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Published by
the Orthodox Church in
America, September 13, 2005
OCA represented at services
marking opening of 60th UN General Assembly |
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NEW YORK, NY [OCA Communications]
— The Very Rev. Joseph Fester represented His
Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman at a service
marking the opening of the 60th General Assembly
of the United Nations at the Church of the Holy
Family here Monday, September 12, 2005.
His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan, Roman
Catholic Archbishop of New York, addressed the
gathering, reflecting on how war stops all human
efforts to eradicate hunger, poverty, disease,
and injustice. He quoted Pope Paul VI who, on a
visit to Holy Family Church in 1966, to mark the
opening of the UN General Assembly, said, "there
can be no more war."
Also addressing the gathering was His
Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan, UN secretary
general. Numerous other UN representatives were
among the congregation, which filled the church.
Other Orthodox Christian representatives in
attendance at the service were His Grace, Bishop
Dimitrios of Xanthos, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America, and His Grace, Bishop Antoun and the
Rev. Thomas Zain of the the Antiochian Orthodox
Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Representatives of various Oriental Churches
were also present.
During the assembly's opening week,
Protopresbyter Robert S. Kondratick, OCA
chancellor, and the Very Rev. David Brum,
secretary to the Metropolitan, will represent
Metropolitan Herman at other UN events.
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