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For Immediate Release
May 17, 2005

Contact:  Nikki Stephanopoulos

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS TO BE HELD MAY 22

New York - His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios will preside at a 40 Day
Memorial Service for the repose of the soul of former Archbishop Iakovos on
Sunday, May 22, 2005.  The service will take place following Divine Liturgy
at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City (319 East 74th
Street).

According to an announcement by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a Memorial
Service for Archbishop Iakovos, will also be offered this Sunday at the
Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Constantinople.

Additionally, all parishes of the Holy Archdiocese in America have been
instructed to conduct similar services on the same day in memory of the
former spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and
South America.

On Friday, May 20, exactly 40 days following the death of Archbishop
Iakovos, Archbishop Demetrios will offer a Trisagion Service at the burial
site located on the grounds of	Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology in Brookline, MA.

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