VP Joe Biden visits Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

By admin on November 16, 2011 Governance Top Stories

Vice President Joe Biden with Archbishop Demetrios (photo © Dimitrios Panagos/GOA)

NEW YORK – Vice President Joe Biden visited today Archbishop Demetrios of America, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Archdiocesan headquarters in Manhattan.

The two discussed the matter of religious freedom and the Ecumenical Patriarchate and other issues of mutual interest regarding security and peace in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Headquarters
8-10 East 79th St. New York, NY 10075
United States

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

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