Metropolitan Tikhon signs open letter on marriage

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon was among the numerous US religious leaders who signed an open letter “to all in positions of public service,” titled “The Defense of Marriage and the Right of Religious Freedom: Reaffirming a Shared Witness.”

Also signing the open letter, dated April 13, 2015, was His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.  Numerous other religious leaders representing a wide spectrum of US faith communities were also represented.

The letter, issued “at this significant time in our nation’s history with the institution of marriage before the United States Supreme Court,” reaffirms “our commitment to promote and defend marriage—the union of one man and one woman.”

The complete text may be accessed on the web site of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.