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> May 26, 2010

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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