1919 | Ordained to the priesthood |
1927-1939 | Dean of Saint Sophia Cathedral, London |
1939-1949 | Metropolitan of Diocese of Corinth |
October 11, 1949 | Elected Archbishop of North and South America |
December 18, 1949 | Enthroned at Holy Trinity Cathedral |
1951 | Official founding of Greek Orthodox Youth of America (GOYA) |
1952 | 11th Clergy-Laity Congress institutes Dekadollarion replacing Monodollarion |
1954 | Archbishop Michael elected one of six Presidents of World Council of Churches, Evanston, IL |
1955 | Orthodoxy officially recognized as major faith by U.S. government |
January 21, 1957 | Archbishop Michael delivers Invocation at Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower – first by an Orthodox Hierarch |
May 28, 1958 | Archbishop Michael presides at opening of Saint Michael’s Home. The only Archdiocesan institution serving the needs of elderly Greek Orthodox |
July 13, 1958 | Archbishop Michael succumbs in New York City after becoming ill at the 14th Clergy Laity Congress in Salt Lake City |
Archbishops of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America