 The Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Annual Commemoration of the ‘Fall of Constantinople’ presented by: The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, The Hellenic Society of Constantinople and The Greek America Foundation, will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 beginning at 7:00PM at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois.

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Bishop Demetrios at National Innovation Conference

From Left to Right: Nicholas T. Gialamas, Lake Forest, IL; Stella A. Papadopoulos, Notre Dame, IN; Bishop Demerios of Mokissos; Maria Z. Vathis, Chicago, IL; Dimitri Peter Eliopoulos, Chicago, IL; Not pictured – Stavros Thomopoulos, St. Louis, MO

On April 27 - 29, 2012 in New York City, the Greek America Foundation hosted its second annual National Innovation Conference. In attendance at the conference events, at the invitation of the foundation's Chairman, Mr. Gregory Pappas, was His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos.

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