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DAVID GIBSON, Religion Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-31-1996
GREEK ORTHODOX LEADER NAMED
By DAVID GIBSON, Religion Writer
Date: 07-31-1996, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early

After a year of uncertainty and simmering political tensions about
its future course, the Greek Orthodox Church in America has a new
spiritual leader: a 51-year-old, U.S.-born archbishop who speaks English
fluently and uses computers in his work.

The choice of Metropolitan Spyridon Yorgi, announced Tuesday in
Istanbul, Turkey, the center of the ...

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