Fifth annual Orthodox Prayer Service for UN Community to be held October 11th
— For the fifth year in a row, the Joint Commission of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas [SCOBA] and the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches [SCOOCH] will sponsor their annual Orthodox Prayer Service for the United Nations Community at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral here Tuesday, October 11th, at 6:30 p.m.
This year’s service will commemorate the UN’s 60th anniversary.
Among the speakers are His Eminence, Metropolitan Christopher of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America, and Ambassador Dr. Milos Prica, permanent representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN. The theme of their remarks will be “Building a Community to Work Towards Peace and Tolerance.”
Invitations have been extended to Orthodox ambassadors and delegates of the various UN missions, Orthodox Christians serving on the secretariat staff, and the heads of Orthodox NGO All Orthodox Christian faithful in the Metropolitan New York area are invited to attend and to join in praying for world peace and understanding.
Cochairs of the joint commission are His Eminence, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian [Armenian Church of America] and His Grace, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos [Greek Orthodox Archdiocese]. Members of the prayer service committee include the Rev. Djokan Majstorov [Serbian Orthodox Church], the Rev. Dr. Robert Stephanopoulos [Greek Orthodox Archdiocese]; The Very Rev. Dr. Anthony DeLuca [Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church]; the Very Rev. Simeon Odabashian [Diocese of the Armenian Church]; the Very Rev. Chorepiscopos John Meno [Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese]; the Rev. Emmanuel Gratsias [Greek Orthodox Archdiocese]; and Mr. David Lucs [Orthodox Church in America].