GREEK ORTHODOX TO GET NEW LEADER.Byline: Peter Steinfels The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times A new era for Greek Orthodox Christians in the United States begins today, when Archbishop Spyridon, the first American-born prelate PRELATE. The name of an ecclesiastical officer. There are two orders of prelates; the first is composed of bishops, and the second, of abbots, generals of orders, deans, &c. appointed to lead them, is enthroned Enthroned was formed in Charleroi in 1993 by Cernunnos. He soon recruited guitarist Tsebaoth and a vocalist from a local Grind/Black band Hecate who stayed until the end of december 1993. Then bassist/vocalist Sabathan joined. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Although the new archbishop of the United States, who turns 52 Tuesday, was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from high school in Tarpon tarpon (tär`pŏn), common name for members of the family Elopidae, large herringlike game fish of the warm seas of the Western Hemisphere, ranging occasionally from Long Island to Brazil and to the west coast of Africa and entering freshwater Springs, Fla., he has served his church in Europe for the last three decades and remains a largely unknown quantity to Greek Orthodox here. But hundreds of priests and thousands of lay faithful are expected to welcome him at the ceremony, to be held at the principal church of the archdiocese, the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on East 74th Street in Manhattan, where he will also be greeted by scores of local and national political figures and by leaders of other Christian churches. As head of the largest group of Eastern Orthodox Christians This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability. in the United States - the Greek Orthodox archdiocese has 550 parishes and estimates its membership at 1.5 million, although active membership may be considerably lower - Spyridon has the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task of stepping into the shoes of Archbishop Iakovos, who retired in July after leading the church for 37 years and establishing Orthodoxy as an important force in American religious life. Spyridon's appointment also comes at a time of complicated crosscurrents and rivalries in Orthodox Christianity, which, freed of Communist repression in Eastern Europe, is rapidly gaining adherents and rebuilding its institutions. Iakovos' retirement followed a period of tension with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, whose ancient post, in what is now Istanbul, gives him a preeminent-eminent position of honor among all Orthodox Christians as well as direct control over the American church. Bartholomew promptly named Spyridon, who was metropolitan of Italy, to succeed Iakovos. However much the Greek Orthodox faithful in the United States regretted Iakovos' retirement, they now appear eager to begin afresh with a new leader who, even if long absent from the country, is American-born and -bred. The new archbishop, born George Papageorgiou, entered the Ecumenical Patriarchate's seminary on the island of Halki, near Istanbul, in 1962. Before that, he had attended elementary school and high school both in the United States and on his father's native Greek island of Rhodes. When he was ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. a deacon in 1968, he took the name Spyridon, for a fourth-century Cypriot saint, a shepherd who turned his rustic simplicity into holiness and was chosen to be a bishop. Spyridon later served at the Ecumenical Patriarchate's center near Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , where he worked with the World Council of Churches. From 1976 to 1985, he headed the Greek Orthodox parish of St. Andrew in Rome. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in 1985, and in 1991 was appointed the first head of the newly created archdiocese of Italy. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Archbishop Spyridon will be enthroned in New York to day. The New York Times |
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