Archbishop Christodoulos, Greece's Orthodox Church leader, is seen in this file photo on Sept. 17, 1999. This post has been viewed 819 times.

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GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2007

Contact: Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos
Tel.: 212.774.0244
Email: communications@goarch.org  


ATHENS, Greece - His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, today visited His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and all Greece, at the Areteio Hospital. Archbishop Christodoulos has been hospitalized since June 9, having undergone intestinal surgery.

In his statement after the visit, Archbishop Demetrios said that Archbishop Christodoulos expressed his deep appreciation for the outpouring of love coming from all places of Greece and abroad. "He faces his illness with absolute faith in God and with amazing courage and hope," added Archbishop Demetrios. "I urge all Orthodox Christians in America to join me and the entire Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese in praying for a speedy and full recovery of His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos."

Since being hospitalized, Archbishop Christodoulos has received phone calls and visits from many of the world's political leaders and public figures, including His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Demetrios of America.

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