With clergy

His Eminence, flanked by Metropolitan Silas and the Very Rev. Evangelos Kourounis, chancellor of the Diocese of New Jersey, with other diocese clergy at the Syndesmos.

Archbishop Meets with N.J. Diocese Clergy Syndesmos

Archbishop Spyridon convened a meeting of all New Jersey Diocese clergy at St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, N.J., on May 27.

The agenda included a series of reports and an address by His Eminence who spoke on four themes: enhancing liturgical life in the churches, improving methods in teaching religious education, the need for the Church to make its sacramental presence felt by "the man in the street," and the importance of unity in faith and action.

Addressing the priests, His Eminence said "there should be no competition between parishes; there should be no friction between parishes and their respective dioceses; there should be no conflict between the dioceses and the Archdiocese; and there should be no separation between the Archdiocese and the Ecumenical Patriarchate."

Seventy-five priests attended the New Jersey Diocese Syndesmos meeting.