Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to hold press conference at the conclusion of the 2nd International Conference on Religious Freedom - News Releases

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December 5, 2013

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ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2^nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in cooperation with the Patriarchal Liaison Office to the European Union and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany will hold a press conference on December 5, 2013 at 5:00pm at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, Germany.

The Conference focused on religious freedom issues affecting minorities in Turkey stressing the concepts of equality, state neutrality and pluralism as they relate to religious freedom and the status of religious freedom under Turkey's current and proposed new constitutions.

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as well as Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, United States Senator and First Lady, both addressed the participants by video.

For more information on the Conference, please visit http://conference.archons.org

WHO: His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America

Anthony J. Limberakis, MD, National Commander, Order of St. Andrew

the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Attorney, Human Rights Defender and Journalist

Jay Sekulow, Ph.D., Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and

Justice

Johnny Messo, President, World Council of Arameans (Syriacs)

WHAT: Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 2^nd Archon International

Conference on Religious Freedom

WHEN: December 5, 2013 at 5:00pm

WHERE: Hotel Adlon Kempinski

Unter den Linden 77

10117 Berlin, Germany

Palaissaal Ballroom

05.12.13

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