The Archbishop of America Elpidoforos addressed a greeting last Monday night from the White House during the meeting held by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with US President Joe Biden.
Archbishop Elpidoforos, after expressing his great joy for the presence and meeting of the leaders of the birthplace of the Republic and the largest Republic in the world, even addressing the Easter Greeting “Christ is Risen”, noted that in the White House we celebrate his resurrection for the first time of the Greek nation, together with the Prime Minister.
This special celebration, he underlined, of the 200th anniversary of the 1821 revolution during the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the first province of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is an unforgettable honor for the Greek-American public. As he stressed, it is at the same time a strong signal that is transmitted to the whole world, with the unwavering commitment of the two nations, to the concepts of Democracy and Freedom in an era of rise of authoritarian regimes in the world and in an era marked by the struggle of its people. Ukraine to maintain its national integrity in the face of unjust aggression.
The Archbishop of America, initially addressing President Biden, stressed that his friendship with Hellenism and his support for the Hellenic Republic are known to all, while addressing the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he stressed that he reached beyond the borders of Greece to invite the best in the world and to offer the best for our country.
“You both make us extremely optimistic for a better world and a brighter tomorrow with Greece as the source of the democratic values ​​of Western Civilization and America as the strongest hope of the universe for freedom and self-determination for all,” he said. .
The Archbishop of America thanked both leaders “for their strong support of justice and especially of freedom, of the purely spiritual mission of our Ecumenical Patriarchate.”
Concluding his greeting, the Archbishop of America wished God to bless the course of everything that is happening in the world today, so that everyone’s life, freedom and the pursuit of our happiness, are always protected by the shield of the principles and values ​​of the Republic , which is the gift of Greece to the world and the inspiration of the American dream. “Long live America, long live the Greek nation” concluded.
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