Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Patriarch Leads Greek Orthodox Rite
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church celebrated his first Sunday religious service in the United States before 1,200 worshipers who packed a Manhattan cathedral. Dimitrios I, 75, conducted the three-hour ceremony in the Byzantine-style Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Of 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, 6 million live in the United States.
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