GoStats web counter Vice President Biden and Top US Officials Honor Greek-American Leaders – NEO Magazine

Vice President Biden and Top US Officials Honor Greek-American Leaders

By on March 6, 2013

    On the eve of the 57th Inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States, Vice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, former Speaker and current House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Senator Chuck Schumer, and other top US officials honored Greek-American leaders at a reception just blocks from the White House. The event took place in honor of Archbishop Demetrios and in recognition of the extraordinary public service of Jim Chanos, Dennis Mehiel and George Tsunis, who were presented by the Archbishop with the Medal of St. Paul, the highest honor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The event was organized and hosted by the Washington Oxi Day Foundation whose President, Andrew Manatos, introduced the dignitaries and honorees.

    Other top US officials attending included: The Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus, and former US Senator Paul Sarbanes; Vice-Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Congressman Joe Crowley, Congressman John Sarbanes, Congresswomen Anna Eschoo and Niki Tsongas, and former Congressman Zack Space, among others. Several members of the Biden family and staff also attended including the Vice President’s sister, Valerie Biden.

    Archbishop Demetrios was honored for his significant role in the 2013 Inauguration. During the swearing-in ceremony he sat, along with the Supreme Court Justices, Senators, Members of Congress, and Cabinet officials, on the platform from which the President spoke. He then delivered the benediction at the very select Presidential Inaugural Luncheon in the US Capitol Building, to which many Senators and Members of Congress are not even invited. The next day he was one of the few clergy giving a prayer during the Presidential Ecumenical Prayer Service at the National Cathedral.

    About NEO Magazine

    NEO Magazine. Established 2005. NEO Magazine is published monthly in New York by Neocorp Media Inc.