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Churches, societies, schools, colleges, universities, NYC Police and Fire Departments, political leaders were part of the parade

The Archdiocesan pilgrimages have provided an outstanding opportunity for the faithful of the Church to participate in spiritually edifying and didactic journeys to various venerable sites of the Orthodox Faith around the world. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros organized these initiatives, which have already brought about several successful, very well attended and memorable trips to the Sacred Center of Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Cappadocia, as well as the Holy Land and Jerusalem.

The Greek Independence Parade Committee invites you to the final  parallel events to celebrate the Greek Independence Anniversary in New York

NYS Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, Sen­ator James Skoufis, Assembly Member Michael Tannousis, and Assembly Member John Lemondes honored Greek Independ­ence at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, welcoming His Eminence Arch­bishop Elpidophoros, who offered invoca­tions before both houses of the state legislature. The anniversary of Greek Inde­pendence was also observed

The day was crisp and bright on Sunday, March 26, a perfect backdrop for the 30th annual celebration of Greek Independence presented by the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York at Athens Square Park, in Astoria, home of the largest Greek American community in Queens. The consuls of Greece and Cyprus spoke to