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ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS CONVENES FIRST EPISCOPAL ASSEMBLY OF CANONICAL ORTHODOX 
HIERARCHS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

NEW YORK ? The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in 
North and Central America was convened today by His Eminence Archbishop 
Demetrios of America at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York City.

This Assembly is the result of the decision of the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox 
Conference, which met in Chambésy Switzerland in June of 2009, after the 
extraordinary Synaxis of all the Heads of the Autocephalous Churches convened by His 
All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. This Assembly, one of twelve that 
will be convened around the world in regions where there is no single Orthodox 
presence, will consist of the active canonical bishops who reside in the region 
designated as North and Central America. In every Assembly, the chairman will be the 
senior bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Following a short prayer service, Archbishop Demetrios delivered his Keynote 
Address to the Assembly, the text of which can be found in its entirety at 
http://edit.goarch.org/news/addressassembly/view

Photos are available at: http://photos.goarch.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3009

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