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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2002

Contact: Rev. Father Nektarios Morrow
Department of Communications
Tel. 212-774-0506; Cell 646-734-8609
E-mail: FrNektarios@goarch.org

CHARTER GRANTED BY ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

New York, NY ? His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek
Orthodox Church in America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,
announced today that the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate  has
concluded its work and granted a new Charter to the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America.

      At the same time and in accordance with the new Charter, the Synod of
the Patriarchate, affirming the unity and oneness of the Archdiocese,
elevated the Dioceses to Metropolises of the Archdiocese and elected all of
the Hierarchs of the Dioceses as Metropolitans of their respective
Metropolises.

      According to the new Charter, the Metropolises of the Holy Archdiocese
of America are Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston, Denver, Atlanta,
Detroit, and New Jersey.  The Hierarchs of each Metropolis have been given
the following titles respectively:  His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of
Chicago, His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of San Francisco, His Eminence
Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh, His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of
Boston, His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver, His Eminence
Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, and His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of
Detroit.

      Official issuance of the text and relevant information will be
forthcoming.

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