wfn.org | GOAA Archbishop Demetrios Welcomes Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 17, 2005

Contact:  Nikki Stephanopoulos

ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS WELCOMES MAYOR BILL PURCELL
OF NASHVILLE, TN, HOST CITY FOR 2006 CLERGY LAITY CONGRESS

New York, NY- His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America welcomed Mayor
Bill Purcell of Nashville, TN to the Archdiocese on Monday, November 14.
Nashville will be the host city of the 38th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress
and National Philoptochos Conference of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America, to be held from July 16-21, 2006.

Following a cordial discussion, which included plans for the forthcoming
Congress and exchange of gifts, Archbishop Demetrios hosted a tea for the
Mayor and several guests from Nashville. These included, Butch Spyridon,
president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and his wife,
George and Lee Ann Anderson, Congress Co-chairs and Aide to the Mayor,
Emmett Edwards. Also attending were Georgia Skeadas, National President of
Philoptochos, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos, Bishop Savas of Troas, Bishop
Andonios of Phasiane and Timothy Maniatis of Washington, DC, Congress
Consultant.

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