The opening ceremony for The Origins of El Greco: Icon Paining in Venetian Crete took place on Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009 at the Onassis Cultural Center at Olympic Tower in Manhattan, with Greek Minister of Culture and Tourism Pavlos Geroulanos, Archbishop Eirineos of Crete, Archbishop Demetrios of America, and Onassis Foundation Executive Director Ambassador Lucas Tsilas in attendance.

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