Archdiocese Takes Important First Step to Coordinate Effort to Aid Greece

Constantine S. Sirigos

AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis
A man eats a meal during a soup kitchen organized by a Greek humanitarian group in Athens' main Syntagma square on Sunday, April 1 2012. Greece's austerity cutbacks have deepened the economic recession, and torn holes in the country's social fabric. Unemployment has hit a record high of 21 percent, and thousands of Greeks depend on church and municipal soup kitchens for sustenance.

NEW YORK –Archbishop Demetrios of America invited the leaders of major Greek-American organizations to the Archdiocese for a discussion about how the community can help Greece during the economic and social crisis. The meeting was held at Archdiocesan headquarters in Manhattan on March 30. After the meeting, which had about twenty attendees, Archbishop Demetrios told TNH “it was a pivotal and substantial meeting. We invited the presidents or representatives of the larger organizations of the community, not just from New York but also cities like Washington. The meeting had a double purpose: First, to share information about the current status of the efforts to help Greece, what each group has done to date. So far there has been a variety of actions, including provision of food and clothing, and the donation of money.”

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