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Published
by the
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America,
January 20, 2005
Saint Photios
Foundation Inaugurates Anniversary
Celebration |
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St. Augustine, FL
- On behalf of the St. Photios Foundation
Chairman, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of
America, Executive Director, V. Rev. Nicholas
Graff, has announced that the 23rd Annual St.
Photios National Shrine Pilgrimage, January 29 and
30th, will also inaugurate the 25th anniversary
celebration of the National Shrine in St.
Augustine, FL. The National Ladies Philoptochos
Society will be the 23rd Annual Pilgrimage Special
Honoree and Trustee Dr. Manuel Tissura of Tucker,
GA is Pilgrimage Chairman.
St. Photios National Shrine Day, Sunday, January
30, 2005 will be commemorated with a Hierarchal
Liturgy followed by a Memorial Service for Shrine
Founders and Benefactors. The Pilgrimage Luncheon
will follow at the Casa Monica Hotel with Dr. John
T. Chirban as the Keynote Speaker. Dr. Chirban is
the founder of the Orthodox Christian Association
of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion (O.C.A.M.P.R.),
a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard
Medical School and professor of psychology and
Chairman of the Department of Human Development at
Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of
Theology.
St. Photios National Shrine consists of exhibits
depicting the life of early Greeks in America and
the development of the Greek Orthodox Church in
America, The St. Photios Chapel is a living
memorial to those first Greek settlers, and to all
the Greek Orthodox pioneers whose love of freedom
and desire for a better life for themselves and
their children brought them to this New World. The
National Shrine is located on 41 St. George Street
in historic downtown St. Augustine, Florida, the
nations oldest city.
February 6 is the Feastday of St. Photios the
Great, patron saint of the St. Photios National
Shrine. Saint Photios was Ecumenical Patriarch of
Constantinople during the middle of the ninth
century. Together with other great Fathers of the
Church, Saint Photios demonstrates through his
writing and his teaching that scholarship can be a
valuable instrument in proclaiming and expressing
the Faith of the Church. The Orthodox Church
honors St. Photios as a theologian, a supporter of
missionary activity, and a defender of the Faith.
Not long after his death in 897, Photios was
proclaimed a Saint by the Orthodox Church and as a
defender of the Christian Faith and pillar of the
Church.
The St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, a
self-supportive institution of the Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America, is dedicated to the first
colony of Greek people who came to America in
1768. As a service to churches and the general
public, the Foundation operates the St. Photios
Shrine Museum Store and the National Shrine Church
Supplies (Tel 800-222-6727, or Email
churchsupplies@stphotios.com). Information and
sponsorship for the Annual St. Photios National
Shrine Pilgrimage and the National St. Photios Day
Luncheon is available at the St. Photios National
Shrine, P.O. Box 1960 - St. Augustine, FL 32085,
Tel 904-829-8205, or E-mail info@StPhotios.com.
Contact: Andrew J. Lekos
Tel.: 904-829-8205
Email: AJLekos@stphotios.com
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