New York, NY - His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America today announced that, in answering a recent official letter addressed to him, as well as a previous official letter of June 10, 1999 addressed to his predecessor Archbishop Spyridon by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund, Inc., he granted permission to the Rev. Protopresbyter Alexander Karloutsos to assume the position of Executive Director of the said Leadership 100 Fund. Father Karloutsos, while serving as Executive Director of Leadership 100, will maintain his position as the priest of the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Southampton, NY.

The Archbishop expressed to the new Executive Director, to the members of the Executive Committee, and to all the members of Leadership 100, his warm wishes for a fruitful continuation of an important work which aims at nurturing programs under the national ministries of the Archdiocese that advance the Orthodox Faith and the Hellenic cultural heritage.