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		GEORGIA SKEADAS APPOINTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT
		       OF LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY

New  York,  NY	?  His	Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek
Orthodox  Church  in  America,	announced   today  the	appointment of Mrs.
Georgia  Skeadas  as  National	President  of  the  Greek  Orthodox  Ladies
Philoptochos  Society.	 The  Society, with over 475 chapters in the United
States,  is  the  official philanthropic organization of the Greek Orthodox
Church	in  America  and was established in 1931 by the then Archbishop and
later Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras.

Appointed  for	a  two-year  term,  Mrs.  Skeadas  will coordinate with the
Philoptochos  Executive  Committee  the  work  of  the	National  Board  in
administrating	the  many  philanthropic  activities of the Society.  These
include  assistance programs to Archdiocesan institutions such as St. Basil
Academy  and  Hellenic	College/Holy  Cross  School of Theology, as well as
programs  on  national and international levels including the philanthropic
work of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, UNICEF, a Children's Medical Fund, and
many  other  social  service  projects that address homelessness, substance
abuse, and health issues.

Born  and  raised  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  Mrs. Skeadas is a graduate of St.
Joseph	College  in  West  Hartford.  She  was	a  member  of  the National
Philoptochos  Board in 1998-2000, a member of diocesan boards in Denver and
New Jersey, and she has served in parish Philoptochos chapters in Hartford,
Belmont,  Calif., Denver and in her current parish of St. Luke in Broomall,
Pa.   For the past two years she has served as a member of the Archdiocesan
Council  Executive  Committee  as  an  appointee  of  Archbishop Demetrios.
During her term she chaired the Youth Ministry Committee of the Council.

Mrs.  Skeadas  has been active in many civic organizations including school
committees  and  boards  and  the Family Service Auxiliary, an organization
that  provides	assistance  for  seniors,  children, and families of abused
children  and  adults.	 Together  with  her husband, Christos Skeadas, she
co-chaired  the 35th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress held in Philadelphia in
2000.	Georgia  and  Christos	have been married for twenty-five years and
have two children, Peter and Mariana.
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