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GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
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      January 20, 2004

   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

     Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Internet Ministries Launches
OrthodoxPhoto

   New York, NY -- The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Internet
   Ministries announces the launch of www.orthodoxphoto.com, a full-featured
   online photo service that allows parishes, Sunday schools, camps,
   organizations, and all Orthodox Christians to develop, share, and store
   their favorite photos.  OrthodoxPhoto has been developed in collaboration
   with Snapfish.com, a leading and award-winning online photo service with
   seven million members and more than 200 million photos online.

   Via OrthodoxPhoto, individuals can send in rolls of film, receive prints
   and negatives, and easily share digital albums with others over the
   Internet since all photos are automatically scanned into a secure online
   account.  Digital camera users can easily upload photos and create online
   albums, as well as order prints of select photos.  Photos are processed
   with exceptional quality on Kodak paper.

   "We are excited to offer this dynamic service to Orthodox Christians
   around the world," said Theo Nicolakis, Director of the Department of
   Internet Ministries.  "OrthodoxPhoto provides a truly unique way to share
   memories and events with friends and family.  Moreover, it provides a
   creative and easy-to-use mechanism for anyone to create and share
   full-featured photo galleries for free, thereby adding instant value and
   interest to web sites.  OrthodoxPhoto delivers the highest quality in
   photo development at an exceptional value.  Finally, by using this
   service, people will be supporting Internet Ministries and the
   Department's many offerings."

   Parishes and organizations will find OrthodoxPhoto useful and beneficial
   to their outreach.  With OrthodoxPhoto, parishes are able to build free
   online photo galleries of festivals, events, retreats and any other
   activities quickly and easily.  These photo galleries can then be made
   available through web sites or sent via email. In addition to photo
   processing and online photo albums, OrthodoxPhoto also provides
   individuals with easy-to-use tools to create beautiful photo gifts
   including photo cards, wall calendars, and hard cover photo albums.

   So that others may experience the quality and breadth of offerings first
   hand, the Department of Internet Ministries is running a special offer
   whereby individuals can get their first roll of film developed at no cost
   and their first 10 digital camera prints processed free of charge.	This
   service may be accessed via the Internet at: www.orthodoxphoto.com.

   Snapfish is the leading online photo service with 7 million members and
   more than 200 million photos online. Snapfish has been rated the number
   one online photo service in surveys from PC Data and received top quality
   ratings from Popular Photography, Yahoo! Internet Life, and CNet.

   The award-winning Department of Internet Ministries is charged with the
   development and expansion of the Archdiocese's presence on the Internet
   and coordinating the development of multimedia applications.  The
   Department of Internet Ministries is committed to bringing powerful and
   creative ministry tools to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, her parishes
   and Orthodox Christian organizations through the development and
   integration of new technologies for Orthodox Christian ministry.

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