In the presence of Archbishop America Hopeful and Demetrios’ predecessor, as well as representatives of the Greek diplomatic authorities, the presentation of the book took place “Archbishop of America Dimitrios – The Second Decade 2009 -2019” of the Archdiocese of America’s photographer Dimitris Panagos and the journalist and publisher Rebekkas Papadopoulou.

The event, among other things, was addressed by the Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, who was under his auspices the event, the predecessor of Elder Dimitrios, as well as the authors of the book.

The book has 560 pages and includes 1,071 color photographs, which record the course of the Shepherd in the 2009 -2019.

Dimitris Panagou’s photographic lens captures the activity of former Archbishop Dimitrios, his meetings with two US presidents, Barack Obama and Donald Trumpbut also historical visits, such as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Hieronymus.

Dimitris Panagos pointed out that this massive book was a venture that took two and a half years to implement, with his wife, journalist and publisher Rebecca Papadopoulou, to choose from thousands of photos of their file.

“I have photographed four Archbishops. Every hierarch was different. I had the pleasure of photographing our churches, our clergy, our community, our people, who spent many years here to serve anywhere in America. “stressed Mr. Panagos.

Rebecca Papadopoulou said this book is a continuation of the first book (which is about 1999-2009) and captures In the second decade of Archbishop Dimitrios’ pasturewhile revealing that the idea of ​​publishing the second decade was expressed by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

“The difficulty with the second book was that there was such a volume of photographs and such a shepherd’s move in this decade that I don’t think it was easy to choose, or to decide which direction I would go on.”Ms Papadopoulou said.

“What characterizes my respected predecessor is that he took over a deeply divided, deeply problematic Archdiocese, at an age when others would get a pension and rest. He did not hesitate, he was not afraid, he did not deny, and with his presence, his personality, the characteristics of the beautiful that the Lord gave him, he became the peacemaker and unification of our Church here in America, “ The Archbishop of America emphasized Hope.

O Former Archbishop of America Dimitrios He expressed his gratitude to the authors of the book and thanked the foresight for their particularly honorable words. He praised the efforts of Dimitris Panagos and Rebecca Papadopoulou to successfully isolate the most characteristic moments of a huge amount of material and said that he was already reading the book.

The book is bilingual And it enables Hellenism to see through photographs through the historical work of the Shepherd, his multifaceted action and to understand the role of the Holy Archdiocese of America in the life of the Greek -American community.

Dimitris Panagos and Rebecca Papadopoulou in their foreword express their gratitude to the benefactors of the Greek community and the church, Christos and Stella Spyropoulouwhich are the sponsors of the version.

In the presentation of the book, among others, Greece’s permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Evangelos Sekeristhe Metropolitan of New Jersey ApostleBishop of East America of the Serbian Patriarchate IreneBishop Synadon Antonios and Metropolitan Pittsburgh Savvas.