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HONORING FATHER ALEXANDER KARLOUTSOS
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HON. LEE M. ZELDIN
of new york
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Mr. ZELDIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of my friend, Father Alexander Karloutsos, who was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor.
Father Alex has spent more than half a century as a Greek Orthodox Priest, including as the pastor of Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons, in the First Congressional District of New York.
In 1994, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew named Father Alex as a Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which is the highest honor a married clergyman can receive in the Orthodox Church.
He has also served as the first Vicar of Public Affairs of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and as a spiritual advisor to several U.S. Presidents.
I am grateful to Father Alex for his decades of service to the Greek Orthodox community, Long Island, and our Nation. I send my sincere congratulations to Father Alex, his wife, Xanthi Karavellas Karloutsos, their three children, and nine grandchildren. This honor is so well deserved.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 114(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 114(2)
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