Member of our Board of Directors, Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, has received the high honor of being elevated to Megas Protopresbyteros by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
The Patriarch celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons. At the conclusion of the service, before a congregation of nearly 500 faithful, His All-Holiness announced two “surprises” to the parish—conferring the title Megas Protopresbyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Proistamenos Fr. Alexander Karloutsos, and elevating the Dormition Church to the rank of Cathedral.
Concelebrating the Liturgy were members of the Holy Eparchial Synod, including His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with additional hierarchs. Participating clergy included parish priests Fr. Alex Karloutsos and Fr. Constantine Lazarakis.
